The Monday peace prayers followed a joint call by young East and West German theologians for removal from German soil of both NATO and (more discreetly, if more daringly) Soviet nuclear weapons.

逢周一举行的和平祈祷活动之后会有东西两德年轻神学家们的一项联合呼吁，要求撤走北约和苏联安置在德国领土上的核武器。

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On the contrary, life here is for many closer to purgatory, the trees hacked down, the soil ravaged, and the spirit of many of the young men broken.

恰恰相反，这里的生活更像是炼狱：砍倒的树木，荒废的土地，以及被摧毁的年轻一代的精神世界。

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Moreover, because young plant rootlets do not readily penetrate poorly oxygenated clay, soil composed exclusively of clay is poor for raising crops.

另外，因为幼苗的小根不能轻易扎入含氧少的黏土中，所以只是由黏土构成的土壤不适合种植作物。

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The first lady showed the young gardeners how to turn the soil for the one hundred square meter garden.

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