本帖最后由 叶如钢 于 2017-3-13 03:01 编辑
”一个英国人的城堡就是他的家。“ 是的, 我觉得坎特伯雷就很象是家。 这是我们在英国短旅
中家居的第一个镇子, 或者说城(因为它有一座大教堂)。这里的房屋皆家舍味十足,
大多年代久远, 是在希特勒轰炸中幸存下来的。 人们相处也有如家人, 他们当中很多已年老,
但精力充沛,颇让人惊讶。 可以说, 年岁和家味相伴随: 房宅和居者越老, 家味就越浓。
而在英国,很少城市比坎特伯雷更古老。
----叶如钢翻译
The Englishmen’s castle is his home.” Yes, I found something very homely about Canterbury. This was the first town, or rather city ( for it has a cathedral), in which we made our home during our brief sojourn in England. The houses here are all very homely, and often very old – where they have escaped the bombing of Hitler. The people, too, have homely manner; and many of them are elderly, though surprisingly energetic for their age. Somehow, age and homeliness go together: the older the homes and their occupants, the homlier they are. And
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