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Some were so bad, and they were among the most pretentious-churches, stores, warehouses, and the like-that they were down-right startling;
有的房子糟得嚇人，而這些房子競(jìng)還是一些最重要的建筑-教堂、商店、倉(cāng)庫(kù)等等。人們驚愕地看著這些房子，
one blinked before them as one blinks before a man with his face shot away.
就像是看見(jiàn)一個(gè)臉給子彈崩掉的人一樣。
A few linger in memory, horrible even there: a crazy little church just west of Jeannette, set like a dormer-window on the side of a bare leprous hill;
有的留在記憶里，甚至回憶起來(lái)也是可怕的：珍尼特西面的一所樣子稀奇古怪的小教堂，就像一扇老虎窗貼在一面光禿禿的、似有麻風(fēng)散鱗的山坡上;
the headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at another forlorn town, a steel stadium like a huge rattrap somewhere further down the line.
參加過(guò)國(guó)外戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的退伍軍人總部，設(shè)在珍尼特過(guò)去不遠(yuǎn)的另一個(gè)凄涼的小鎮(zhèn)上。沿鐵路線向東不遠(yuǎn)處的一座鋼架，就像一個(gè)巨大的捕鼠器。
But most of all I recall the general effect-of hideousness without a break.
但我回憶里出現(xiàn)的 三要還是一個(gè)總的印象-連綿不斷的丑陋。
There was not a single decent house within eyerange from the Pittsburgh to the Greensburg yards.
從匹茲堡到格林斯 堡火車調(diào)車場(chǎng)，放眼望去，沒(méi)有一幢像樣的房子。
There was not one that was not misshapen, and there was not one that was not shabby.
沒(méi)有一幢不是歪歪扭扭的，沒(méi)有一幢不是破破爛爛的。
The country itself is not uncomely, despite the grime of the endless mills.
盡管到處是林立的工廠，遍地彌漫著煙塵，這一地區(qū)的自然條件并不差。
It is, in form, a narrow river valley, with deep gullies running up into the hills.
就地形而論，這兒是一條狹窄的河谷，其中流淌著一道道發(fā)源自山間的深溪。
It is thickly settled, but not: noticeably overcrowded. There is still plenty of room for building, even in the larger towns, and there are very few solid blocks.
這兒的人口雖然稠密，但并無(wú)過(guò)分擁擠的跡象，即使在一些較大的城鎮(zhèn)中，建筑方面也還大有發(fā)展的余地。
Nearly every house, big and little, has space on all four sides.
這兒很少見(jiàn)到有高密度排列的建筑樓群，幾乎每一幢房屋，無(wú)論大小，其四周都還有剩余的空地。
Obviously,if there were architects of any professional sense or dignity in the region, they would have perfected a chalet to hug the hillsides a chalet with a high-pitched roof, to throw off the heavy Winter snows,but still essentially a low and clinging building, wider than it was tall.
顯然，如果這一地區(qū)有幾個(gè)稍有職業(yè)責(zé)任感或榮譽(yù)感的建筑師的話，他們準(zhǔn)會(huì)緊依山坡建造一些美觀雅致的瑞士式山地小木屋,一種有著便于冬季排除積雪的陡坡屋頂，寬度大于高度，依山而建的低矮的小木屋。
