When they tried to cross the marsh, their shoes sank into the soft ground.

当他们准备过地时，他们的鞋子陷进了柔软的地里。

Our correspondent Janot Bryan met the new curator at a swamp in Marryland.

本台记者加诺·布莱恩在马里兰州的一片地约见了新馆长。

He says as we've paved over swampy coastlines, we've changed how storm waters flow.

他表示，我们在遍布地的海岸线铺路时，改变了暴雨积水的流向。

They take the form of ponds, streams, rivers, bogs and swamps.

它们湖泊、河流、小溪、沼泽地的形式存在着。

What happens here will have a bearing on the future of European rice production and the overall health of southern European wetlands.

这里发的事情将对未来欧洲的水稻产和南欧地的整体健康产响。

Romania's wetlands are coming back to life, thanks to help from local communities, the World Wildlife Fund and funding from the European Union.

得益于当地社区的帮助，世界野动物基金会欧盟的资助，罗马尼亚的地正在恢。

With 29% of the area of the state being covered, Florida is proportionally more comprised of wetlands than any other state in the US.

百分之29的区域被覆盖，佛罗里达州比美国其他地方都有更多的地。

Wetlands are like giant sponges and store water from floods.

地就像是巨大的海绵，汲取洪水中的水分。

See paintings of the Rainbow Serpent, … the wildlife of the wetlands below, … and above, in impossibly high places, paintings said to be created by mimi spirits.

观赏彩虹蛇为题的画作，牠除了在地上的地活，也在天上，遥不可，这幅画据说是精灵米米的创作。

But their interconnected lakes and protected wetlands saved them from flooding.

不过，相互连接的湖泊和受保护的地使得他们免于洪水泛滥。

The invasive Burmese pythons are doing very well in Florida's preserved wetlands.

入侵的缅甸蟒蛇在佛罗里达保存完好的地活得很好。

No amount of positivity, work, or preparation will reduce the chance of say, being kept awake by noisy neighbours the night before an exam or slipping on a wet patch as you run during a race.

再多的积极性、再多的努力、再多的准备也不会减少考试前一晚被吵闹的邻居吵醒的几率，或者在比赛中滑倒在地上的几率。

Panjin in Liaoning province is another surprising wetland city.

辽宁盘锦是另一座让人惊叹的地城市。

It lived in coastal wetlands more than 66 million years ago during Earth's Cretaceous Period.

它活在6600多万年前地球白垩纪时期的沿海地中。

It's in the mallow family and the wetland ones.

它属于锦葵科，在地的那种。

For 10 out of 10, it's not unusual to see the wetlands around Mumbai, India turn pink this time of year.

今天的满分新闻，每年的这个时候，印度孟买周围的地都会变成粉红色。

What is really unique about this is it is a freshwater wetland which is unusual.

真正的独特之处在于，这里是一个不寻常的淡水地。

And that is not the only thing that makes this ecosystem unique.

除此之外，弗罗地的态系统还有其它与众不同之处。

Marshland is a kind of soft wetland.

沼泽地是一种松软的地。

Birds aren't the only ones that enjoy this time of plenty in the Scandinavian wetlands.

不光是鸟类可享受斯堪的纳维亚这片地的富足时光。