旧道 meaning in English

old channel

I had not , it seems , the originality to chalk out a new road to shame and destruction , but trode the old track with stupid exactness not to deviate an inch from the beaten centre
我似乎缺乏独创，不会踏出一条通向耻辱和毁灭的新路，而是傻乎乎地严格循着旧道，不离别人的足迹半步。
I had a dog ? at least i had him for a few days until he ran away ? and an old dodge and a finnish woman , who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove
我有一条狗? ?至少在它跑掉以前我养了它几天? ?一辆旧道吉汽车和一个芬兰女佣人，她替我收拾床铺，烧早饭，在电炉上一面做饭，一面嘴里咕哝着芬兰的格言。
For the french , marching back along the old smolensk road , the final goal , their own country , was too remote , and the nearer goal on which all hopes and desires , enormously intensified by the influence of the crowd , were concentrated was smolensk
对于沿斯摩棱斯克旧道撤退的法国人，作为最终目的的祖国，太遥远了。最近的目的是斯摩棱斯克，去那里的心愿和希望，在人群中大大加强了。