A proud pensioner has spent 26 years creating the ultimate life-like dolls house.

一名充滿(mǎn)活力的退休老人花費(fèi)26年的時(shí)間打造出了一座高仿真娃娃屋。

Leonard Martin constructed the intricate house from scratch as a way to fill his time.

倫納德?馬丁（Leonard Martin）從零開(kāi)始建造了這座精致的娃娃屋，最初只是為了打發(fā)時(shí)間。

But he soon became hooked and started to make it as real looking as possible, spending ￡6,000 on the masterpiece.

但不久他就迷上了這項(xiàng)業(yè)余愛(ài)好，竭盡可能地令其更加逼真， 并為此投入了6000英鎊（約56764元人民幣）。

Now, the 6ft-long labour of love has six lavish rooms complete with cavity walls, marble and wood floors, soft furnishings and one-of-a-kind artwork.

凝結(jié)著倫納德多年心血的這座6英尺（約1.8米）長(zhǎng)的娃娃屋有6間豪華的房間，由空心墻相隔，地上鋪有大理石和木地板，室內(nèi)陳設(shè)考究，還掛有獨(dú)一無(wú)二的畫(huà)作。

The 70-year-old said: "It is unbelievable, if I even say so myself."

這位70歲的老人說(shuō)：“這令人難以置信，連我自己都忍不住要感嘆?！?/p>

Ceilings are painted plaster, which have been gilded with 24ct gold leaf, while the chandeliers feature ￡100 worth of Swarovski crystals.

娃娃屋的天花板涂有鍍了24克拉金箔的灰泥，懸掛的枝形吊燈上嵌有價(jià)值100英鎊（約946元人民幣）的施華洛世奇水晶。

Each wooden floorboard is individually laid and French polished and each room is delicately illuminated by tiny electric lights and glowing fireplaces.

木地板是一塊塊單獨(dú)鋪設(shè)的，并經(jīng)過(guò)法式打蠟。每一間房都精心配置了小巧的電燈和燃燒的壁爐來(lái)照明。

He even commissioned a friend of a friend, famous for creating the artwork in King Farouk's palace in Egypt, to paint the delicate works of art for each room.

他甚至還委托朋友的朋友為每個(gè)房間都畫(huà)了一幅精美的畫(huà)，那名畫(huà)家因曾為埃及國(guó)王法魯克的宮殿創(chuàng)作藝術(shù)作品而聞名。

Leonard said: "I had it on display for the public to raise money for the local village hall then I had to move it back to my work shop where it's still sitting on a table.

倫納德說(shuō)：“我曾通過(guò)公開(kāi)展覽這座娃娃屋給當(dāng)?shù)氐拇鍎?wù)廳籌錢(qián)。這之后我得把它搬回我店里的桌子上，現(xiàn)在它也還在那里放著?！?

"It took four people to lift it into place so it won't be moving any time soon! I have also built a fantastic funfair, it took me seven years.

“當(dāng)時(shí)四個(gè)人合力才把它抬起來(lái)放到合適的位置，所以短時(shí)間內(nèi)它不會(huì)換地方了！我還花了7年時(shí)間做了個(gè)非常棒的游樂(lè)場(chǎng)?！?/p>

"I'm 70 now so I'm a bit too old to do it, I would make more houses if I had somewhere to put them, but they are so big and too heavy to do now."

“我現(xiàn)在70歲了，老了要干不動(dòng)了。如果還有空間放它們，我會(huì)做更多的娃娃屋。不過(guò)現(xiàn)在它們太大太重，很難做了。”

Leonard hopes to sell the house to a stately home or something similar to preserve it - even putting a miniature 'for sale' sign on the front lawn.

倫納德希望能把房子賣(mài)給一座開(kāi)放參觀的豪宅或者類(lèi)似的地方保存娃娃屋。他甚至在屋前的草坪上像模像樣地?cái)[上了一塊寫(xiě)著“待售”二字的微型牌子。

Vocabulary

life-like: 栩栩如生的

intricate: 復(fù)雜精細(xì)的

from scratch: 從零開(kāi)始，白手起家

hooked: 被…迷住的

cavity wall: 空心墻

plaster: 灰泥

gild: 給…鍍金

chandelier: 枝形吊燈

floorboard: 地板

illuminate: 照亮

commission: 委托

funfair: 游樂(lè)場(chǎng)

stately home: (尤指向公眾開(kāi)放的)豪宅

miniature: 微型的

（譯者：orchismessi 編輯：劉明）