A Tour of Tent City | This Old House

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   So, Tom, you and I've been working together for years, but this is the first time we've worked together actually on the beach.

   汤姆，我们共事多年，但这还是我们第一次在海滩上一起工作。

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   I actually grew up just one town to the south here, and this is where I think my love of Victorian homes and older homes was really born.

   我其实就在南边一个镇长大，我想我对维多利亚式建筑和老房子的热爱就是在这里萌芽的。

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   It's still spectacular, and I tell you, things were a lot different when I was a kid.

   它依然壮观，我跟你说，我小时候这里的情况大不相同。

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   We had blue laws here for one hundred and seventeen years: no smoking, no drinking, no bathing on Sundays.

   我们这里有一百一十七年的蓝色法规：周日禁止吸烟、禁止饮酒、禁止游泳。

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   Well, in fact, if you wanted to drive on Sundays, you had to move your car outside of town, so you could get access to it.

   嗯，事实上，如果你想在周日开车，你必须把车开到镇外，这样你才能用得上。

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