These weird and wonderful snails live a bizarre upside-down life staying afloat in water by forever blowing bubbles.

这些稀奇古怪的蜗牛在水中过着奇异的倒置生活，并且永远吹着泡泡。

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Neurath has likened science to a boat which, if we are to rebuild it, we must rebuild plank by plank while staying afloat in it.

纽拉特曾将科学比作漂浮在海上的一艘船，如果我们想要重建它，必须是一块板一块板地重建，而且必须同时呆在这艘船上。

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It is a story playing out across Silicon Valley, where restaurateurs say that staying afloat is a daily battle with rising rents, high local fees and acute labor shortages.

硅谷处处在上演同样的故事。餐饮从业者表示，为了求生，他们每天都要与不断攀升的房租、高企的当地税费及严重的劳动力短缺做斗争。

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Staying afloat and moving around, we too have to become comfortable in this fluid and murky element.

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While the PC and tablet whirlwinds have swept the nation, IBM has had a difficult time staying afloat.

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Tougher was staying afloat in a world of tight financing and giant online rivals like Ticketmaster and ClearChannel.

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