There are streets where nothing stands, corners where one house or one wall has survived, everything around it is matchwood.
那儿的街道上已经什么都没有了,街角偶尔会有一栋房子或一堵墙立在那里,四周的一切都是碎片。
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Learning how to safely harness the invisible, odorless resource took some time. Many a building was blown to matchwood because of leaking gas. In 1908, a mattress factory exploded.