很有钱了,先生。要是你不让我同你一起生活,我可以紧靠你的门建造一幢房子,晚上你要人作伴的时候,你可以过来,坐在我的客厅里。
If you won't let me live with you, I can build a house of my own close up to your door, and you may come and sit in my parlour when you want company of an evening.
诚然,每一幢大房子都是真正的封建堡垒,只不过是用日晒过的黏土建造的,但上面有城垛、炮塔、炮眼、吊桥等等。
Every large house is a real feudal fortress made, it is true, only of sun-baked clay, but with battlements, turrets, loopholes, drawbridges, etc.
约翰正在建造一幢小房子,但是在暴风雨中房子被吹倒了。结果他又回到了原状,只得重新开始。
John was building a small house, but it was blown down in the storm. Consequently, he was back to square one and had to start all.
因此离家出走并建造了他们的第一幢房子,一位学建筑的朋友帮他们设计结构,他们也从那儿学会了简单的建筑技巧,后来他们又自己建造了猪舍,他妻子甚至还会焊接。
An architect friend helped them with the structure, and they learnt basic construction techniques from him. Later they built pig housing on their own. His wife can even do welding.
因此离家出走并建造了他们的第一幢房子,一位学建筑的朋友帮他们设计结构,他们也从那儿学会了简单的建筑技巧,后来他们又自己建造了猪舍,他妻子甚至还会焊接。
An architect friend helped them with the structure, and they learnt basic construction techniques from him. Later they built pig housing on their own. His wife can even do welding.
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