来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第6集 第6集》

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  Imagine a round shield of the size I've talked about
  想象一下有一块这么大的圆形盾牌
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  and one of the things that's important
  其中很关键的一部分是
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  is that at the end of the shield,
  在盾牌的边上
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  the right end from my perspective has a grip on it,
  从我的方位看是在最右边 有一个手柄
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  but in the middle of the shield,
  而在盾牌背面的中间
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  there is also a kind of a loose piece of leather thong
  有一些松散的皮质束带
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  that you can put your arm through,
  你把手穿过束带
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  so that the shield is resting in part
  这样一来 通过最右端的手柄和
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  on that grip and on the grip that you hold at this end.
  中间的手臂束带 盾牌就能固定住了
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  You need to do that to be able to control the shield
  如果你想自如操控这块盾牌就必须得这样
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  that's as big as that and as heavy as that,
  这种盾牌很大并且很笨重
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  because it is made fundamentally of a heavy wood,
  因为它主要是由沉重的木材制成