35年！有爱父亲为女儿完成精美玩偶小屋_BEC初级作文

35年！有爱父亲为女儿完成精美玩偶小屋

Many little girls dream of owning their very own doll's house, complete with tiny rooms and quaint model furniture.

很多女孩都梦想有一座属于自己的玩偶小屋，里面有微型房间和古雅家具。

But when one little girl asked her father for a doll's house, she was in for a long wait as the elaborate home created by her father took him more than three decades to complete.

不过当一个小女孩向自己的父亲央求玩偶小屋后，她等了很久很久，因为他的父亲花费了三十余年才精心完成。

Geoffrey Walkley, 69, from Hornchurch in Essex, took 35 years to finish the project, which is a replica of the National Trust's 18th century Rainham Hall.

来自埃塞克斯霍恩彻奇的Geoffrey Walkley今年已经69岁，他花了35年完成了这项工程，这一玩偶小屋是英国国民托管组织中一座18世纪的雷纳姆大厅复制品。

Weighing a whopping 200 pounds and costing more than £13,000 , it has 13 rooms over three storeys including five bedrooms, library, kitchen, dining room, marble hall and a utility room.

这座小屋重达200磅（约90.7千克），花费超过1.3万英镑，里面是三层小楼，一共13个房间，其中包括5间卧室，藏书室，厨房，饭厅，大理石厅和杂物室。

A remote controls the individually wired light switches, six of the 14 chimneys are linked to a smoke generator, both front and back doors have a doorbell, while in a modern twist, the home includes an iPad Nano which powers the speaker in the music room.