高点家具展将开幕，木匠现场秀手艺(2/2)

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高点市即将举行一年一度的“家具市场”展销会，人们将会看到工匠们手工制作家具的过程。
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注解：shellyray163Together, these two small cities really do produce more furniture than any other place in America.
This happened because, over the past century, a lot of factories moved from northern states to North Carolina for its 11 different species of wood, its warmer weather, its direct rail lines to big East Coast markets, and its non-union labor pool.
High Point is holding its annual "furniture market" this month. It's an event in which manufacturers display their latest designs in 51 showrooms, and buyers from most states and as many as 100 countries show up and walk the aisles.
Down the street, at the High Point Museum, they can watch as skilled carpenters, upholsterers, and other craftspeople show how some of the nation's finest furniture is assembled – from the cutting of trees to the making of frames, to the gluing and application of veneers and stains and polishes.
After all that, perhaps the visitors can drive over to Thomasville and check out the workmanship on a chair – a really, really big chair.这两个小城市加起来，真的比美国其他任何地方生产的家具还要多。
这是因为，在过去的一个世纪里，大批的工厂从北方各州迁移到北卡罗莱纳州，在那里有11种不同种的树木，气候更加温和，去大东海岸市场也有直达的铁路线，而且那里的劳力不受工会的约束。
这个月高点市就要举办它年度的“家具展”了，这时候生产厂家会在51间陈列室内展示他们的最新设计，来自各州以及世界各国的100多个买家都会现身于此。
走在高点博物馆的走廊内，他们会看到熟练的木匠，家具商，以及其他手工艺者在展示这个国家最好的家具是如何装配的——从树木的切工到框架的制作，到黏贴，薄片镶饰的应用，再到着色和磨光。
所有这些完成之后，也许参观者还可以开车到托马斯维尔去看一下木匠工艺在一张椅子上的具体体现，一个非常非常大的椅子。