Belle, our dog, my other companion, was old and lazy and liked to sleep by the open fire rather than to romp with me.

贝拉是我们家的狗，也是我的另一个伙伴，她又老又懒，喜欢在壁炉旁睡觉，而不太愿意同我玩耍。

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Everyone simply wants to make their homes livable again, said Ray Marten, whose home in the Belle Harbor section of New York City's Queens borough burned down when a fire swept along his street during the storm, and whose family of six is renting a nearby house.

NPR: 6 Months After Sandy, Thousands Homeless In NY, NJ