Rain-soaked soil contains less oxygen than does drier soil.

雨水浸透的土壤比干燥的土壤含氧量少。

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It follows that melon plants have a lower-than-usual rate of photosynthesis when their roots are in rain-soaked soil.

因此，当瓜类植物的根在雨水浸湿的土壤中时，它们的光合作用率低于通常水平。

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The soaked soil is in a state of fusion, as it were; all its molecules are in suspension in soft medium; it is not earth and it is not water.

土地浸湿以后象已溶解，它的所有分子都处于稀软的状态中，它已不是土地，但也不是水，有时还很深。

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She, like Juan, feels an affinity with the colours of her adopted homeland: Isabelle's hair is gathered round her face in soft, red curls and she jokes that her scalp has soaked up the shades of the soil.

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