Welcome, everybody, to the lovely house and gardens of Rosewood, once the home of the famous writer, Sebastian George.

欢迎大家来到玫瑰园林别墅花园，这里曾经是著名作家塞班斯蒂安乔治的家。

He bought the house in 1902 although he had first seen it two years earlier.

他于1902年买下了这座别墅，尽管他第一次看到这座别墅是在两年前。

At that time the owners let it out to a tenant because George was too slow making up his mind to buy it.

在那个时候这座房子的房东把房子租给了一个租户，因为乔治当时迟迟未决是否买房。

When it came back on the market, there was no hesitation and he bought it immediately, for ￡9,300, even though the house had no bathroom, no running water upstairs, and no electricity.

当这座房子再次回到市场中的时候，乔治毫不犹豫的立刻把它买下来，花费了9300英镑，即便这座房子没有浴室，楼上也没有自来水，甚至还没有电。

When he came here, he'd been married for ten years.

当他来到这里时他已经结婚10年之久了。

During that time, he'd become one of the most famous writers in the English-speaking world.

这期间他成为了英语世界最著名的作家之一。

His professional success was enormous, but his personal life wasn't as successful.

他造诣上的成就是巨大的，但他的个人生活却不是那么成功。

He was no longer on speaking terms with his brother and had been devastated by the death at the age of seven of his elder daughter, Josephine.

不但同他的兄弟绝交，而且他7岁的大女儿约瑟芬的离世带也给他精神上巨大的打击。

Moving to Rosewood allowed the family to start a new life.

搬到玫瑰园使得这个家庭开始了崭新的生活。

George regarded Rosewood as a pure example of a traditional country house of this part of England and did some of his most successful writing here.

乔治认为玫瑰园在英格兰的这一带地区来说是极典型的乡村别墅代表，而且他在这里完成了很多他最成功的作品。

The house and its grounds became the family haven and their escape to privacy and quiet.

这座房子以及周边的场地变成了这个家庭的天堂，使得他们能够逃离到私有的、安静的环境当中。

The walls, and the mullioned windows were built of the local sandstone, the tiles on the roofs and the bricks of the chimney stack were baked from local clay, and the wooden structures inside came from oak trees which grow around here.

房子的墙壁以及竖框的大窗子都是用当地的砂岩建造的，房顶用的瓦片以及造烟囱用的砖头也是用当地的粘土烘制而成，甚至连屋子内部的木结构都是用附近的橡树打造出来的。