- is the agent that shapes all deserts.
塑造了各种沙漠地形 - Reptiles have armoured scaly skins that protect them from the stinging grains.
爬行动物的皮肤覆盖着鳞甲 能抵御刺痛的沙粒 - For insects the bombardment can be very severe indeed.
而昆虫则得遭受猛烈“炮火”的轰击 - The only escape is below the surface.
唯一的藏身之处当然是在沙子下面 - As the winds rise and fall, swallow and eddy
随着风的起落、侵蚀和旋绕 - so they pile the sand into dunes.
沙子被堆成了一座座沙丘 - These sand scenes can be hundreds of miles across.
这些沙漠布景可宽达数百英里