张恒

Garden gnomes stay in millions of gardens around the Western world. Mostpeople just keep them for decoration2. They want to make their garden a moreenjoyable place. The gnomes give the garden an element3 of surprise. There are ofcourse quite a few people who believe that gnomes bring good luck and protect theirproperty4！

在西方世界，花園小矮人待在数以百万计的花园中。大多数人只是将它们留作装饰。他们想让他们的花园成为一个更令人愉快的地方。小矮人给花园增添了惊喜的元素。当然，有相当多的人相信小矮人会带来好运和保护他们的财产！

Gnomes are spirits of the earth. People believe that garden gnomes protect yourgarden and your home at night when you are asleep. Gnomes have extensive5knowledge of stones， gems6 and minerals7. According to folklore8， gnomes couldmake beautiful silver work. The things made by the gnomes had an extra bonus9：they were magical.

小矮人是大地的精灵。人们相信花园小矮人晚上在你睡觉的时候会保护你的花园和你的家。小矮人对石头、宝石和矿物有着广博的知识。根据民间传说，小矮人可以制作精美的银制品。小矮人制作的工艺品有额外的加成：它们具有魔力。

Garden gnomes are all over Europe. Today over 35 million garden gnomes arein Germany alone. The same is true for the United States. Ken Humphreys fromBritain is famous for his private collection. This lucky man owned 1200 gardengnomes！ Helga Eidenhammer from Australia has collected garden gnomes for over25 years. Her collection has reached 4443！

花园小矮人遍布欧洲。如今，仅在德国就有3500 多万个花园小矮人。在美国也是如此。来自英国的肯·汉弗莱斯因其私人收藏而闻名。这个幸运儿拥有1200个花园小矮人！来自澳大利亚的海尔加·艾登哈默收集花园小矮人已经超过25年了。她的藏品已经达到了4443 件！

Sir Charles Isham owned the most famous garden gnomes in England. Hebought 21 garden gnomes in Germany in 1847. Sadly， only one of them exists today.It now stays in a glass cage10. It is only allowed to travel to important gnome events.

查尔斯·艾沙姆爵士拥有英格兰最著名的花园小矮人。1847 年，他在德国购买了21 个花园小矮人。遗憾的是，现存的只有其中一个。现在它待在一个玻璃罩子里，只能参加重要的小矮人活动。

The largest is a Howard the Gnome. It is 28 feet tall （8 meters）. It is in a farmin Victoria， Canada. It has black boots， wears green pants and a blue shirt. He has ared pointed hat.

最大的花园小矮人是一个霍华德小矮人。它身高28 英尺（8 米）。它在加拿大维多利亚的一个农场里。它穿着黑色靴子，绿色裤子和蓝色衬衫。它有一顶红尖帽。

Statues11 of gods， goddesses， fairies， and dwarfs12 have been common since theRenaissance13. In Ancient Greece some had statues of gods in the garden to protectthe garden. In Northern Europe there is a long tradition that dwarfs are spirits of theearth. They are a big part of the countriesculture and folklore.

自文艺复兴以来，众神、女神、仙女和小矮人的雕像一直很常见。在古希腊，一些人在花园里放置神的雕像来保护花园。北欧有一个悠久的传统，即小矮人是大地的精灵。它们是这些国家的文化和民间传说的重要组成部分。

There are gnome festivals in the US， Europe， Australia and New Zealand.

在美国、欧洲、澳大利亚和新西兰都有小矮人节。

Gnometown

小矮人镇

Dawnson is a small town in Minnesota， but it is so special. It has the nicknameof “Gnometown”. The town of Dawson has a Gnome Park. What makes this specialis that every gnome has a name and a story to tell.

Every year a new gnome is added to the population of Dawson. Every gnomeis based on a real person from this town. What an amazing way to honor thepeople of Dawson！

道森是明尼蘇达州的一个小镇，但它相当特别。它有着“小矮人镇”的绰号。

道森镇有一个小矮人公园。这个公园的特别之处在于，每一个小矮人都有一个名字和一个故事。

每年，道森的人口中都会增加一个新的小矮人。每个小矮人都是以这个小镇上的真人为原型。这真是一种令人惊喜的向道森人致敬的方式！

Gnomes in popular culture

流行文化中的小矮人

The TV series14 is a BBCproduction from 2005. The purpose of the show is gettingkids interested in plants and gardening.

The fairy tale is wellknown.These dwarfs are often replicated15 as garden gnomes.

Most of us are familiar with the band “The Beatles”.George Harrison is well-known as an ex-Beatles. What not everybody knows is thathe was passionate16 about gardening. His album17 （1970） hada special cover. The cover had a picture of him surrounded by gnomes.

电视连续剧《花园小矮人戈登》是英国广播公司2005 年的一部作品。该节目的目的是引起孩子们对植物和园艺的兴趣。

童话故事《白雪公主和七个小矮人》非常有名。这些小矮人经常被复制成花园小矮人。

我们大多数人都熟悉“披头士”乐队。乔治·哈里森是著名的前披头士乐队成员。并不是每个人都知道的是，他热衷于园艺。他的专辑《所有事情终将过去》（1970）有一个特别的封面。封面上有一张他被小矮人包围的照片。

Notes

1. gnome 小矮人

2. decoration  装饰；装饰品

3. element  要素；元素

4. property   所有物；财产

5. extensive  广阔的；广泛的

6. gem 宝石

7. mineral 矿物质；矿物

8. folklore 民间传说

9. bonus  意外收获；额外好处

10. cage 笼子

11. statue  雕像

12. dwarf  神话中有魔法的小矮人

13. Renaissance  文艺复兴

14. series 系列片

15. replicate 重复；复制

16. passionate 热诚的；狂热的

17. album 唱片；专辑