While the materials used to build the Shell House were fairly traditional, the design of it was anything but.

贝壳屋的建筑材料很普通，但它的设计风格独一无二。

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The house was now a shell gutted by flames.

房子烧得只剩个空骨架了。

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The shell of the house was a grim reminder of what happened to Lorraine, Caroline, Sean, 7, Bellina, 4, Clodagh, 19 months and James, who was nine months old.

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