It was a bright, clear afternoon in the late fall that pretty Miss Cable drove up in her trap and waited at the curb for her father to come forth from his office in one of Chicago's tallest buildings.

  • -- George Barr McCutcheon 乔治·巴尔·麦卡琴

那是深秋一个晴朗的下午,漂亮的凯布尔小姐开着马车来到路边,等着她父亲从芝加哥最高的建筑物之一的办公室里出来。

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My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions.

从我的办公室可以看到廉价住房和东德的预制公寓楼。这不是一个吸引人的景色,但它很有帮助,因为它提醒我问自己,无论什么时候要做决定,住在那里的人是否能负担得起我们的决定。

I spent a lot of time in the school psychologist's office. I didn't apply myself. My mother thought I had learning disabilities.

我花了很多时间在学校心理学家的办公室。我没有专心。我母亲认为我有学习障碍。

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.

芝加哥有一种奇特的形而上的死亡优雅。

But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago.

但是我最喜欢的乐队是芝加哥的路边生活。