用手边的东西造出来的
On Lamb Holm, two army huts hold a chapel that prisoners of war made out of scrap, and the only honest question to ask about it is a question about work.
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进到里面,铁皮房就消失了。二十世纪四十年代,意大利战俘来到这里修防波堤。他们请求有个地方做礼拜。人家给了他们波纹铁皮。他们做出来的是一个彩绘天顶、一道铁屏风和一幅祭坛画。一位名叫多梅尼科·基奥凯蒂的画家领着大家干。
“你还需要什么才能完成这项工作?”这就是当时的问题。他们要了水泥,也拿到了水泥。其余的一切都来自营里扔掉的东西。屏风是废铁做的。烛台是旧肉罐头。圣坛的石头是画出来的石膏板。
窗台上放着一件小手工具。“你能教我怎么用这个工具吗?”波莉问。他教了,她没看懂。“可以再解释一遍吗?”他又教了一遍。然后她抬头看那片平的铁皮天顶,它假装自己是一道弧。
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