I love imagining what even the most run-down house could look like with a little tender loving care.

我喜欢想象，哪怕是最破旧的房子，只要有一点点温柔的呵护，会是什么样子。

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Behind it stood Burma Action's local HQ, a big but run-down house, two stories of worn wood and dirty concrete with a balcony on the left, cement garage on the right.

门后便是缅甸行动组织在当地的总部，这是大而破旧的两层楼房子，木材和混凝土材料都老化严重，左边是阳台，后边还有一个水泥砌成的车库。

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The runner would either start from the forest and run up to and behind the house, or start from the house and run down into the forest and disappear.

那个人要么是从森林里出来，在房前屋后跑来跑去，要么是从房子里跑出来，跑到森林里消失不见。

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