DEEP DIVES BLOCK OF THE MONTH: BAMBOO 本月方块:竹子 Straight from the panda’s mouth!
熊猫吃的笔直的东西!
There are loads of different kinds of wood in Minecraft. Oak, spruce, birch, jungle, dark oak, and acacia – not to mention the huge fungus stems. Bamboo is in there too – but until the Trails & Tales Update you were fresh out of luck if you wanted to actually build something with it.
《我的世界》里有各种不同的木材,橡木、云杉木、白桦木、丛林木、深色橡木和合金欢木——更不用说巨大的蘑菇了。竹子也在里面——但在《足迹与故事更新》之前,如果你想用它来建造一些东西,那么你实在是运气不佳。
Luckily, that’s no longer the case! Allow me to introduce our block of the month, bamboo – which is undoubtedly going to deliver a bam-boost to your crafting repertoire.
幸运的是,现在已经不是这样了!请允许我介绍一下我们的本月方块——竹子——毫无疑问,它将为您的创造水平带来大幅度的提升。
You’ll find bamboo being snacked on by pandas in the towering, green, bamboo jungle biome. This rare jungle variant is tricky to find, but seasoned builders will already know that it’s well worth seeking out.
在高耸的、绿色的竹丛林生物群系中,你将会发现熊猫在吃竹子。这种罕见的丛林变种很难找到,但小建筑师们知道它非常值得一试。
Until recently, the bamboo harvested there was supremely useful for its ability to be crafted into scaffolding blocks. These temporary blocks are easy to put up, climb, and take down again, making them essential in any large building project. But what if you want to use bamboo in your constructions and not take it down again?
直到最近,那里收获的竹子还因其能够制作成脚手架而非常有用。这些临时摆放的方块很容易搭建、攀爬与再次拆除,因此在任何大型建筑项目中都是必不可少的。但是,如果你想在你的建筑中使用竹子,并不再把它取下来呢?
Well, all it takes for your architectural dreams to come true is to mash nine bamboo twigs together in a crafting grid – giving you the bamboo block. This can be used in much the same way you use wood – as a building material on its own, stripped to remove the green bark, or turned into planks. Unlike harder woods, though, a bamboo block will only yield two planks per block crafted.
好吧,要想让你的建筑梦成真,只需要把九根竹枝放在工作台上——合成一个竹块。这可以像使用木材一样去使用——作为建筑材料,剥去绿色的皮,或者变成竹板。然而,与较硬的木材不同,一块竹块每制作一块只能产生两块竹板。
Don’t like building? Don’t worry. You can also use bamboo in furnaces, to smelt 1.5 items per block, or under note blocks to produce a “bass” sound.
不喜欢建筑?不要担心,你也可以在炉子里烧竹子,每块可以烧1.5个物品,或者在音符盒下放上竹子竹子来发出“贝斯”声。
REAL bamboo has been used in permanent construction for centuries. It has a high strength-to-weight ratio, and it’s pretty resilient. One bridge made of bamboo in Quan-Xian, in China, has stood since at least 960 AD – thanks to continuous maintenance. It performs particularly well in earthquakes.
几个世纪以来,真正的竹子一直被用于永久性建筑。它有很高的强度重量比,而且很有弹性。中国权县的一座竹桥至少从公元960年起就一直矗立着,这要归功于不间断的保养。它在地震中抗震能力特别好。
In the past couple of decades, interest in bamboo as a construction material has grown due to its sustainability. Bamboo grows much faster than trees, so using it in place of regular wood helps to avoid cutting down tropical forests. South East Asia and South America are at the forefront of the modern use of bamboo.
Luckily, Minecraft has as many trees as you can grow, and plenty of bamboo too. So you don’t need to choose it for sustainability reasons. Instead, you should select it for its good looks alone! Just watch out that a panda doesn’t move into your beautiful new house...