But as he raised it he found himself standing on a shore of blue sand by a sluggish, black sea.

但是当他拿着它的时候他发现自己站在一片蓝沙滩上面对着荒芜人烟的黑色大海。

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Manufactured glass is made by fusing various types of sand.

人造玻璃是通过熔合不同种类的沙子制造出来的。

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Along the east coast of the United States, the southernmost advance of this ice is recorded by the enormous sand and drift deposits of the terminal moraines that form Long Island and Cape Cod.

沿着美国东海岸，最南边的冰川运动被大量的沙子和终碛石的漂流沉积物（形成了长岛和科德角）所记录下来。

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They knew that the black line was formed by trees, and the white line was the sand.

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Driven by strong winds, the sand moves and covers everything in its path.

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Yet,a few plants have developed techniques to avoid being buried by moving sand.

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Over the stone wall we looked down at the stretch of sand by the lake.

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Entire villages in China's north have been lost, submerged in sand by the encroaching desert.

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The walker had to be pulled from the waterlogged mix of mud and sand by Dorset Fire Service on Friday.

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