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But then in the apartment across the hall from this cow shed lives a newly married couple in what locals describe as one of the nicest apartments in the area.
不過從這個牛棚穿過樓道的這個公寓住著一對新婚的夫妻，這里被當地人形容為當地最好的一座公寓之一。
The attention to this detail astonished me,
公寓里對細節的注意使我震驚，
and as the owner of the home so proudly led me around this apartment,
并且當公寓的主人很自豪地讓我在這個公寓里隨便走動時，
from floor to ceiling, every part was decorated.
從地板到屋頂，這里的每處都經過裝點。
But if it weren't for the strangely familiar stomach-churning odor that constantly passes through the apartment,
但假如不是那讓人無法忍受的持續穿過公寓的讓人惡心的氣味，
it would be easy to forget that you are standing next to a cow shed and on top of a landfill.
你會非常容易忘記你正站在牛棚的隔壁和垃圾清理廠的上方。
What moved me the most was that despite these seemingly inhospitable conditions,
讓我感動的是除了那些看上去不宜居的條件，
I was welcomed with open arms into a home that was made with love, care,and unreserved passion.
我被非常熱情地邀請進入一個充滿愛，關懷和沒有保留熱情的家。
Let's move across the map to China,
讓我們跨越來到中國，
to an area called Shanxi, Henan and Gansu.
來到一個叫陜西，河南和甘肅的區域。
In a region famous for the soft, porous Loess Plateau soil,
一個以柔軟松散的黃土高原黃沙而聞名的地區，
there lived until recently an estimated 40 million people in these houses underground.
最新估計那里有四千萬人住在地下的房屋里。
These dwellings are called the yaodongs.
這種住宅稱為窯洞。
Through this architecture by subtraction,
通過這種往下建的建筑方式，
these yaodongs are built literally inside of the soil.
這些窯洞真的是建在土地下面。
In these villages, you see an entirely altered landscape,
在這些村子里，你可以看到完全改變了的地貌，
and hidden behind these mounds of dirt are these square, rectangular houses which sit seven meters below the ground.
而在這些土丘背后藏著的是廣場，長方形的房子坐落在地下7米的地方。
