But everywhere we are all chipping away at life itself: housing estate by housing estate, garden by garden, paving stone by paving stone, roll of plastic grass by roll of plastic grass.

但是，我们在各地都在一点点地侵蚀生活本身：一个住宅区接着一个住宅区，一个花园接着一个花园，一块铺路石接着一块铺路石，一卷塑料草接着一卷塑料草。