Water surges from the cells on the inside of the leaf to those on the outside, causing the leaf to rapidly flip in shape from convex to concave, like a soft contact lens.

水从叶子内部的细胞涌向外面的细胞，导致叶子迅速地从凸向凹翻转，就像一片柔软的隐形眼镜。

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The evaporation from the leaf surface causes a constant compensatory suction of water.

叶片表面的蒸发作用产生了持续的代偿吸水性。

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The same structure that permits the one gas to enter the leaf, however, permits another gas—water vapor—to be lost from it.

同样的结构允许一种气体进入叶子，然而，也使得另一种气体——水蒸气——从叶子中消失。

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For hydration, there is water flavored with pandanus leaf, which tastes pleasantly of toasted rice, and fruit-flavored drinking vinegars, which, mixed with seltzer, are like sweet-and-sour sodas.

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