欧亨利短篇小说《TheLastLeaf》(《最后一片常青藤叶》

In a little district (区域)west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips (条状)called “place”.These “places” make strange angles and curves .

One street crosses itself a time or two. An artist once discovered a valuable possiblity in this street .Suppose a collector with a bill for paints , paper and canvas should,in traversing(穿过) this route, suddenly meet himself coming back,without a cent having been paid on account. 华盛顿广场西边有一个小区，小区里的街道隔成了很多杂乱无章的小巷，小巷又交叉形成了特有的转角和曲线,同一条街道也常常出现一两个交叉口。一次，一个艺术家偶然发现了这条街道的价值所在。
比如，一个商人带着颜料、纸张和画布的账单来这儿收账，转悠了半天，一个子儿都没捞到，反而发现自己又回到了原处，太搞笑了。（指上文说的‘很多杂乱无章的小巷’。。地形复杂） 2. So,to quaint (古雅的)old Greenwich Villagethe art people soon came prowling(在……搜寻), hunting for north windows and eighteenth-century gables(山型墙) and Dutch attics (阁楼)and low rents .Then they imported som-e petwer mugs(杯子) and a chafing diah (火锅)or two from Sixth avenue,and become a “colony”(殖民地). 于是，搞艺术的人们很快都跑到古香古色的Greenwich(…