But he seemed not to hear. Only the shiver of wind in the trees and the tittering of rain on the thatched roof broke that eerie silence.
但是他好像并没有听到。只有窗外风吹拂过树的沙沙声和雨点落在屋顶上的滴答声打破了这诡异的安宁。
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“I remember trying to make my case to the city, and they said, ‘You know, if we just planted four trees, it would cost us a tenth the cost of a green roof, ’” she says.