| 1. | Cottages are thatched .
茅舍以草为顶。 |
| 2. | I knew they were just thatch and must be brittle, porous, and light .
我知道那是茅草屋，盖得薄薄的，轻而透气。 |
| 3. | The rain beat fast and furiously and ran down in plashing streams from the thatched roof .
雨又急又猛，象激流一般从茅草顶上泻下。 |
| 4. | A distant flash, a low rumble, and large drops of rain spattered on the thatch above him .
远远一道电光，一声低沉的雷声，大点的雨滴滴哒哒打到他头上的茅屋顶上。 |
| 5. | The roof was slated instead of thatched
那个屋顶不是用草而是用石板盖的。 |
| 6. | The family lived in a thatched cottage before liberation
解放前，他们一家住在茅屋里。 |
| 7. | Thatch hut is raised high above the paddy field on stilt
茅草屋用柱高高地建在稻田之上。 |
| 8. | They topped off the hut with a straw thatch
他们给小屋盖上茅草屋顶。 |
| 9. | But a thatched barn where brigands drink in the reek
.不过是一伙强盗在茅草顶猪圈的臭气中喝酒 |
| 10. | The low thatched cottages in the country have long gone
乡下那低矮的茅草屋早已消失得无影无踪了。 |
