来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第2集 第2集》

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  their already quite strong walls
  我们发现的几乎所有的遗迹
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  in almost all the sites that we see,
  都在本就很坚固的城墙上继续加固
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  and also--this is a very important fact.
  而且 这是一个很重要的史实
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  If you're expecting to be attacked and besieged,
  如果你预料到会被攻击和包围
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  as all these citadels would be by an invader,
  就像这些城邦面对侵略者那样
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  you would want more than anything else a water supply,
  你最关心的一定是水源供应
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  but they didn't necessarily
  但在这样的情况下
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  have good water supplies in such circumstances.
  他们未必能找到充足的水源
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  So, we see the building of water holders in these places;
  所以 我们在这些地方看到了蓄水建筑
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  there's a very striking one.
  有一个很惊人的蓄水池
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  The next time you go to Mycenae
  你们下次去迈锡尼古城的时候
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  don't miss the cistern that was dug in the mountains, on the hillside,
  一定不要错过那一时期在山坡和城墙之间