Next, put a little water in the pot.

下一步是在锅里放少量的水。

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He was so concentrated on the TV programme that he forgot the cooking and the water in the pot boiled away.

他把注意力全集中在电视节目上，忘了正在做的饭，把锅里的水都烧干了。

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The pot was sitting in a pool of water.

罐子放在水里。

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Water in the sand between the two pots evaporates through the surface of the larger pot, where drier outside air is moving.

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The pot should have holes in the bottom so water can run out.

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To do this, you can put the cooking pot in cool water.

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And so, instead of being confronted with a sudden crisis that prompts real change, South Africa appears to be drifting - sustained by an expanding middle class and buoyant local economy - while the water in the pot keeps getting steadily hotter.

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But if water is used in the neti pot, or the solution isn't the right concentration, the tissue in the nose can get swollen, DelGaudio said.

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Thus, the frog-in-the-pot-of-boiling-water phenomena would appear to be the operative strategy at play.

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