Our only ark of safety was the house, so long as it remained untouched by the fire.

如果火焰没烧到房子，它就是我们唯一安全的方舟。

A " ranch-style house" is a long, rectangular house, with only one floor.

“牧场式房屋”是一种长方形的房屋，只有一层。

Silicon Valley was intentionally created by Stanford University, and Route 128 outside Boston has long housed companies spun off from MIT and Harvard.

硅谷就是斯坦福大学刻意创建的，而坐落在波士顿城外的128号公路两侧的那些公司都是从麻省理工学院和哈佛大学分离出来的。

The wind and rain beat down on me, and I fell down several times, but finally I arrived at a long, low house, standing rather isolated in the middle of the moor.

风裹着雨打在我的身上，我跌倒了好几次，但终于还是走到了一幢孤零零立在沼泽地中间的长长的矮房子前。

The four long house tables were laden with tureens of porridge, plates of kippers, mountains of toast, and dishes of eggs and bacon, beneath the enchanted ceiling (today, a dull, cloudy gray) .

在施了魔法的天花板下(今天是阴天的灰色)，四个学院的长桌子上摆着一碗碗的粥、一盘盘的腌鲱鱼、堆成小山的面包片和一碟碟鸡蛋和咸肉。

Just after this we came into a short street of houses: or rather, one long house on either side of the way, built of timber and plaster, and with a pretty arcade over the footway before it.

就在这之后，我们进入了一条房屋的短街：或者更确切地说，是在道路两边的一栋长房子，用木材和石膏建造，前面的人行道上有一个漂亮的拱廊。

At the end of the lane was the blue glimmer of the river; to the left, standing in front of a clump of oaks and maples, he saw a long tumble-down house with white paint peeling from its clapboards.

小巷的尽头是河流的蓝色微光。在左边，站在一丛橡树和枫树前， 他看到一栋摇摇欲坠的长房子， 白色油漆从隔板上剥落。