In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.

一片片的绿草开始出现在这片烧焦的土地上，代替了多少世纪以来一直生长在那里的参天大树。

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Log cottages are sinking into a soil which gives up evidence of the siege: cannon shot, wooden shovels, barley blackened by fire. A pair of noisy Amur falcons nests in an oak on the escarpment.

木制的房子慢慢地陷入了泥土，显示着那曾经的包围战留下来的痕迹：炮弹孔，木铲，被战火烧黑的大麦，还有一对吵闹的黑龙江猎鹰巢在悬崖上的一棵橡树上。

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Shrouded in white smoke, the peat soil still smoulders under the blackened tree-stumps.

笼罩在白烟中的泥炭土仍闷在一个个烧黑的树桩下。

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Log cottages are sinking into a soil which gives up evidence of the siege: cannon shot, wooden shovels, barley blackened by fire.

ECONOMIST: The Amur River