And that sort of geared me up for a whole series of novels where I do tons of research, even though I write fiction, which is supposed to be made up,right?"

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but the people who suffered most from the damage in the lowland areas in the city who happen to be people in color have nothing to do with the decisions made on these wetlands.

但在这场灾难中,生活在城市低地处的人们,遭受了最为严重的损失,而这群人又恰好是,对湿地有关决策,无从置喙的有色人种。

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However, there are light arm troops made up of those too poor to be in the phalanx, who do use projectiles and the projectiles are arrows, javelins, or stones thrown by slings.

然而的确有轻装部队,由没法进入方阵的穷人组成,他们使用投掷武器,包括弓箭,投枪,或者绳索绑着的石头

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