It’s a sunny day with bright blue skies in north London, but you wouldn’t know that in Natasha Dyett’s flat. Most of the rooms are consumed(笼罩；充满) in shadow, while her teenage son’s bedroom is almost completely dark, apart from(除了……之外) a few slits(狭缝；细长的裂口) of light coming through the window.
伦敦北部阳光明媚，天空湛蓝，但在娜塔莎·戴特的公寓里，你根本感受不到。大部分房间都笼罩在阴影中，她十几岁儿子的卧室几乎一片漆黑，只有几缕光线从窗缝透进来。
She lives in Archway Heights, a nine-storey block of flats that has been covered in scaffolding for more than six years for cladding works that still haven’t started.(她住在拱门高地，一栋九层公寓楼，为了更换外墙覆层，脚手架已经搭了六年多，而工程至今仍未开工。)
她住在拱门高地，一栋九层公寓楼，为了更换外墙覆层，脚手架已经搭了六年多，而工程至今仍未开工。
The building’s residents say the scaffolding is making life a misery by blocking natural light from entering their homes, especially in places where metal sheets have almost entirely covered whole windows.(楼里的居民说，脚手架挡住了自然光，让他们的生活苦不堪言，尤其是在金属板几乎完全遮住整扇窗户的地方。)
楼里的居民说，脚手架挡住了自然光，让他们的生活苦不堪言，尤其是在金属板几乎完全遮住整扇窗户的地方。