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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If I strike you in a vulnerable place如果我用一根有铜质尾部的棍子 -
with a stick that has a bronze butt on it,刺你的软肋的话 -
it could well kill you.很可能就是一击必杀 -
It would happen because the spear itself was made of wood这个设计是因为矛本身是木制的 -
and that meant you can count on it所以不能指望太多 -
often breaking in the midst of battle, in which case,在战场上很容易就断掉了 所以 -
if you have one end of it or the other只要你手里还有一半武器 -
you can still have a point that you can use to help yourself在重装步兵方阵的战斗中 -
in this scrum that it is a hoplite phalanx battle.你就还有战斗力 能够保护自己 -
Although I don't quite understand--I should say,虽然我有时也很困惑 比如说 -
there's many things about how the fighting went on战场上瞬息万变 情况非常复杂 -
which we can only attempt to imagine由于没有古代重步兵白刃战的影像资料