It might bend and bow, that is it's not the forces of nature like the movement of the river that's knocking the bridge down, but it's just the failure of these materials over time, that they don't last as long as they might.

这桥可能会折断,不一定是洪水这样的自然灾害,导致了桥梁的坍塌,可能只是因为建桥的材料老化,这种材料没有那么持久耐用

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Well, is this the same body as the-- as the long bone-- ? a fleshly bone that was here last week?

这个躯体-,和上周站在这里的-,那个躯体是一样的吗？

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We're desperately hungry", as Marcus empathizes with, "we're desperately hungry. You're not going to last long anyhow."

我们实在太饿了，马库斯对此感同身受啊，我们实在太饿了，反正你也活不久了“

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