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Inward facing courtyard homes of the well-to-do were the basic building blocks of Beijing's urban core.
小康家庭的封閉式四合院是北京城市中心的基本房屋街區(qū)
Floor plans varied; structures were single story, occasionally two, with hardwood frames, brick infill and tiled roofs.
樓層格局各不相同，結構卻很單一，偶爾不一樣，都是硬木結構，磚塊填充和瓦塊屋頂
Separated from the bustle outside by a spirit wall that crossed the entryway; courtyards were private
奔忙被隔離在一堵入口處的墻之外；四合院是私人的
yet communal spaces with rooms for parents, grandparents, sons, unmarried daughters, relatives and friends.
但又公用的空間有房間給父母的，祖父母的，兒子的，未嫁的女兒的，親戚的和朋友的
Beijing's urban fabric was comfortable; like a favorite jacket it was well worn yet it clothed the human scale.
北京的城市建材是很舒服的像一件很喜歡的很耐穿的夾克，它穿出了人的尺寸
Cupped tiles, dappled leaves, carpets of grass and clumps of flowering shrubs presented textures to absorb city noise
杯狀瓦塊，斑點樹葉，青草地毯和叢生的灌木叢代表的紋理來吸收城市的喧囂
which courtyard ecosystems replaced with the twitter of birds or the chirps of crickets,
四合院的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)將其替換成了鳥兒的歌唱或蟋蟀的唧唧
the laughter of servants and children, someone practicing a flute, perhaps.
仆人和小孩的笑聲也許有人在練習吹笛子
This is the home of writer, historian, Goa Monroe.
這里是作家歷史學家戈阿門羅的家
Courtyards formed the walls of hutongs.
胡同是因為四合院的墻而形成的
A dense network of narrow alleys, winding anarchically between the rigid north-south street grid.
狹窄的巷子形成的密集的網(wǎng)絡，無規(guī)律地在嚴格的南北井字形街道中間蜿蜒
Hutongs that interlaced the financial district were barely the width of a banker,
交錯在金融街區(qū)中的胡同僅是一個銀行的寬度
obviating assault by horse drawn cart and impeding the run of a fleeing robber.
避免了馬車的攻擊，并且阻止了要逃跑的搶劫犯
