A factory then binds the compounds and turns them into plastic pellets.

在另间工厂提炼品再被加工，变成了粒粒的胶。

He makes sweaters from used plastic bottles.

他利用使用过的胶瓶罐来制造毛衣。

She worked for a small plastics company after leaving college but was rejected for a position at the British chemical giant ICI because, as the personnel report stated, " This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated" .

离开大学之后为家小型的胶制品公司工作，却被拒绝在英国化学巨头ICI（ICI： 即，帝国化学工业 - Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd）任职，因为正如那份人事部报告所述，" 这位女士性倔强，宁折不弯，并且固执己见到了危险的程度。"

Around back, you're going to see it's got a plastic shell.

在背面，你们会看到胶的外壳。

Most people think it's like lava, but really it's like very thick hot plastic.

大多数人都认为它类似于熔岩，但实际上它更像滚烫、稠密的胶。

All of this plastic originated from one small object— that isn't even made of plastic.

所有的胶都起源於小物品——还不是胶制成的。

In 30 years, there'll be more plastic in the ocean than fish by biomass, and species like sea bass, usually coming along north Carolina shores, will be up near New Jersey as marine life migrates to cooler waters.

30 年后，海洋中的胶总量将高于鱼类，而随着海洋生物逐渐更凉爽的海域，像海鲈这样通常在北卡罗来纳州海岸出现的物种将在纽泽西附近出现。

Rummaging on the top shelf of her closet, she found a bag full of Lego blocks of all shapes and sizes.

于是，她在橱柜的上层翻寻了遍，找出装满各种形状、尺寸的积木的胶袋。

Each year, making the plastic water bottles used in the U.S. takes enough oil and energy to fuel a million cars.

每年，用来制造美国境内使用的胶水瓶的石油和能源都足以供应百万辆车了。

One group of German scientists has tried coating warrior fragments with a plastic used to seal underground water pipes.

队德国科学家尝试用密封地下水管的种胶来覆盖秦俑碎片。

Once dyed, the cotton-plastic blend is woven into denim sheets, which are then cut and sewn into jeans.

染完色，棉花和胶的混合物就会被织成丹宁布，接着裁剪并缝成牛仔裤。

They contain plastic crystals mixed with diamonds, beer cans and royal silks all in one look.

眼望去你就能看到它们中包含了混了钻石的胶水晶，啤酒罐和御用丝绸。

But the features of plastic that make it so useful to us have also transformed life in the oceans, where as much as 10 percent of our discarded plastic, millions of tons per year, ends up.

不过这些让胶对人类而言如此有益的特性也改变了海洋中的生命，我们抛弃的胶有差不多百分之十，也就是每年数百万吨，最后沉入海洋。

But it's undeniable how much plastic trash we've introduced into marine ecosystems, and the wonderful durability of plastic guarantees it'll be an issue for years to come.

不过我们带给海洋生态系统多少胶垃圾是无可否认的事实，而胶极佳的耐用度也保证了它在未来几年会是项议题。

Despite taking the prize as the first official plastic, celluloid was highly flammable, which made production risky.

虽然赛璐珞得奖， 成为第正式的胶，赛璐珞高度易燃，制造时很危险。

The invention of a technique called injection-moulding made it possible to insert melted plastics into molds of any shape, where they would rapidly harden.

可轻而易举地让融化的胶 注入任何形状的模具。注入後，胶会迅速成为固体。注入後，胶会迅速成为固体。

Soldiers wore new plastic helmet liners and water-resistant vinyl raincoats.

军人头戴有胶衬里的头盔， 身穿防水的乙烯基雨衣。

I will never forget riding over a hill outside Madras where I came face-to-face with a mountain of plastic bottles from California.

我永远不会忘记经过马德拉斯外围的座小山，我在那亲眼见到座来自加州的胶瓶山。

I was curious about where the plastic bottles that I put in the recycling bins go.

我很好奇我放进回收箱的那些胶瓶都到哪去了。

It's possible we can decrease further impacts by switching to biodegradable plastics, dumping less plastic in the oceans, or cleaning up the patches of sea most strewn with plastic.

我们有可能可以藉着改用可生物分解胶、丢较少胶到海洋里来减低更长远的冲击，或清理散布最多胶的海洋区。