I had envisioned this polluted wasteland where rivers ran black, living conditions were terrible, and soot blocked out the sun.
在我的想象中着一定是一个受到严重污染，河中黑水横流，生活条件极差并且烟灰遮日的城市。
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Where the two rivers join is a large pool crowded with a hundred hippos, their piggy eyes on us, their nostrils blowing plumes of water in the setting sun as they twiddle their ears.