Everything had been destroyed, Yankee-style, and the only crops that seemed to thrive in the ashy, salty soil were some pepper plants... from the Mexican state of Tabasco.

所有的东西包括生活方式都被破坏了。在这片灰色盐碱地上唯一留下的是一种来自墨西哥塔巴斯科州的胡椒作物。

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The people had dispersed the barracks had been destroyed and stripped of everything in them, the tile taken off the walls.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations