look like an elf

　　Melynda Moon, a 23-year-old Canadian model, has put herself through one of the most bizarre cosmetic surgeries I've heard of. While most people ask their surgeons to make their nose smaller or lips fuller, Moon aimed at making her ears pointier. Why? Because she wanted to look like an elf.

　　梅琳达·莫恩是一位23岁的加拿大模特。她做了一个我从没有听说过的整容手术，可谓史上最怪异的整容之一。大多数人都会要求他们的外科医生把自己的鼻子做小一点，把嘴唇做厚一点，而莫恩想要把她的耳朵做得有棱角一点。为什么?因为她想让自己看上去像个精灵一样。

　　"I have always had fantasies about what it would be like to be something other than human," Moon said. "So I decided to change my appearance to look supernatural." In August 2011, she spent $400 on a painful surgery to have her ears modified.

　　“我一直都有这样的幻想，长得和正常的人类不一样会是什么感觉?”莫恩说。“所以，我决定改变我的外表，让自己看上去像超自然的精灵一样。”2011年8月，她花了400美金做了一次很痛苦的修耳手术。

　　To achieve the desired result, the tops of Moon's ear cartilage were skinned. Pieces were cut from the tips to form points. Her ears were almost 'carved' into a triangular shape, reminiscent of the Elves from the Lord of the Rings.

　　为了达到预期效果，莫恩耳朵顶部的软骨被削骨了。为了形成棱角，顶部好几片软骨都被切除了。她的耳朵被大致切成三角形，让人联想到《指环王》里的精灵。

　　The two-hour long treatment was by no means easy for her. She has confessed that her ears "were really swollen and sore with a slight burning sensation." The stitches stayed in for a couple of weeks – that's how long it took for the skin to heal into their new elven shape.

　　两个小时的漫长手术对于她来说绝非容易。她承认，“当时我的耳朵很肿，很痛，有轻微的灼烧感。”缝线在耳朵里留了好几个月。这几个月就是耳部皮肤需要愈合成精灵状所花的时间。pointed ears