The houses are stately and grand: not prefabricated but solidly constructed and rich in architectural detail.

这里的房子庄严宏伟：绝非预制房，建造坚固，建筑细节随处可见。

The wall - a solidly constructed gray brick structure more than six feet high, surrounding a stretch of wasteland a few blocks north of the Forbidden City - did not yield.

这堵超过六英尺高，围绕着“紫禁城”北部几块荒地的灰白色围墙却并没有就此屈服。