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模型，攀上事業“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計師，他的第一個牙簽雕塑作品是在學校完成的。當時的設計要求是：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。

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Now, he has won the world record for the tallest toothpick structure with a mammoth sculpture of the Burj Kahlifa, Dubai.
現在，他通過成功搭建迪拜哈利法塔（Burj Kahlifa）的巨大牙簽雕塑，創下最高牙簽模型的世界記錄。

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，更確切地說是結構完整性。

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：“我從來不屑數用了多少根牙簽，浪費了多少根牙簽，也不癡迷于牙簽建筑使用的牙簽數量。”

"But an engineering problem where you've got to create a strong structure, now that's a problem worth solving."
“我關心的只有建造堅固的建筑物時會遇到的工程問題，這才是值得解決的問題。”

"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.
他繼續說道：“我在小學五年級的美術課上完成了第一件牙簽建筑作品。作業的要求是：建一個25厘米高、能承受一顆雞蛋的重量的作品。”

"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。但牙簽雕塑要遠比人們想的要牢固得多。”

"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。”

"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。”

"Then it had to come apart into four main sections so it could travel."
“要想搬運這個雕塑，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

譯者：許楠楠

審校&編輯：劉明