The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its home blaring, roared down the arcade.

宁静突然被打破，一辆大轿车亮着前灯，响着喇叭，呼啸着冲进了拱廊街，

It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.

这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。

Though it may be possible to measure the value of material good in terms of money,

虽然物质产品的价值可以用金钱来衡量，

While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process.

就在你接电话时，孩子把桌布从桌子上扯下来，将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎，同时也弄伤了他自己。

Needless to say, the man's name was Hans Bussman and he really was Franz's long-lost brother.

不出巴斯曼夫人所料，那人的名字真是汉斯。巴斯曼，他确实是弗朗兹失散多年的兄弟。

Men in shirt sleeves stood outside their houses and glared at us.

只穿着衬衣的男人们站在屋子外面凶狠地盯着我们，