A sculptor has scaled new heights - by building the world's tallest toothpick model.
一名雕塑家建成了世界最高的牙簽?zāi)Ｐ?，攀上事業(yè)“新高”。

Stanley Hayes Munro, 45, from Syracuse, New York, is a toothpick engineer.
45歲的斯坦利?海耶斯?芒羅（Stanley Hayes Munro）來自紐約的雪城（Syracuse），是一位牙簽雕塑工程師。

The former haunted house designer built his first sculpture in school when tasked with creating a structure that could hold the weight of an egg.
斯坦利還做過鬼屋設(shè)計(jì)師，他的第一個牙簽雕塑作品是在學(xué)校完成的。當(dāng)時(shí)的設(shè)計(jì)要求是：搭建的建筑模型要能承受一顆雞蛋的重量。

And he's been hooked ever since.
此后，他就迷上了牙簽雕塑。

查看更多斯坦利作品

Now, he has won the world record for the tallest toothpick structure with a mammoth sculpture of the Burj Kahlifa, Dubai.
現(xiàn)在，他通過成功搭建迪拜哈利法塔（Burj Kahlifa）的巨大牙簽雕塑，創(chuàng)下最高牙簽?zāi)Ｐ偷氖澜缬涗洝?/p>

For Stanley though, he has always been more concerned with the integrity of his work - structural integrity that is.
但對斯坦利來說，他一貫注重的是作品的完整性，更確切地說是結(jié)構(gòu)完整性。

Stanley said: "I've never cared for counting toothpicks, wasting toothpicks, or any obsession about the number of toothpicks used in any construction.
斯坦利說：“我從來不屑數(shù)用了多少根牙簽，浪費(fèi)了多少根牙簽，也不癡迷于牙簽建筑使用的牙簽數(shù)量。”

"But an engineering problem where you've got to create a strong structure, now that's a problem worth solving."
“我關(guān)心的只有建造堅(jiān)固的建筑物時(shí)會遇到的工程問題，這才是值得解決的問題?！?/p>

"I made my first toothpick structure in 5th grade art class," he continued. "The assignment was: build something 25cm tall and have it hold the weight of an egg.
他繼續(xù)說道：“我在小學(xué)五年級的美術(shù)課上完成了第一件牙簽建筑作品。作業(yè)的要求是：建一個25厘米高、能承受一顆雞蛋的重量的作品?！?/p>

"Mine held my desk and from that point I was hooked."
“我的桌子都壓不壞我的作品，此后我便醉心于此。”

"Everybody likes to ask whether my sculptures collapse when I build them, but they are much stronger than people think," he said.
他說：“大家都喜歡問我建造過程中雕塑會不會塌。但牙簽雕塑要遠(yuǎn)比人們想的要牢固得多?！?/p>

"The biggest challenge with Burj Khalifa wasn't really the height, it was the shape of the outer walls."
“哈利法塔牙簽雕塑的最大問題不是高度，而是外墻的形狀?！?/p>

"There wasn't a flat surface anywhere and I individually had to individually construct each level," he said.
他說：“外墻沒有一個面是平的，我就必須一層一層地搭?！?/p>

"Then it had to come apart into four main sections so it could travel."
“要想搬運(yùn)這個雕塑，就必須先把它拆成個四個主要部分。”

Vocabulary

toothpick：牙簽

haunted：鬧鬼的

hooked：被…迷住的

integrity：完整

英文來源：鏡報(bào)

譯者：許楠楠

審校&編輯：劉明