Water pours through the roof, encouraging rot to eat away the interior of the house.

水从屋顶倾泻下来，加速了对房屋内部的侵蚀。

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The silence was broken only by the steady drip, drip of water from the roof.

只有屋顶上滴答滴答持续不断的滴水声打破了寂静。

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I've set up rain barrels and infiltration pits to collect thousands of gallons of storm water cascading from my roof.

我设置了雨桶和渗透坑来收集从屋顶倾泻而下的数千加仑雨水。

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You can watch the surrounding city from indoors and see a landscaped, energy-saving, water-collecting, "living" roof from one level above.

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The woman's home in a narrow alley doesn't have a proper roof, so the place was damp and water-logged after recent rain storms.

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The roof blew off one gym, and others have power or water-damage problems.

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