this is what in other areas that are not Baltimore

在除了巴尔的摩外的其它地方
would be called townhomes,

那应该叫联建住宅
but in Baltimore they're still called row houses which are connected,

但在巴尔的摩它们仍叫连排房
single family houses that are all connected,

单个的房子都连在一起
so you have a wall that separates you

你家与别人的家
from the adjoining row house housing a different family.

仅有一墙之隔
One day I was downstairs in the basement with my son Michael,

有一天我和我儿子迈克在地下室
who must have been six or seven years old,

那时候迈克应该是六七岁的样子
and my wife and my daughter were out away from the house.

我妻子和女儿都不在家里
My then youngest child Christopher

我最小的孩子克里斯托弗
was upstairs in his crib taking his nap,

在楼上的婴儿床里睡觉
and I was playing with Legos.

我正在玩乐高积木