Still others argue that volcanic dust injected into the atmosphere shields Earth from the Sun's rays and initiates an ice age.

还有人认为，注入大气的火山灰保护地球免受太阳辐射，并开启了一段冰河时代。

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As one man, they laid down their shields in the dust, then their pila, then their swords.

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