Many have spent their whole lives here. They seem friendly, slow, and content when I come upon them in the halls and always courteous and mute when they ride with others in the public elevators .

他们中很多人在这儿干了一辈子。当我在大厅里遇见他们时，他们看上去非常友善、沉稳而 心满意足，而且他们与别人一起乘坐公共电梯时又总是彬彬有礼、沉默不语。