2. Yet for centuries our people have lived in a city that is nothing more than a
shambling pile of stones and rotting vines.
然而,几百年来我们的人民居然一直生活在这样一个除了乱七八糟的破石块和腐烂中的藤蔓杂草外什么都没有的破烂城市里。
3. That evening he walked through the trees disguised as a ploughman going home from work: muddy boots, ploughshare over one shoulder, oxen
shambling ahead of him.
那天晚上他装扮成一个收工回家的农夫,正穿过一片树林:脚踏沾满泥浆的靴子,肩上扛着犁铧,前头还慢吞吞走着几头公牛。