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Fairy Doors 妖精之門


  Do you believe in fairies? If not, perhaps a trip to the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, will change your mind. All over town, you will see tiny doors in the walls of various places, and what is behind the doors is truly special. Children delight inopening these doors to reveal incredible miniature worlds where tiny fairies might live, work, and play. At the local movie theater, a mini-door was built into the theater's own wooden doors. If you open it up, you will see a small fairy theater made just for the magical creatures.
  Where did these little fairy doors come from? They jumped from the creative mind of local Ann Arbor artist Jonathan Wright. He got his start building fairy doors in his own home. His kids loved them, and he used them in the telling of fantastic stories. In 2005, he began putting these creative doors around town. Before long, he had his own fairy door business called Urban Fairies Operations. Through the power of imagination, Wright has turned an ordinary town into a place of childlikewonder.


 

   您相信有妖精嗎?如果不信的話,或許去一趟密西根州安娜堡市可以改變您的想法。整座城鎮裡,您會看到不同地方的牆上有小巧的門,而且門後的世界非常特別。孩子們喜歡打開這些門來展現小妖精們可能居住、工作和玩耍的絕妙微型世界。當地的戲院木門內也建有一座迷你的小門。如果打開它,您會看到一座專屬魔法生物的小型妖精戲院。
  這些小小的妖精之門是從哪裡來的呢?它們是從安娜堡市一位充滿創意的當地藝術家強納森‧萊特腦中蹦出來的。他一開始是在自己家裡建造妖精之門。他的小孩都喜愛這些小門,而他也利用這些門來講奇幻故事。2005年他開始把這些創意十足的小門帶到鎮上。不久之後,他擁有了自己的妖精之門事業,名為城市妖精企業。透過想像的力量,萊特把一個普通的城鎮轉變為充滿童趣的奇特景點。

 
  1. believe in...  相信……(的存在)
    I have always believed in the goodness of people.
    我始終相信人性本善。
  2. change one's mind  改變某人的心意
    Ray changed his mind about quitting and continued to work for the company.
    雷改變辭職的心意決定繼續留在公司工作。
  3. delight in...  以……為樂
    Many students delight in playing online games. 
    很多學生以打線上遊戲為樂。
  4. reveal vt. 顯示∕現出
    Tammy unlocked the door to reveal a hidden passage.
    泰咪打開門展現出隱藏的通道。
  5. before long  沒多久∕不久後
    Before long, I will be married and have a family of my own. 
    不久後,我就會結婚並擁有自己的家庭。
  6. imagination n. 想像(力)
    Reading that famous writer's novels can spark your imagination and creativity.
    閱讀這位名作家的小說可以激發你的想像力和創意。
  7. turn A into B  將A變成B
    This couch is more than meets the eye because it can be turned into a bed.
    這張沙發沒有表面上看來那麼簡單,因為它還能變成一張床。
  8. wonder n. 驚喜;驚奇
    Filled with wonder, the child couldn't take her eyes off the TV screen.
    這個小孩心中滿是驚喜而無法將她的視線從電視螢幕移開。
  1. miniature a. 小型的,很小的
  2. creature n. 生物
  3. operation n. 企業
 

『極小的』該怎麼說
形容一樣東西『小』可以用 small 來表示,但如果要形容『十分細小、微小』之物,就可用 tiny 來形容。另外,minute 表『十分細小、微小』之意。

The artist paints on tiny grains of rice.
= The artist paints on minute grains of rice.
(那位藝術家在微小的米粒上作畫。)

資料來源 長春藤電子報

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