当搭脚手架的材料运来的时候，我就询问盖房子的人进展如何了。

When scaffolding's up I ask the builders what's going on.

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这倒让我想起一首歌（故事）：“聪明的人盖房用石头，傻子盖房子用沙子”。

Actually thesituation reminds me of the song/story "the wise man built his houseupon the rock, the foolish man built his house upon the sand".

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如果不是父亲拒绝盖房子，我可能没有机会受教育，我的人生也可能就此改变。

Without my father's decision to not build a big house, I wouldn't have been able to get my education, and my life would be totally different.

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