The city is a ghost town on both sides of the Orontes river which divides it.

这座位于将其分成两半的奥龙·特斯河两岸的城市成了一座鬼城。

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Recently, among the Orontes survivors, he had noticed a change in conversational topics.

最近，他察觉到奥龙特斯号的幸存者们谈论的话题变了。

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We travel from Aleppo by car, stopping briefly in the city of Hama, lush and green along the Banks of the Orontes, with ancient waterwheels rising above the city's houses and shops.

我们从阿勒颇乘汽车出发，在哈马作了短暂的停留。奥郎特河沿岸一路苍翠，在城镇的房舍商铺之上，可以看见古老的水车。

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The creak of ancient waterwheels turning in the cool water of the Orontes, which snakes through this city of 800, 000, was the only sound in the still hot air during the daytime last weekend.

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