At last they got to the point of installing the roof beam.

最后，工程进行到安装屋顶大梁这一紧要步骤了。

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Then he secretly constructed the most important part of the building, the roof beam that would hold the roof together.

然后，他私下造好了工程中最重要的部分–支撑整个屋顶的大梁。

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When he felt sleepy, he tied his hair to the roof beam. Therefore, when he dozed, he would feel pain and wake up as his hair was pulled upward by the rope. Then he would go on with his study.

他把自己的头发绑在房梁上，当他打吨的时候，头一低，绳子就会牵住头发，这样会把头皮扯痛了，马上就清醒了，再继续读书学习。

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Sound danced from floor to roof beam.

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Basements provide good protection if equipped with a suitable door and a concrete roof, but basements of pier-beam houses would leave their occupants exposed and vulnerable if the structure above them were blown away, said Ernst Kiesling, a former professor of civil engineering at Texas Tech.

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