A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
房子
House
The White House is the finest prison in the world.
白宫是世界上最好的监狱。
A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.
一所没有任何旧东西的房子——似乎缺乏经验。
The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.
买房的最佳时机总是在五年前。
Its no use going to the goat's house to look for wool.
到山羊家去找羊毛是没有用的。
Beat your drum inside the house to spare the neighbors.
在屋子里敲鼓，免得邻居们受到伤害。
Don't say 'the White House wants.' Buildings can't want.
不要说“白宫想要”。“建筑不需要。
It's not the size of the house. It's how much love is inside.
不是房子的大小。而是内在的爱。
My house is completely organized from my closets to my drawers.
我的房子从壁橱到抽屉都井井有条。
If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?
如果你的房子着火了，你不试着把火扑灭吗?
My dad and my uncles used to always be in the studio at my house.
我爸爸和我叔叔过去总是在我家的画室里。
I've just got a new house in Pacific Palisades. It's really cute.
我刚在太平洋帕利塞德斯买了一栋新房子。真的很可爱。
My parents live right down the street from the house I grew up in.
我父母就住在我长大的那栋房子的街对面。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house.
我们的城堡并不宏伟，但建造得很好，周围有一个非常漂亮的花园。我住在法警的房子里。
If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words.
世上若有一幢房屋，其中有许多大厦，那就是文字的房屋。
To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.
到朋友家去，如果你愿意退休，你必须事事承认，事事佩服;你们要谨守所当得的价银，吃那当赞美的，吃那当赞美的。
The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.
布里斯托尔海峡一直是我的向导，我总能从我的床上画一条想象的线到我们在威尔士的家。这是极大的安慰。
People are constantly asking Portia and me if we are going to have children. We thought about it. We love to be around children after they've been fed and bathed. But we ultimately decided that we don't want children of our own. There is far too much glass in our house.
人们总是问我和波西亚我们是不是要生孩子。我们想过了。我们喜欢在孩子们吃过饭、洗过澡之后和他们在一起。但我们最终决定不要我们自己的孩子。我们家的玻璃太多了。
A house cannot be made habitable in a day; and, after all, how few days go to make up a century.
一所房子不可能在一天之内变得适宜居住;毕竟，一个世纪只有几天的时间。