2010高级口译阅读训练文章:蜗居时代的温情.doc

2010高级口译阅读训练文章:蜗居时代的温情.doc

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2010高级口译阅读训练文章:蜗居时代的温情

2010高级口译阅读训练文章:蜗居时代的温情 Four generations under one roof   The ground floor is home to a family of four – Richard Evans, 43, his partner, Emma Jones, 38, and their two daughters. It’s a stylish open-plan living space with a bathroom squeezed under the stairs. Richard’s mother, Annie Elliott Evans, 68, lives upstairs, with a glorious, sugar-pink kitchen that soars high into the eaves and a large, elegant bedroom – My escape. Her mother, Elsie Tipper, 92, has a bedroom and bathroom of her own on the first floor, crammed with great-grandmotherly knick-knacks, and with a stairlift to transport her up.   In many countries, this kind of close familial living is common place. But in the UK, where the number of single households continues to rise – and older people are increasingly shipped off to care homes – it’s unusual. How did it come about?   It was Richard’s idea, says Annie, who had lived in the large family home nearby for 30 years, bringing up her four children. He feels he should look after me. I was used to being in a large, lively household and didn’t really want that to change. And he wanted a nice family home in this area but couldn’t afford it. So we teamed up.   Richard, Emma and Annie bought the house, in north London, 10 years ago. It was a bargain, Annie says. It had lots of small, poky rooms. Richard knocked through the kitchen on the ground floor, extending it sideways and into the garden. The resulting space has an Aga, flagstone flooring, wallpapers from Cole Son, vintage furniture upholstered in Missoni Home fabrics, a giant fish tank, quirky vintage ephemera and arty photographs. Richard and Emma have a moody, glamorous bedroom; Isabella, nine, and Boadecia (Bo), eight, share a girly room with bunk beds. It’s immaculate downstairs, Annie says. All the girls’ drawings and paintings end up in my kitchen.   Isabella arrived soon after they moved in. And six years ago Annie moved Elsie from her sheltered accommodation in Norfolk when she fell ill. We tho

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