They had some ideas about getting the place fixed up.
他们对于怎么样修复这个地方有些构想。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
等到认识人生,已经一半过去了。
Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indians were bewildered by politicians, bankers and businessmen, and unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos.