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The form of the suburb encourages conformity and repetition.
城郊的形式鼓勵著遵從和重復。
Most streets adhere to a grid, running north-south and eastwest, which is linked to a grid that extends across southern California and indeed much of America.
大多數街道都遵循一個縱貫南北和東西的網格，這個網格連接著一個橫跨南加州和美國大部分地區的網格。
Navigation is straightforward.
導航十分的直截了當。
The ambulance that carries Mr Waldie and his dead father to the hospital turns left out of his road, then left onto a boulevard, then right.
那輛送沃爾迪先生和他死去的父親去醫院的救護車在路上左轉，然后左轉進入一條林蔭大道，然后右轉。
Those who live there do not find this stifling.
住在那里的人并不覺得這令人窒息。
“The grid limited our choices, exactly as urban planners said it would. But the limits weren’t paralysing.”
“正如城市規劃者所說的那樣，網格限制了我們的選擇。但只是限制并沒有癱瘓?！?/div>
Yet, as in many locked-down homes, the impression of quiet and order is surface deep.
然而，和許多上鎖的房子一樣，人們對安靜和秩序的印象是表面的。
The community relies on deep aquifers, but the rocks could also transmit terrible seismic shocks to the surface.
該社區依賴于深層含水層，但巖石也可能向地表傳遞可怕的地震波。
During the second world war the nearby aircraft factory was disguised to look like a suburb: had the enemy bombers come, Lakewood could have been accidentally wiped out.
第二次世界大戰期間，附近的飛機制造廠偽裝成一個郊區：如果敵人的轟炸機來了，萊克伍德可能會被意外地消滅。
The buyer of one house discovers that the previous owner had excavated a large airraid shelter underneath his garage.
一棟房子的買家發現先前的主人在車庫下面挖了一個大防空洞。
Above all, residents feel the presence of God.
最重要的是，居民感受到上帝的存在。
The developers boasted of Lakewood’s many churches, and funded a synagogue after the ban on Jews was lifted.
開發商夸耀萊克伍德有許多教堂，并在猶太人禁令解除后資助了一個猶太教堂。
Mr Waldie’s father, who had briefly joined a religious order, knows the Catholic liturgy so well that he teaches newly ordained priests.
沃爾迪的父親曾短暫地加入了一個宗教組織，他對天主教的禮拜儀式非常了解，所以他教新任命的牧師。
As a boy, Mr Waldie carried the crucifix in his church on Good Friday, wiping lipstick off Jesus’s feet.
作為一個男孩，沃爾迪先生在耶穌受難日的時候在教堂里帶著十字架，為耶穌擦干腳。
In the book of Revelation, the city of God is perfectly square.
在啟示錄中，上帝之城是完美的廣場。
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