来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第24集 第24集》

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  but he then subsequently made a very important change.
  但是他接下来做出了一个至关重要的改变
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  Now, he does keep the spear, the pike
  他保留了长枪 长矛
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  that was the fundamental weapon of the old phalanx.
  这些是方阵部队最基本的武器
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  But it was lengthened from being let's say
  但是它的长度增长了
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  roughly eight feet long to fourteen feet or so.
  大概从8英尺增长到了14英尺
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  Now, you cannot hold a fourteen-foot pike with one hand.
  现在 你无法只用一只手去拿14英尺的矛
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  This is a two-handed weapon;
  你必须双手持械
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  if you're going to control and
  这样才能
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  use it effectively that's what you have to do.
  控制和有效地使用这种武器
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  Well, if you're going to have two hands
  如果你需要双手持械
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  on this thing you can't have that hoplite shield
  你就不能再携带步兵盾牌了
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  that was the characteristic of the old hoplite phalanx.
  这是老式步兵方阵的特征