They yawned a lot, but not from boredom: more of a cowlike contentment, a sense of peaceful invulnerability which we residents could not quite share.

• 他们经常打哈欠，不是因为无聊，而是因为和牛一样清闲的满足，一种不会被破坏的平和，那是我们当地居民无法拥有的。