出国，身在熙攘的人群中，要比退守陋室更让人寂寞。

We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our Chambers.

他走向那个使这间陋室生辉的漂亮的夏克尔式旧橱柜。

He went to the beautiful old Shaker dresser that graced this homely room.

严厉的环境法让濒临绝种的蝴蝶受惠，却让房屋建造严重延迟，使身居陋室的南非人处境更为艰难。

Strict environmental laws cause long delays in building homes.This is nice for endangered butterflies, but tough for South Africans who live in shacks.