He crossed the garden, walked round a house in process of construction, the scaffolding of which loomed overhead, and cautiously opened the door on the Avenue de Ceinture.

他穿过花园，绕过一座正在建造的房子，头顶上隐约可见脚手架，然后小心翼翼地打开了塞因图尔大道上的门。

The carriage had whirled us under I know not how many triumphal arches in process of construction, and past the tents and flag-poles of a juicy-looking cricket-field, on which Raffles undertook to bowl up to his reputation.

马车载着我们驶过不知道有多少正在建造的凯旋门，经过一个看起来多汁的板球场的帐篷和旗杆，莱佛士承诺在这个板球场上打保龄球。

Of course, building with timber can't  eradicate our use of other materials - we still need concrete foundations and some  buildings are often hybrids of timber and steel - but it would make a massive  difference to the process of construction.

当然，用木材建造并不能消除我们对其他材料的使用——我们仍然需要混凝土地基，一些建筑通常是木材和钢材的混合体——但它会对建筑过程产生巨大的影响。