希腊风格的房子（异域色彩啊）！！$ P0 o# k1 D% q5 p" L
A narrow paved road twisted over rocky terrain until it disappeared into clusters of asymmetrical White houses that made up Chora.9 C; E5 f( G& M; t: p g. g/ C
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Terrain n 地形，地势的意思: ?9 {4 t! t' e2 G7 B% Y6 M; }
Asymmetrical adj.不均匀的, 不对称的 ^1 b6 ?0 Y8 o \) i0 c
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。: V, l0 m) K8 g0 | w
clusters：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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相关照片：http://www.cepolina.com/ct/vh/2728.2592.1-1646.htm
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, S. u8 C# c% u# ~) d: a2 Z* g另外一句对房子的描写也很有趣：2 C7 a8 E. G) a% O* [
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) g5 A, X. X9 U7 K% q7 `# q' S( i% K
easide balconies 阳台对着海洋3 V+ }, e; ]! }: s% B
long wooden shutters and arched doorways. 常常的木制百叶窗以及拱形的门 |
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发表于 2007-11-29 18:12
