Before they left, they raised a high banner so that other travelers could see it from afar and come to the new spring in the middle of the hot-sand desert.

在离开之前，他们还在这里竖了一支高高的旗帜，这样的话，后来的旅者就可以远远地看到并来到这个沙漠中部的泉水边。

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To add verisimilitude, the stage is covered with sand for the desert scenes.

为了更加逼真，舞台上铺满了沙子作为沙漠的场景。

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The wind blew in from the desert and covered everything with sand.

风从沙漠那边吹来，把一切都蒙上了一层沙子。

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The desert sand around the well had melted into glass from the extreme heat.

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