打到几乎消失

在一条小街上，Polly找到一个工坊。一台机器一次又一次发出重重的声音。一位工匠坐在矮桌前。纸张堆得很高。金子放在纸张中间。

On a small street, Polly found a workshop. A machine made a heavy sound again and again. An artisan sat at a low bench. Paper was stacked high. Gold lay between the sheets of paper.

这座城市做出日本几乎所有的金箔。他们做这个已经四百年了。一小块像硬币那么小的金子，变成一张像地垫那么大的金箔。这张金箔非常薄，light光可以穿过它。

This city makes almost all the gold leaf in Japan. It has done this for four hundred years. A piece of gold as small as a coin becomes one sheet as big as a floor mat. The sheet is so thin that light goes through it.

天气很有帮助。金箔不喜欢干燥流动的空气。这里的空气潮湿又安静。纸张也很重要。

The weather helps. Gold leaf hates dry, moving air. Here the air is damp and still. The paper is also important.

没有人可以用手指碰金子。工人用竹子工具把它拿起来。Polly站得非常安静。

Nobody can touch the gold with fingers. Workers lift it with bamboo tools. Polly stood very still.