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英设计师土壤里"种"出家具Money might not grow on trees, but it seems that furniture does! Gavin Munro, a UK-based designer, has come up with a brilliant alternative to chopping trees and converting them into furniture.
树上也许长不出来钱，但貌似可以长出家具！英国设计师加文·芒罗想出了一个巧妙的办法，改变树的生长方向，使其长成家具。
He simply molds young saplings to take the shape of any piece of furniture he wants. Once matured, the trees are ready to be harvested and used with no cutting, sawing, or assembling required.
他只需给小树苗装上模具，让它们长成他想要的家具的形状。一旦成熟，这些树就能收割使用，不需要切割，也不需要装配。
Munro is now tending to a small “furniture forest” of 400 trees in a field north of Derby, England. He uses specially designed plastic frames to mold young willow, oak and sycamore trees into the shapes of chairs, tables, frames or lamps.
芒罗目前在英国德比北部照管一个拥有400棵树木的小型“森林家具厂”。他用专门设计的塑料框架给柳树苗、橡树苗以及无花果树苗定型，使它们长成椅子、桌子、画框或者灯具的形状。
女子4千米高空玩花样跳伞
Russian young girl Anastasia showcased her stunning talent when she performed skydiving tricks in the air. She did an array of graceful and acrobatic moves while plummeting to earth from up to four kilometers above the ground.
俄罗斯女青年阿纳斯塔西娅在高空表演跳伞的技能令人叹为观止。在从距地面4000米的高空向下俯冲时，阿纳斯塔西娅做出了各种优美的特技动作。
The 19-year-old, once a gymnast and dancer, has now blended all her different skills together to become an excellent skydiver. She has racked up nearly 500 jumps to date despite having only two years of training.
今年19岁的阿纳斯塔西娅曾是体操运动员和舞者，现在她又将自己的多项本领融合在一起，成为了一名优秀的跳伞运动员。虽然仅仅经历了两年的训练，但截至目前她已经跳伞近500次。
Anastasia took second place in the 2015 Moscow Open. Later she went to the freestyle skydiving World Cup in Holland where she took fourth place.
在2015年莫斯科举办的公开赛中，阿纳斯塔西娅获得了第2名的好成绩，随后又在荷兰的花样跳伞世界杯比赛中夺得第4名。
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