We've always had this idea of the American Dream: a nice house, picket fence. How has the definition changed over the last few years?

以前我们对美国梦的理解一直都是：一所有尖桩围栏的漂亮房子。在过去的几年里这个定义又是如何变化的？

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Even at desolate aging, what pillars the dream will be the serenity of the grey old house, the hawking in the Wu soft dialect, and the lanes which record the fragrance and the recollection.

就算已苍然老去，支撑起梦境的应该是老房子暗灰的安详，吴侬软语的叫卖声，那一方氤氲过温馨和回忆的小弄堂。

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Yet nowhere has the dream of a house and a sun-drenched garden been so central to a city's identity for so long as in Los Angeles. So nowhere does the change come as such a shock.

没有一个地方能像洛杉矶一样把花园“阳”房作为城市身份的主要特征，因此，上述变化给洛城带来的震动也比其他地方大。

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