The idea that housing crisis equals concreted meadows is pure lobby talk.

“住房危机”等同于“混”这个想法是纯粹游说说辞。

Friend, foe, stretched thick together, clay to clay.

敌我尸体落在一起，用一层又一层覆盖。

As the water is pumped out, the vacant space left is compacted by the weight of the earth above.

当下水被抽走，其留下空间会被上面重量压实。

It is seen as an example of traditional Yemen architecture due to the patterned windows, earth-tone coloring and protruding exterior decorations.

由于它有着图案造型窗户，色调以及凸出外部装饰，它被视为传统也门建筑范例。

And you must tunnel, writhe and coil, to find me treasure in the soil.

你必须钻、扭动、蜷缩，替我在里寻找宝藏。

Watch out for mud and other slippery surfaces like rocks.

小心和其他光滑表面，如岩石。

Some birds such as ducks, have flat bills for sieving small bits of food from the mud.

有些鸟像鸭子，它们有扁平鸟喙来从中筛选食物。

They serve as a natural fertilizer and help support the roots of future crops. They take in rain and allow it to flow into the soil instead of running off.

这个小口子发挥着天然肥料作用，而且能够帮助支撑之后种下庄稼根茎。它们盛纳了雨水并将其导入中，而不是任其白白流走。

I knew that bounding grace of step-that symmetry of mould!

我知道那优雅台阶停留边界——用覆盖那么对称！

He shaped the clay into the form of a dog.

他把雕塑成狗模样。

With fresh dirt on it! Why is there fresh dirt?

上面有新! 为什么会有新?

Perhaps a cute bespectacled neuroscientist with hair the color of mud.

或许是位可爱神经学家四眼妹，有着一头色秀发。

Sow;-while the seeds are lying in the warm earth's bosom deep, And your warm tears fall upon it They will stir in their quiet sleep, And the green blades rise the quicker, perchance, for the tears you weep.

金色种子，播进，静静躺在，母亲怀里，滚烫泪水，扑簌落下，惊蛰声中，睡眠结束，绿色芽苗，破而出，争相报答，农夫辛苦。

They sleep deep in the heart of the earth's darkness, until some one among them is seized with the desire to awaken.

它们沉睡在黑暗深处，直到它们周围其中一粒忽然想要苏醒过来。

The mud and dirt act as a form of rudimentary sunscreen, as another example of elephants essentially crafting and using tools.

浆和可以作为一种简易防晒霜，这也是大象制作和使用工具另一个例子。

Adobe means a building material makes of earth and straw.

坯是一种由和稻制成建筑材料。

Work on the USD $1BN project first commenced in October 2016 with the excavation of over 170,000 cubic metres of earth.

这个耗资10亿美元项目于2016年10月启动，挖掘了超过17万立方米。

First story takes us to the South American nation of Brazil where a tragedy at an iron mine has buried parts of a city in mud.

第一个故事将我们带到南美国家巴西，在那里，一场发生在铁矿上悲剧将一座城市部分区掩埋在中。

The island of Manhattan has grown, vertically of course with skyscrapers but outwardly as well as dirt and the garbage generated by all those people was used to expand the area they could live on.

曼哈顿岛规模也今非昔，笔直摩天大楼，当然，还有利用和人们产生垃圾从而扩大可居住区。

He would poke around in the dirt looking for worms and insects to eat.

他会在中四处窥探，找虫子吃。