作家、插画家、设计师以及动画设计师Curtis Jobling来到了英国温伯恩镇的Allenbourn中学。
While some may not be familiar with his fantasy books for teenagers, they will almost certainly have come across Bob the Builder, for which he did all the designs.
有的人可能不熟悉他的青少年系列幻想类的书籍，但是要他们一定看过《巴布工程师》，Curtis Jobling担任这部动画的设计。
An audience of several hundred children from Years 6 and 7, as well as pupils from St Michael's Middle School, in Wimborne, watched entranced as Bob, Wendy and Spud came to life in front of their eyes.
几百名6到7岁的小观众们，以及来自圣迈克尔中学的学生们看的聚精会神，因为巴布、温蒂还有稻草人Spud活生生地出现在了他们得眼前。
Curtis gave the children a potted history of animation, from Walt Disney to the modern computer-generated films by companies such as Pixar, and stop-frame classics like Wallace and Gromit, where ten seconds of film is a good day's work.
Curtis简单的给孩子们介绍了动画片的历史，从迪士尼到现代利用电脑技术制作电影的公司例如皮克斯，并且也向孩子们介绍了一些经典影片如《超级无敌掌门狗。电影中几秒的一个画面可能要花费一天的时间。
He urged his audience to keep up with their hobbies, whatever they might be, as doing what you love can end up making you a living, too.
他督促各位小观众们，无论自己拥有什么样的喜好，一定要保持。因为做你自己喜欢的事情最终也可以挣钱。
"I loved drawing, and my favourite book was Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. I love history too," he said, going on to talk about his new series of fantasy stories, The World of Warriors.
“我喜欢画画，我最喜欢的书籍是Maurice Sendak编著的《野兽冒险乐园》”Curtis说道。然后他又谈论自己新一系列的幻想动画《勇士的世界》。
They are based in a fantasy world, but peopled by some of the greatest warriors from history, such as Vikings, Romans, Samurai and Aztecs.
这部系列动画的背景是一个幻想的世界，但是那里居住着一些历史上最伟大的勇士，例如维京人、罗马人、日本武士还有阿兹特克人。
Curtis ended by signing copies of his latest book, A New Hero.
最后Curtis在自己最新著作《新英雄》签名。
His visit was the first in a nationwide tour.
本站是Curtis 全国巡回的第一站。
