Iraq's long, largely flat desert border with Syria was largely unprotected, and the Syrians were willing supporters.

叙利亚与伊拉克之间沙漠边境线，漫长而平坦，在很大程度上未受保护，叙利亚人愿意提供协助。

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In the southeast, Pakistan"s border with India passes through a flat desert, called the Cholistan or Thar Desert.

在其东南部，巴基斯坦和印度接壤的地区穿过一个干燥的沙漠，该沙漠被称为科里斯坦（Cholistan）或佛塔沙漠（Thar Desert）。

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His long daily commute involves: traveling on his bike, crossing the border, taking three different trains and walking to his employer's flat, to spend his day sitting, idly, in a fancy car.

他长年不变的生活行程是：骑自行车离家，穿过边界，倒上三次班车，步行到老板的住处，然后在一辆豪华汽车里懒散地度过一天。

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Meanwhile the Israeli army, caught flat-footed both on the Golan Heights and on the border with Lebanon, will have to shore up the border, at least in the north, to make it physically impassable.

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