But then the cost of lumber sky rocketed, and good quality became scarce.

但随后木材价格飞涨，优质木材变得稀缺。

The kind of wood that a lot of modern makers use are old wood.

许多代制造商使用的木材是旧木材。

Termites tunnel through wood allowing for decomposition of the wood into humus.

白蚁穿过木材，使木材分解成腐殖质。

They used local wood to build the ships. They also sold wood and wood products.

造船的材料是当地的木材，他们还销售木材和木制品。

Empedocles might have watched a piece of wood burning. Something disintegrates.

恩培窦可里斯可能观过木材燃烧的情形。他看到木材因此分解。

We also get wood from trees. We use wood to make pencils, desks and chairs.

们还从树木上获取木材，们用木材制造铅笔、书桌和椅子。

For one thing, there's the need for wood.

比如对木材的需求。

Now, we'll go over into the wood shop.

们去木材店。

Wood farmers chose to grow different kinds of wood that grow more quickly than willow trees.

木材农民选择种植比柳树生长更快的不同种类的木材。

If there's wood, we will use wood but the very special African woods with a very fine structure.

如果有木材，们会使用木材，但会用非常特殊的非洲木材，结构非常精细。

For example, the floors are made of reclaimed wood.

例如，地板用得是回收木材。

The price of wood has increased. Why?

木材的价格上升了 为什么？

Many use wood from endangered rain forests.

许多使用的木材来自濒危的雨林。

I mean, wood literally grows on trees.

木材是长树上的。

Lumber is getting more expensive in America.

木材美国越来越贵了。

Timber trafficking is a three and a half billion dollar business.

木材贩运行业赚35亿美元。

And it's not only the timber companies.

不仅是木材公司。

He cut trees down illegally to sell as timber.

他非法砍伐树木作为木材出售。

Necessities like food and wood were very expensive.

像食物和木材这样的必需品非常昂贵。

Some 1,200 trees have been cut for their wood.

大约1200棵树被砍伐用作木材。