Worse, we had laid our boots, caked with muddy salt, on the ground to dry. The hot ground had baked them into weird shapes. Each seemed to weigh 20 pounds.

而且更糟糕的是，我们把粘满盐浆的靴子放在地上好让它们晾干，结果炙热的地面把它们烘成奇形怪状，每只似乎都重达20英磅。

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