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Jetliners are basically flying homes.
喷气式客机基本上就是飞行的家
It's a sealed pressure canister.
它相当于一个密封的压力罐
It's incredibly strong. It will last practically forever.
喷气式客机相当坚固，一直用都没问题
I'm Bruce Campbell,
我叫布鲁斯·坎贝尔
and you're inside the cockpit area of my 727 home.
欢迎来到我用波音727的驾驶室改造成的家
I can appreciate that some folks might feel a bit isolated
有人可能会觉得在这里面生活有点儿孤单，我完全可以理解
or that it might simply strike them as an unusual living environment.
他们可能会觉得这种居住环境太不寻常了，这我也可以理解
But for me, it's always felt completely natural.
但在我看来，这里是100%纯天然的家
The entry is via the aft airstairs,
进门的通道是一个位于机尾的客梯
which are retractable and are retracted whenever I leave for an extended time.
可以收起来，我要离开一段时间的话就会把梯子收起来
The aft area of the aircraft now is my living space.
机尾现在成了我的生活区
My very primitive shower is located there.
我私密的淋浴就在那里面
The two natural aft lavatories are both functional.
机尾部分原来的两个厕所现在也都还可以用
Sleeping quarters are there, in the form of a simple futon sofa.
睡觉的地方在那边，是一个简易的可折叠蒲团沙发
And a bench,
还有一个长凳
where I spend lots of time embellishing elements of the aircraft.
很多时候我都会在那边整理飞机的零部件
Jetliners retire at the rate of about three per day.
喷气式飞机退役的几率在每天3架左右
For the most part, I think we shred them.
大多时候，我们都会把它们拆掉
And then we spin around 180 degrees and make a home,
我们却反其道而行之，我们把它改造成一个家，
after having just shredded an aerospace class home sized structure.
只需要把飞机改成家一样的格局
If you were an extraterrestrial looking down on this behavior,
你要是个外星人，看到这种行为
you'd wonder whether this species has all its marbles in place or not.
你会想，人这种生物是不是有毛病
People have asked me whether it crashed here, and I simply restored the wreck.
人们会问我，是不是飞机在这里失事了，我把残骸重新弄成这个样子
That's an odd thing to hear. It's completely impractical.
这种事情听上去很奇怪，而且完全不可行
Next time you're in a jetliner, close your eyes for a moment,
下一次你上了飞机之后，请你闭上眼睛
in your mind, remove all the seats and all the other people
在脑海里撤掉所有的座椅和乘客
and then open your eyes with that vision
然后带着想想睁开眼睛
and consider the expanse of the living room.
看看生活的空间会有多宽敞
It's a good environment, it really is.
在这里面生活挺棒的，真的
