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All that neighbours knew about the reclusive man was that he had lived in the building for about 20 years.

关于那名隐居者邻居们所知道的就是他已经在那栋楼里住了大约二十年了。

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A building is alive, like a man.

建筑是有生命的，就像一个人。

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In nineteen eighteen, a man named Arthur Davis proposed building a dam to control the Colorado River.

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