Somsak Kongpeeng is one of her neighbors, and a community volunteer.
Somsak Kongpeeng是她的一位邻居,也是社区里的志愿者。
“If you travel on the canal boats, you can see how this is all hollow4,” he says.
他说:“如果你乘运河船,就可以看到这儿都全凹陷下去了。"
“The buildings are sinking because they were not built on solid foundations5.”
建筑物在下沉,因为地基不够坚固。
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But he is also partly serious.
但是他是半开玩笑的。
That might be only a small overstatement in a city that is, on average, just two meters above sea level.
说城市里的水位平均高于海平面2米可能有点夸大其词了。
Many homes and other structures were built on soft clay.
许多住房和其他建筑物都是用软黏土建造的。