核心畫面

You can think of well-preserved as something that has walked through many years and come out almost whole. The years really did pass — that part is never in doubt — but the damage you would expect did not arrive. Whether the thing standing in front of you is a stone house or a person's face, the picture is the same one: time went over it and left far less mark than it usually leaves.

「well-preserved」可以想成一樣東西走過了很多年,卻幾乎沒有壞。年份是真的,這一點從來不會被否認;只是該更多收起「well-preserved」可以想成一樣東西走過了很多年,卻幾乎沒有壞。年份是真的,這一點從來不會被否認;只是該有的損傷沒有出現。不管眼前的是一棟老石屋,還是一個人的臉,畫面都是同一個:時間從上面走過去,留下的痕跡比平常少得多。