Years ago, my parents decided to build a summerhouse in the garden and consulted a neighbour who had once been the property’s housekeeper. The octogenarian sucked her remaining teeth. “Mark my words: it will blow down. The last one did,” she said. “It stood for 50 years — but it blew down.”
多年前，我的父母决定在花园里建一座凉亭，他们咨询了曾担任该物业管家的邻居。这位耄耋老人吸了吸所剩不多的牙齿说：“记住我的话：它会被风吹倒的。上一个凉亭就是被吹倒的。它在这里伫立了50年——但最后还是被吹倒了。”
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