一个承包商被雇来排干蓄水池里的水，然后挖出其中一块地方的泥土，换上粘土。

A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.

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他们的日常饮食包括一块不新鲜的面包、一碗米饭，还有不新鲜的水。

Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice, and stale water.

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把湿地想象成一块巨大的海绵：地球吸收大量的不断涌向地表的，增加了地表以下水量的这些水。

Think of wetlands as a giant sponge: the earth soaks up a lot of this water that's continually flooding the surface, which increases the amount of water below.

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There's the water phase, there's the ice cube is the solid phase, and there's some water, gas, vapor, and that's one bar.

里面放一块冰，这是固态；,于是我们得到了水，冰和水蒸气三态共存的点。

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So, the active part of the thermometer could be water. It could be alcohol, mercury, it could be a piece of metal.

那么温度计的工作部分,可以是水可以是酒精，水银，可以是一块金属。

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A piece of Jell-o has probably 99% water in it, but it has a shape.

一块果冻里可能99%都是水,但它有固定形状

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