So, here I am trying to work this earthquake business into a column about air travel.
好吧，我现在试着把地震的事儿穿插到关于空中旅行的专栏里。
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A thermometer often now, and more often back in the early 1800s, consists of a glass tube up which a column of mercury or alcohol can travel from a reservoir at the base.
现在常见的温度计由一个玻璃管和一个位于底部的贮液槽组成，贮液槽中的水银或酒精沿玻璃管上升形成液柱。
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Tsunamis travel as fast as jet aircraft in deep water, where they are spread over a far deeper water column and make for smaller and very gradual waves at the surface.