便宜的汽油和大量的鼓励信贷让许许多多的美国人迁移到南边的州和距离相对遥远的城市郊区（近郊繁华地区）来享受面积巨大的大房子。

Cheap petrol and ample credit encouraged millions of Americans toflock to southern states and to distant suburbs (“exurbs”) in search of bighouses with lots of land.

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那幢大房子所耗费用巨大。

That big house eats up money.

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So, he actually owned for a short time this huge chateau, and other relatives and friends lived in estates surrounding theirs.

他只拥有这个巨大的城堡一段很短的时间，其他的亲戚朋友的房子都挨的很近。

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People put up these big banners "I protect my pretty house, protect my pretty house."

人们挂起巨大的横幅,他们想“保护我的房子，保护我的房子“

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