houses

The small houses were in the nearest part of the city. Square rooms opened on to a grid of narrow passages, criss-crossing to make streets.
矮小的房舍座落在离城市最近的一部份。方正的房间通往有如格子状的狭小的通道，交织成密密的街道。
A few days later the young minister of a church near Gates Avenue passed the two houses and saw the men working.
几天之后，盖茨大道附近一座教堂的一名年轻的牧师从两家的房边经过，看到两个男人在那里忙活着。
When innovative technology is applied to cars, houses or other everyday things everyone seems to celebrate progress.
当创新技术应用于汽车、住宅以及其他的日常用品时，每个人似乎都为取得这样的进步而欢呼雀跃。
Tess soon went onward into the village, her footsteps echoing against the houses as though it were a place of the dead.
苔丝不久走进了村子，她的脚步声传到两边房子的墙上再反射回来，仿佛这儿是一个死人的国度。
The landscape is distinctive too, with grand castles and half-timbered houses topped by storks that look like the set of a Disney movie.
景观更是别具特色，有宏伟的城堡和顶部以鹳装饰的露明木架房子，俨然活在迪士尼电影布景里。
His wife went into the outhouse, which in old houses was always right next to the pigpen.
他的妻子去上厕所，厕所就在猪圈旁的旧屋子里。
Grief-stricken families searched the woods, the local buildings, and all the houses and barns, but there was no sign of the missing girls.
悲伤的家人们四处找寻，森林、建筑物、所有的房屋和谷仓都找遍了，但哪儿都没有这些孩子们的踪影。
What was more admirable was that he is blessed with a happy family, beautiful wife and lovely children, luxurious houses and expensive cars.
更令人羡慕的是，他有着幸福的家庭、娇妻美子、汽车豪宅等。
This year, some of its inhabitants told me with satisfaction, it finally tore down the last of its old houses.
今年，当地的居民满意的告诉我，最后的几所老房子终于被拆掉了。
'There was fire everywhere, ' she said. 'It burned away all the houses. Only concrete columns are still standing. '
她说，到处都是火，所有的房子都烧没了，只有混凝土柱子还在。