The author uses the example of leonard billing , a plumber for the mount lebanon , pennsylvania , school system , who meditates daily , and describes his job as follows : im the only one for a district with ten buildings and i work hard , ten to sixteen hours a day . the plumbers job is grueling , and the demands constant , yet leonard walks placidly through his day , solving problems with a smile 雷纳德说：我独自一人负责了一区包括有10栋建筑物的水管维修，每天都要工作10至16小时，实在相当辛苦。这份工作令人疲惫不堪，人们的要求接二连三地到来，但雷纳德的日子却过得从容安详，他总是笑容可掬地帮人解决问题。
During the whole of a dull , dark , and soundless day in the autumn of the year , when the clouds hung up oppressively low in the heavens , i had been passing alone , on horseback , through a singularly dreary tract of country ; and at length found myself , as the shades of the evening drew on , within view of the melancholy house of usher 那年秋天的一天，天气阴沉，昏暗而又寂静，云层低压，令人窒息，整整一天我独自一人策马行进，穿过一条异常沉闷乏味的相间小路；不知不觉地，在暮色降临时分，我终于来到了那幢举目可望的凄凉的厄谢尔宅第。
