成人英语三级阅读理解(86)

If you go underneath the surface, you will find the changes you don't see from the outside. The houses may look the same as before, but if you go inside, you'll find that many have been turned into apartment houses, or flats as they are called in Britain, with each family occupying one flat. So the old saying “The Englishman's house is his castle” no longer holds true, I'm afraid.

如果你透过表面往深层看,你会发现从外面看不到的变化。房屋看起来也许和从前一样,但一进去你就会发现很多都变成了公寓式的套间房,也就是英国人所谓的层套间。每家只住一套间。所以我想那句老话“英国人的家就是他的堡垒”恐怕已经过时了。