On a recent Sunday drive in the Pittsburgh area, my wife spotted a sign for a new housing development. Pointing it out to me, she said, "You're a fan of Henry David Thoreau—wouldn't you want to live on Walden Pond?" Later that day, browsing through the local real estate section of the newspaper, I noticed an ad for this Walden Pond development, located just a few miles from SAE Headquarters—with homes starting in the $600,000s. The Walden Pond housing development did not sound like a one-room cabin in the woods to me, making me think that Thoreau must be turning over in his simple grave.
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机译：在匹兹堡地区最近的周日开车中，我的妻子发现了新房屋开发的标志。她对我指出，“你是亨利·戴维·梭罗（Henry David Thoreau）的粉丝，你不想住在沃尔登池塘吗？”那天晚些时候，浏览报纸的当地房地产部分时，我注意到了这个Walden Pond开发项目的广告，该项目位于SAE总部仅几英里的地方，房屋起价为60万美元。 Walden Pond的住房开发对我来说听起来不像是树林中的一间小屋，让我认为Thoreau必须在他简单的坟墓里翻身。
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