1·Snack joints and crafts shops are everywhere, and uniformed tricycle bikers line the streets offering narrated tours of the famous Beijing hutong.
连锁快餐店和工艺店到处都有，穿制服的三轮车者在沿街排开，用叙述的方式带你游览著名的北京胡同。
2·A lot of big roads still have wide bike lanes and you can spend hours trundling round the smaller streets, particularly in the few remaining hutong districts.
很多大马路仍保留着宽阔的自行车道，而你可以花好几个小时在小街里穿梭，尤其是在那些少数遗留下来的胡同区域。
3·The best way to experience hutong life is to simply wander around the alleys, either on foot or by bicycle.
就沿着那些小巷走走吧，这是体验胡同生活的最好方式，或走路或骑自行车。
4·So, too, are the courtyard houses and the hutong neighbourhoods, flattened in an orgy of destruction that was supposed to make Beijing more presentable for the Olympics.
这样，庭院的房子和胡同的邻居们也因房屋拆迁而高兴，据说这样是为了让北京更适合办奥运会。
5·In my hutong neighbourhood in Beijing, by contrast, the mornings were strangely silent.
和我儿时在北京的胡同岁月比起来，那时的清晨特别安静。