Most of the building was old and was covered in dark green ivy, but some of it had been built more recently and was of grim, black stone.

建筑物的大部分都很古老了，墙壁上爬满了深绿色的常春藤；可是某些部分却是最近刚砌成的，材料是一些阴森的黑色石块。

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The young men take pride in their school as they stride through the hallways lined with banners from Ivy League and historically black colleges and universities and into classrooms where Mac laptops await them.

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