在瑞典，一群艺术家受到动画片的启发，精心制作了微缩版的多种店铺，然后装在大街上给老鼠居住。（当然了，是不是真的有老鼠住在里面恐怕并不重要）

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Miniature stores for mice

Over the past few years a highly secretive network working out of Sweden has been opening our eyes to a world we had not given much thought to before. But no, this isn't Wikileaks（维基解密） or the hackers' group Anonymous. This is "AnonyMouse," an anonymous collection of artists behind the installation of tiny buildings, stores and cafes across the streets of Sweden and Europe designed to be inhabited by mice.

■ highly /ˈhaɪli/ adv. 高度地（由high加后缀-ly变成副词） 6park.com
■ secretive /ˈsiːkrətɪv/ adj. 秘密的（由secret加后缀-ive变成形容词） 6park.com
■ network /ˈnetwɜːk/ n. 网络 6park.com
■ Sweden /ˈswiːd(ə)n/ n. 瑞典（北欧国家） 6park.com
■ hacker /ˈhækə(r)/ n. 黑客 6park.com
■ anonymous /əˈnɒnɪməs/ adj. 匿名的 6park.com
■ installation /ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 安装（由install加后缀-ation变成名词） 6park.com
■ inhabit /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ v. 居住、栖息

The scenes, like the fairy tales that inspired them, are dreamy and adorable（可爱的）, to say the least. A miniature record store, complete with mouse variations on some of the most classic albums of all time, a bottle cap banjo（班卓琴）, a tiny bistro（小餐馆）, a travel agent, a jazz club – all crafted to the tiniest detail.

■ fairy /ˈfeəri/ tale 童话故事 6park.com
■ inspire /ɪnˈspaɪə(r)/ v. 启发、给予灵感 6park.com
■ dreamy /ˈdriːmi/ adj. 梦幻般的（由dream加后缀-y变成形容词） 6park.com
■ miniature /ˈmɪnətʃə(r)/ adj. 微缩的 6park.com
■ variation /ˌveəriˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 变体、变化形式 6park.com
■ classic /ˈklæsɪk/ adj. 经典的 6park.com
■ bottle cap 瓶盖 6park.com
■ agent /ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nt/ n. 代理人、代理商 6park.com
■ jazz /dʒæz/ n. 爵士乐 6park.com
■ craft /krɑːft/ v. 精心制作

"Well, it started with a few of us just wanting to construct something in a public setting, and the discussion narrowed in on our love for the movies of Disney and American film director Don Bluth, and Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren and Beatrix Potter," said AnonyMouse, speaking under the condition of anonymity. "We like to think of it as something we ourselves would love to stumble upon in an otherwise dull concrete environment."

■ construct /kənˈstrʌkt/ v. 修建、建造 6park.com
■ setting /ˈsetɪŋ/ n. 环境、场景 6park.com
■ narrow /ˈnærəʊ/ v. 变窄（narrow in on和focus on意思差不多，表示“聚焦于、集中到”） 6park.com
■ director /dɪˈrektə(r)/ n. 导演 6park.com
■ Swedish /ˈswiːdɪʃ/ adj. 瑞典的 6park.com
■ condition /kənˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 条件 6park.com
■ anonymity /ˌænəˈnɪməti/ n. 匿名 6park.com
■ stumble /ˈstʌmb(ə)l/ upon 偶然遇到、意外发现 6park.com
■ dull /dʌl/ adj. 沉闷的、乏味的 6park.com
■ concrete /ˈkɒŋkriːt/ n. 混凝土

The group has been working for the past five years ever since they built a "little Italian bistro and a nut shop" into one sidewalk. Now, they've completed an estimated 30 installations, mostly in Malmo and Stockholm in Sweden – but installations have also popped up in Bayonne in the south of France and the Isle of Man off the coast of the U.K.

■ nut /nʌt/ n. 坚果 6park.com
■ sidewalk /ˈsaɪdwɔːk/ n. 人行道 6park.com
■ estimate /ˈestɪmeɪt/ v. 估计、估算 6park.com
■ installation /ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 安装的东西、一套装置 6park.com
■ pop up 突然出现

After scouting（勘察） a location, the group then research the local history of the area they are in to inform their design. Once sketched out, the constructions take up to two months to build before they are installed in the dead of night.

■ inform /ɪnˈfɔːm/ v. 影响 6park.com
■ sketch /sketʃ/ v. 画素描、画草图 6park.com
■ construction /kənˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n/ n. 建筑物（由construct加后缀-ion变成名词） 6park.com
■ dead of night 夜深人静的时候、深夜

"We just want to bring a little bit of magic into people's everyday lives, and maybe inspire someone to create something on their own street," AnonyMouse said. "We like to imagine a world where small animals live parallel to us, and recycle objects we lose or throw away, so a bottle cap becomes a chair, a box of matches becomes a table, a stamp becomes a painting and a trash can becomes a restaurant."

■ everyday /ˈevrideɪ/ adj. 日常的、普通的 6park.com
■ imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ v. 想象、设想 6park.com
■ parallel /ˈpærəlel/ adj. 平行的、并存的 6park.com
■ object /ˈɒbdʒɪkt/ n. 物品 6park.com
■ trash /træʃ/ can 垃圾箱

Michael Gehrisch, an American photographer based in Lund, Sweden, captured a few of the dream-like miniature scenes on video, which show stunned onlookers bending impossibly low to the ground to take pictures and admire the work.

■ base /beɪs/ v. 在某地活动 6park.com
■ capture /ˈkæptʃə(r)/ v. 拍照、拍摄 6park.com
■ -like 后缀，表示“像……的” 6park.com
■ stunned /stʌnd/ adj. 极为惊讶的 6park.com
■ onlooker /ˈɒnˌlʊkə(r)/ n. 旁观者 6park.com
■ bend /bend/ v. 弯腰、俯身 6park.com
■ impossibly /ɪmˈpɒsəbli/ adv. 简直不可能地、令人难以相信地

"I had been following AnonyMouse for a couple of years, and had traveled to nearby Malmo to see the installations, but the locations weren't ideal for time-lapse（延时摄影）," Gehrisch said. "So when AnonyMouse showed up in Lund in locations with next to no traffic I thought it would be fun to give the artists some feedback and insight into the public appreciation of their work. A thank you of sorts."

■ ideal /aɪˈdɪəl/ adj. 理想的 6park.com
■ feedback /ˈfiːdbæk/ n. 反馈 6park.com
■ insight /ˈɪnsaɪt/ n. 深刻理解 6park.com
■ appreciation /əˌpriːʃiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 欣赏（由appreciate加后缀-ion变成名词） 6park.com
■ of sorts 算是