1. 先民因資金缺乏，透過合資合建打造房屋，街屋也以公牆與鄰居相連，形成一片密集而有序的建築群落。
   The people of those earlier days, not always flush with extra cash, would pool their money to fund the joint construction of cheek-by-jowl shophouses that shared adjoining walls, thus combining to form tightly packed but orderly neighborhoods.

• cheek-by-jowl 緊靠在一起，緊挨著

The houses in the old town stand cheek by jowl, with barely any space between them.

2. 隨當地風土產生無數變化的街屋，在台灣彷彿是記錄下時代變遷的大型畫布，除了立面，也不得不提亭仔腳。
   As shophouses underwent countless changes over the years, they served as a sort of oversized painter’s canvas that recorded the march of time. Besides the facades discussed above, we would be remiss to let street porticos go unmentioned.

• remiss 疏忽的；不小心的；無力的

The manager was remiss in failing to address the employees’ concerns promptly.

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