希腊风格的房子（异域色彩啊）！！' ]9 Y1 A \$ Q1 f7 a; M3 `
A narrow paved road twisted over rocky terrain until it disappeared into clusters of asymmetrical White houses that made up Chora.& I6 |- }, w: `2 h+ M
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7 V. s _! v6 c; E1 i5 tTerrain n 地形，地势的意思
2 V1 C3 M6 A3 H* s: V: EAsymmetrical adj.不均匀的, 不对称的0 U2 d3 V2 u" U% {
Clusters of asymmetrical White Houses 非常形象，大家如果看希腊城区的图片，发现他们的房子都是沿山建的，而且还堆在一起，密密麻麻的的，所以用clusters非常的形象。
: {) e3 O5 m* v$ ]$ rclusters：To gather or grow into bunches. 丛生：聚集或长成束丛；To cause to grow or form into bunches.使密集：致使长成或形成丛）
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$ A [1 D, K1 b$ j+ ~! w& e相关照片：http://www.cepolina.com/ct/vh/2728.2592.1-1646.htm! ^# D7 W$ ?( D' {! e
0 w8 y+ ]. H$ Y8 \- M; u# b+ @7 S另外一句对房子的描写也很有趣：0 t9 I9 F* D% j) x5 I( f; d2 u
At the top of the hill behind the beach sat the hotel, a square wedding cake of a building, two stories high, with seaside balconies, long wooden shutters, and arched doorways.
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a square wedding cake of a building， 婚宴蛋糕般的方形建筑
$ ]& c0 b: t; _easide balconies 阳台对着海洋+ G3 G0 h% V5 I. m$ r( ~
long wooden shutters and arched doorways. 常常的木制百叶窗以及拱形的门 |
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