Building Your Dream Home

Mr. and Mrs. Robinson! Let’s get straight to it. You have saved up your money for years and are now ready to build your dream home. What did you have in mind?

罗宾逊先生、太太！咱们直说吧。你们攒了好多年的钱，现在准备建梦想中的房子了。你们有什么想法？

A suburban bungalow straight out of the sixties! A perfect lawn with minimal landscaping. A brick patio in the backyard with an old-fashioned grill, quaint lawn furniture, and a swimming pool. A two-car carport, pastel siding and a gable roof. Completed with white shutters and a white picket fence!

一个六十年代风格的郊区平房！完美的草坪，极少的花园布置。后院有个砖砌露台，配着老式烤架、别致的草坪家具和一个游泳池。双车位车棚，柔和色调的墙板和三角屋顶。最后配上白色百叶窗和白色尖桩栅栏！

Uh, honey?

呃，亲爱的？

In the living room we would have moss-green rugs and a fireplace with a stone mantle and wood paneling on the walls. In the kitchen, the cupboards would be a pale yellow and we would have a turquoise metal oven and vinyl flooring -

客厅里我们会铺苔绿色地毯，有个石质壁炉架和壁炉，墙上装有木质壁板。厨房里，橱柜是淡黄色的，我们还会有一个蓝绿色的金属烤箱和乙烯基地板——

Umm, sweetie, but I was thinking of a more modern style house. An open concept house, all glass, wood, metal, and concrete.

嗯，甜心，但我想要更现代风格的房子。开放式的，全是玻璃、木头、金属和混凝土。

But sweetums, there is always a lot of wasted space in those kinds of homes. Besides, it’s just a fad. It doesn’t have the homey feeling the old homes do.

但是亲爱的，那种房子总是有很多浪费的空间。而且，那只是一时流行。没有老房子那种家的感觉。

Sweetie-pie it’s not a lot of wasted space. It is relaxing and the house would be eco-friendly with an in-floor heating system and designed to retain the heat of the sun in the winter and keep the house cool in the summer. We would have solar panels on the roof -

小甜心，那不是浪费空间。很放松，房子也很环保，有地暖系统，设计成冬天能吸收太阳热量、夏天保持凉爽。屋顶上还会有太阳能板——

Do you know how much those things cost?

你知道那些东西要多少钱吗？

What about your vintage furniture, dearest? And instead of a lawn, which is also a lot of wasted space and would require environmentally harmful pesticides, we would have a fish pond in the backyard and a garden that would cover the whole yard so we could grow our own food!

那你的复古家具呢，最亲爱的？还有，草坪也是浪费空间，还需要有害环境的杀虫剂。我们可以在后院弄个鱼塘，整个院子都种上菜园，这样我们就能自己种食物了！

But buttercup, I thought you always said that you loved visiting your grandmother’s house!

但是宝贝，我以为你总说喜欢去你奶奶家呢！

And I thought you, Mr. Scientist, were all up on saving the planet with your technological advancements!

我还以为你这位科学家先生，一心想着用你的技术进步来拯救地球呢！

Umm well I am just going to go get some coffee while you two keep discussing.

嗯，那我去拿杯咖啡，你们俩继续讨论吧。