2. While keeping these words of their user base in mind, KOMPAN had goals of its own. And, of course, the design would look good both in urban and natural settings and would be visually appealing both to children and to the adults who would be buying the equipment. 外表上 (adv.)
3. In rethinking the system, the team was not starting from scratch; they hoped to retain and build on principles that were integral to the success of the first version. 起跑線 (n.) 保留 (v.) 完整的 (adj.) 版本 (n.)
4. In researching their target market for GALAXY, KOMPAN had an advantage they weren't used to-many of their previous playground lines targeted two- to eight-year-olds, but targeting older children meant better communication. 優勢 (n.)
5. Through talking with these users as well as with teachers and child development experts, KOMPAN's design team discovered that children this age were both independent and social- interested in relating to, and competing with, their friends during play. 獨立的 (adj.)
6. To suit these users, the equipment had to be open, both to enable a variety of creative approaches and to allow the children to relate to and learn from each other. 使能夠 (v.) 方法 (n.) 涉及 (v.)
7. They came up with the idea of calling the systems constellations and began brainstorming ways they could make the system more flexible and adaptable; three sizes of constellations would be offered. 思想調用系統 (n.) 腦力激盪 (v.)
8. The team first built smaller models out of cardboard, for internal presentations, and then set about building full-scale, working prototypes that could be tested with children. 紙板 (n.) 最初的 (adj.) 原尺寸 (n.) 原型 (n.)
9. By watching the children interact with the equipment, they quickly found out which concepts the children approved of. "Children are merciless consumers,“ says Hansen. "They are not polite.“ Breaking the mold in playground equipment has paid off for KOMPAN. 批准 (v.) 殘酷的 (adj.) 客氣的 (adj.) 模型 (n.)
