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About seven years ago, I got an invitation to attend a dinner party at my cousin's house.I have a pretty large family and I had never actually seen this particular cousin before.I had only ever spoken to him on the phone.

大约七年前，我收到邀请参加我表弟家的晚宴。我有一个相当大的家庭，我以前从未真正见过这个表弟。我只和他通过电话。

I was surprised that his family unexpectedly invited me over, but I was curious to finally meet them. The invitation had an address that I didn't know and the GPS was unfamiliar with it too. It was in one of those areas where Google Maps doesn't work properly because of poor phone reception.

我很惊讶他的家人竟然邀请我过来，但我很好奇终于能见到他们了。 邀请函上有一个我不知道的地址，GPS 也不熟悉它。 这是谷歌地图因电话信号不佳而无法正常工作的地区之一。

So I had to use an old-fashioned paper map. I marked the location on the map, tried to get a sense of where I was headed, and set off in my car. As I was driving, I started to notice how far I'd travelled into the countryside, away from civilization.

所以我不得不使用老式的纸质地图。 我在地图上标记了位置，试图了解自己要去的地方，然后开车出发。 当我开车的时候，我开始注意到我已经进入了远离文明社会的乡村。

I saw trees, farms and fields passing by. Just trees, farms, and fields, and more trees, more farms and more fields. "Where the hell am I going?" I thought to myself. I'd never ventured out so far in that direction before.

我看到树木、农场和田野经过。 只有树木、农场和田野，还有更多的树木、更多的农场和更多的田野。 “我到底要去哪里？” 我心想。 我以前从未在这个方向上冒险过这么远。

I drove for quite a long time, trying to locate the address I had marked on the map. The thing is, in this area, a lot of the roads don't have names, or the names aren't clearly marked by road signs. I just had to try to match the layout of the streets, to the layout I could see on the map.

我开了很长时间的车，试图找到我在地图上标记的地址。 问题是，在这个地区，很多道路没有名称，或者路标上没有清楚地标出名称。 我只需要尝试将街道的布局与我在地图上看到的布局相匹配。

I finally found a place at a location that looked like the one I had noted on my map.I was pretty sure this was pretty sure that this was the right spot. so I parked and got out of the car. Approaching the house, I noticed how dull and dreary it looked. 

我终于在一个看起来像我在地图上标注的位置的地方找到了一个地方。我非常确定这是正确的地点。 所以我停车并下了车。 走近房子，我发现它看起来多么沉闷和沉闷。

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