现成的地只有城市之上的山冈，虽然有无与伦比的视角，但是长期以来有山体滑坡的威胁；又或者只能把房子盖到洪水泛滥的平原地区。

And the only available land was either high up on the hills above the city, where the views are unrivalled but the risk of landslides ever-present, or low down on the flood plains.

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相应地，这一切引起了温室气体浓度急剧上升、臭氧损耗、洪水泛滥、水产枯竭、森林消失、物种消亡。

These, in turn, have sparked correspondingly sharp rises in greenhouse gas concentrations, ozone depletion, great floods, depletion of fisheries, loss of forests, species loss.

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有一位女士一本正经地告诉我，罪恶的外国势力要对所有的事情负责，从洪水泛滥到街上的小偷，再到白糖的价格。

One lady solemnly told me that dark, outside forces were responsible for everything here, from floods and pickpocketing to the price of sugar.

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