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And if a female replies, they pair up, posing like statues.
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And if a female replies, they pair up, posing like statues. 如果有雌企鹅回应, 它们就结成一对,共同摆出雕像般的姿势

And there hasn't been a bloom like this one for a century.
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And there hasn't been a bloom like this one for a century. 这里已有一个世纪 没有像现在这样开满鲜花

The sandy riverbed acts like a giant strip of blotting paper
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The sandy riverbed acts like a giant strip of blotting paper 布满沙子的河床像是一张巨大的吸水纸

Like the elephants,
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Like the elephants, 和大象一样

but water, scarce thought it is, has also, like the wind, shaped the land itself.
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but water, scarce thought it is, has also, like the wind, shaped the land itself. 尽管水很少 但它也和风一样 造就了各种地形

and they absorb liquid like a sponge.
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and they absorb liquid like a sponge. 它们像海绵一样吸收着水汽

Star dunes like these can be 300 metres high.
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Star dunes like these can be 300 metres high. 这些巨型沙丘高达300多米

Sandstorms like these appear without warning
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Sandstorms like these appear without warning 如此巨大的沙暴出现时毫无征兆

There's no other desert quite like the Gobi,
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There's no other desert quite like the Gobi, 别的沙漠都和戈壁不太一样

like these 5-metre cones, frosted with the most delicate crystals.
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like these 5-metre cones, frosted with the most delicate crystals. 例如这些5米高的石锥 上面布满了雪霜一样的松脆结晶