粑粑制造新奇摇椅，3个孩子同坐听故事

 　　Master craftsman¹ Hal Taylor loves to read to his children, but when his third child, Rose, was born, he ran into a problem – his three children wouldn’t fit in his lap when he went to read to them on his rocking chair! As luck would have it, Taylor just so happens to be one of the best rocking-chair craftsmen² in the world, so he created a beautiful chair that could fit all of his kids!

　　大师级工匠哈尔·泰勒喜欢给他的孩子们读书，但是在他的第三个孩子萝丝出生后，他却有了一个问题——他坐在摇椅上读书的时候，三个孩子不能全都坐在他的大腿上了！幸运的是，泰勒碰巧是世界上最好的摇椅工匠之一，所以他就制作了一张他的三个孩子都能同时坐上去的摇椅。

　　Taylor calls his masterpiece the Storytime Rocking Chair, and the hand-crafted rocker goes for between $7,000 and $7,500. On his website, he explains the exquisite³ craftsmanship⁴ that makes this heirloom chair cost so much!

　　泰勒把他的杰作叫作“故事时间摇椅”，这张手工制作的摇椅要价在7000到7500美元之间。在他的网站上，他解释说，做出这样一件传家宝摇椅所需的精湛手艺就是要值这么多钱！

　　“I did not have a lap large enough for three children [so] I had to come up with something.”

　　“我的大腿不够大，坐不下三个孩子，所以我不得不想个办法。”

　　粑粑制造新奇摇椅，3个孩子同坐听故事

　　Hal Taylor created it when his third daughter, Rose, was born.

　　哈尔·泰勒的第三个孩子萝丝出生时，他制作了这张摇椅。

　　“When Rose was born, she proved herself to be the ‘communicator’ in the family… she was NOT going to be left out of the reading crowd!”

　　“萝丝出生后在家里表现得非常热爱交流……开故事会的时候她可不愿意被落在一边！”

　　“Now, all three children could have a comfortable seat when reading”

　　“现在，三个孩子都可以舒服地坐在椅子上听故事了”

　　“There are over 200 precisely⁵ cut and shaped pieces of wood which I use to make up the 19 back braces⁶.”

　　“我精确地切割了超过200块木板，做出了19根椅背支撑木条。”

　　“That is more pieces than you will find in 20 normal rocking chairs!”

　　“这比20张普通摇椅上的木板都要多！”

　　“I have heard it said that children change your life more than you change theirs’ I believe that to be true.”

　　“我曾听人说过‘你会改变孩子的生活，而孩子给你生活带来的改变会更多’，我相信是真的。”

1 craftsman   

n.技工，精于一门工艺的匠人

参考例句：

• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
• The craftsman is working up the mass of clay into a toy figure.艺人把一团泥捏成玩具形状。

2 craftsmen   

n. 技工

参考例句：

• rugs handmade by local craftsmen 由当地工艺师手工制作的小地毯
• The craftsmen have ensured faithful reproduction of the original painting. 工匠保证要复制一幅最接近原作的画。

3 exquisite   

adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的

参考例句：

• I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
• I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。

4 craftsmanship   

n.手艺

参考例句：

• The whole house is a monument to her craftsmanship. 那整座房子是她技艺的一座丰碑。
• We admired the superb craftsmanship of the furniture. 我们很欣赏这个家具的一流工艺。

5 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

6 braces   

n.吊带，背带；托架( brace的名词复数 )；箍子；括弧；（儿童）牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人称单数 )；撑牢；使自己站稳；振作起来

参考例句：

• The table is shaky because the braces are loose. 这张桌子摇摇晃晃，因为支架全松了。
• You don't need braces if you're wearing a belt! 要系腰带，就用不着吊带了。