Sometimes Jasim felt sure that it was lurking just below the surface of his thoughts, but when he dived down to check it was nothing but a trick of the light.

有时候，加西姆确切地感觉到，生命终章的冒险就在他的思绪底部盘旋，但当他想要抓住时，却发现那不过是光线的闹剧。

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The one in Punjab has fallen from a couple of metres below the surface to, in parts, hundreds of metres down.

旁遮普邦的一处地下水下降了好几米，从地上算，已经是百米以下。

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Communities of microorganisms have been found hunkered down in groundwater as far as 5 km below the surface of the land.

地表之下5公里的地下水中也发现了微生物群落。

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Phase II, planned for 2011, will identify both aquifers down to 3, 000 meters below the surface, study soil composition and aquifer replenishment, and prioritize areas for agricultural development.

UNESCO: launches initiative to identify groundwater and alleviate water shortages in Iraq | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

To torment the players further, the USGA shaved down the banks below seven of the greens, so that balls that just barely miss the putting surface, or are chipped just a smidge too hard, can sometimes race 10 to 20 yards away.

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Things get murkier still when oil companies drill deep below the surface of the ocean floor, since even robots can't go down there to see what's going on.

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