Listen as a guide describes the ancient art of thatching a roof .

听一段描述古代 茅屋艺术的介绍。

It yields an important thatching material which is used for the roofs and walls of rural houses .

它出产重要的 覆盖材料，用于农村房屋的房顶和墙。

Text also explain climatically the reason why only these are lots of thatching in Yunnan zone based on the aquiferous capability of the couch grass and stability of stake .

本文还根据茅草的蓄水能力和 木柱子的稳定性，解释为什么云南地区在过去，会有如此众多的 茅草 屋 存在的气候方面原因。

Without these reasons to start thatching roofs again would it be wonderful to see the disappearing craft return to popularity ?

除了这些原因重新开始 建 这种屋顶，难道看到这种已经消失的建筑重新流行不是一件非常好的事吗？

Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching .

智利的一种常绿乔木，枝条有叶，用 做 盖 屋顶 的 材料。

The moon disappeared and there was a slow light wind like the breath of a dying man as Gabriel climbed the ladder and started thatching high up on top of the third rick .

月亮消失了，轻风缓缓刮起，仿佛垂死的人的呼吸。这时， 盖伯瑞尔爬上梯子，开始在第三垛上盖 稻草。

He went on thatching in a kind of dream . She had spoken more warmly to him tonight than she had ever done when she was unmarried and free to speak as warmly as she liked .

盖伯瑞尔 像在梦幻中一样继续 盖 稻草。比起她未婚时和自由自在地热情交谈时，今晚她的态度可热情多了。

The only way to cover the other six ricks was by thatching them with straw and this was a long and difficult job to do alone .

若想把其他六垛也盖起来，唯一的办法便是用稻草 盖，可一个人单独干，既费时又费力。

In Ireland where thatching is still practiced the roofs can survive winds of up to110 miles per hour .

在爱尔兰， 茅草 屋仍在使用，屋顶可以承受每小时110里的风速。

Over800full-time Thatchers are employed in England and Wales today maintaining and renewing the old roofs as well as thatching newer houses .

现在英格兰、尔士有800多名专职 盖 茅草 屋顶的工人，他们不但维修和更换老屋顶，还 盖新 屋顶。

Thatching is certainly uncommon in the United States today .

造 茅屋在今天的美国 来说当然是不多见的。

The craft of thatching as it is practiced toady has changed very little since the Middle Ages .

像现在我们所使用的 茅草屋顶工艺从中世纪以来几乎就没有什么变化。

Well in the nutshell thatching involving covering the beams or rafters the wooden skeleton of the roof with reeds or straw .

概述来说， 茅草 顶包括了覆盖的横梁和椽，房顶上的木头骨架，有茅草或者麦秆。

He says hand tools like tilling forks shovels and thatching rakes require more work than a rotary tiller but they work well and cost less .

他认为像耕作叉、铲子和 茅草耙子一样的手动工具比耕作机需求更多的工作量，但工作的更好，花费的更少。

Thatching is certainly uncommon in the United States today I guess that 's why so many of you have come to see this demonstration .

茅屋在现在的美国当然 已经 不再常见了，这也就是为什么你们来这里听我讲解的原因了。