被分成两个国家的房子

有些人躺下睡觉时在一个国家，醒来时却在另一个国家。标记那个说不出自己最喜欢哪个国家的朋友。在比利时和荷兰之间的一座小镇上，国界线并不会绕过房子，而是直接穿过它们。

Some people go to bed in one country and wake up in another. Tag the friend who cannot pick a favorite country. In a small town between Belgium and the Netherlands, the border does not run around the houses. It runs straight through them.

这条国界线蜿蜒穿过街道、花园和客厅，原因是几百年前当地领主之间的土地交易。当国界线正好穿过一扇前门时，这户人家就会有两个门牌号，一个国家一个。当地人判断一栋房子属于哪个国家的办法很简单：看前门开在哪一边。

The line between the two countries zigzags through streets, gardens, and living rooms, because of old land deals between local lords centuries ago. When it cuts through a front door, the house gets two street numbers, one for each country. People here decide which country a house belongs to by checking where the front door sits.

多年来，有些人家会把前门挪动几步，刚好挪到当年税率较低的那个国家一侧。有一栋房子的前门正好落在国界线上，至今没有人能说清这户人家究竟属于哪个国家，而似乎也没有人在意。

For years, families sometimes moved their front door a few steps to one side, just enough to land in whichever country charged lower taxes that year. One house has its front door exactly on the line. Nobody has ever agreed which country that family belongs to, and nobody seems to mind.