新标准大学英语第四册unit7activereading1课文及译文VIP专享VIP免费

The passage is written imaginatively as the memories of a house. Using unusual narrators such as houses, cars, pets and so on is frequently a feature of children’ s books. The statements are made by the house. 美好的回忆Golden memories 虽然这个房子已经换了许多户人家了，但直到现在我还记得那些筑墙、盖屋顶的工人。当时马路对过那座庄园大宅的主人需要建一个小屋给他的园丁住。他在这片连绵不断的巨大的丘陵果园中找到了一片空地，并派工人到本地的采石场运来金黄色的石头。工人们花了三个月的时间在园子里建起了这两座农家小屋。I can still remember the men who built the walls, and raised the roof, even though it was many families ago. The master from the manor house over the way needed a lodge for his groundsman to live, and found a clearing in the huge orchard which ran up and down the hills. He sent workman to bring the golden stone from the local quarry and they spent three months building two cottages in the park. Large private house 庄园on the other side of the road 马路对面A small house at the entrance to the grounds of a large house 偏房，下房A groundsman is a person whose job is to look after a park or sports ground 管理员A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes 空地An orchard is an area of land on which fruit trees are grown 果园A quarry is place, often a hole in the ground, from where stones are extracted采石场A cottage is a small, usually one-storied house, often one that is the dwelling of a peasant or a farm laborer. 我只从侧面看到过我旁边的那座房子，我从来没有见过它的正面。但是我知道，尽管我们在结构和外观上是一模一样的，我们的朝向正好相反，这真是不可思议。我的前门朝东，隔壁房子的前门是朝西的。我的卧室在房子的后部，在隔壁那所房子里，这个位置的楼下是厨房。我的厨房在房子的前部，在隔壁的那个房子里，这个位置的楼上是卧室。我觉得...