The fictitious brick dwelling had given place to an imaginary granite one with a checker-board mansard roof; in time this one disappeared and gave place to a still grander home--and so on and so on.

虚构的砖房已经让位于想象中的花岗岩房， 房顶为棋盘式复折线屋顶；随着时间的推移， 这个房子消失了， 取而代之的是一个更宏伟的家——等等。

Alex considers the sprawling, snowy lawn in front of them, the sure line of the Washington Monument stretching up, the jagged French mansard roofs of the Eisenhower Building to the west, the same one Truman hated.

亚历克斯考虑着他们面前那片广阔的白雪皑皑的草坪，华盛顿纪念碑绵延不绝的线条，西边艾森豪威尔大厦锯齿状的法国折线屋顶，这些都是杜鲁门所讨厌的。