A big, slow river looks and feels different from a fast-moving mountain stream.

一条缓慢的大河与一条小溪的外观和感觉是完全不同的。

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He seemed content to watch me as I fished, or the circling gulls, or the slow river coiling past.

他看我钓鱼，看海鸥盘旋，或河水缓缓流过，似乎就心满意足了。

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On a lake surface, or on a surface of a slow river, there is not any particular orientation of wood logs.

在湖面，或在一个缓慢流动的河流中，原木没有特定的流动方向。

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Yosemite has a beautiful slow-moving river and large grassy areas where you can see wild animals.

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Boarding a vessel on the Nile is to peel back millennia and slow down to river speed as ancient temples, oxcarts and palm trees pass by, unaltered since Pharaohs ruled the roost.

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Rounding a bend, de Souza motioned the boatman to slow down as the river became narrow, the jungle thick and verdant.

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The river's slow pace has given emergency responders more time to prepare, forecasters said.

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