Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.

• 有一次，屋子油漆过了，但是太阳把油漆晒起了泡，雨把它洗干净了，如今这屋子也像其他东西一样地暗淡和灰色了。