She finally came to understand that marriage was like a wall and that all quarrels, “coldwars” and suspicions were like the nails on the wall.
她终于明白，婚姻就像一堵墙。
2
Looking forward at the time, many observers foresaw a placid future with few challenges to approximate the hot and coldwars that had so scarred the twentieth century.
然而此前，观察员所预见的都是一派平和的景象，与遭受冷热战而变得疮痍满目的二十世纪大相径庭。
3
Marked by two world wars and a Cold war, it has been a century characterized by the fight for freedom against tyranny, and equality of treatment whatever your status, gender or race.