Water is a shape shifter: familiar in its liquid and frozen forms, it is invisible in its third form, as a vapor, until it coalesces into clouds overhead or shrouds us in ghostly fog.

水有多种形态，我们更熟悉的是液态水和固态冰，它的第三种形态是看不见的水蒸汽，后者升上天空后会聚集在一起形成云团。

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Diamond is a third form of solid carbon.

金刚石则是第三种形式的固态碳。

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The system civilization is the third form of civilization between material civilization and spiritual civilization.

制度文明是存在于物质文明与精神文明之间的第三种文明形态。

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