He says he laughed when some friends first told him about houses built of straw.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

Thus, the city structure itself, the way the city was built with houses along the canals reflects the economic primacy of global trade.

因此城市按照这个特点形成了自身的布局,沿着水道而修筑房屋的建筑特色,这也印证了其全球贸易中心的地位

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

They said, no more new houses to be built, so everyone thought--in fact they were talking about World War III, they were really scared.

他们说,禁止新建住宅,因此当时人们都认为,要爆发第三次世界大战,人们都很害怕

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Many of these late nineteenth century houses would not have been built had it not been for a major tragedy.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

In which of Lima's houses, the city glittering with gold, live those who built it?

利马金城 熠熠夺目,铄金之人,所居何处

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Driving through the neighborhoods of northern and eastern New Orleans, you see many newly built or repaired houses.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Now, here, these are houses that are built along the canals.

再看这个,这个是造在运河旁的住宅楼

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Signs on some of the houses say they were built as long ago as the seventeenth century.

VOA: special.2011.07.25

Hobbes built the houses and institutions.

而霍布斯则建立了上层建筑。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Others built houses from blocks of earth cut out of the grassland.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

They had also built pretty little houses for their families.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Soon after that more permanent houses were built above ground.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

The number of houses being built was dropping.

VOA: special.2011.02.17

Some built houses partly underground.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

"And,with that,we operated in 14 affected countries throughout the Indian Ocean area, built 51,000 permanent houses, in Indonesia,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

He says hundreds of houses and hospitals in the devastated areas still have to be built.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

For instance,houses should be built, taking into account their environment.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

The Italian prime minister has promised to build new houses for the victims of the mudslides, just like the ones that were built for the victims of the earthquake in l'Aquila earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

But the head of the rescue services blamed shoddy building for the disaster, saying too many houses had been built too close to rivers and the seafront in an area hit by landslides two years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10