1.Cultured pearls date all the way back to around 500 AD in China.

殖珍珠历史可以追溯到公元500年左右中国。

2.But just because you can grow a cultured pearl doesn't mean it's an easy process.

但是，能够殖珍珠这并不意味着其培育过程并不繁琐。

3.On Mikimoto's website, this strand of South Sea cultured pearls is selling for $32,000.

在御木本网站上，这串南海殖珍珠售价为3.2万美元。

4.Today, Mikimoto is widely considered the grandfather of cultured pearls.

如今，御木本是公认殖珍珠鼻祖。

5.The vast majority of pearls on the market are cultured pearls.

市场上绝大多数珍珠都是殖珍珠。

6.Since 2005, one company has been cultivating pearls commercially, the first such modern operation of its kind in the Gulf.

自2005年，有个公司始商业殖珍珠，在海湾地区，这还是第次进行现代化操作。

7.Well, maybe it is a trick. I know Wozzeck's got a few pretty good-sized cultivated pearls.

怎么说呢，也许算是个花招吧。我知道沃采克有几颗个儿不小人工殖珍珠。

8.He used Akoya pearls, which are the traditional white round pearls you're probably familiar with.

他使用是日本殖珍珠，也就是你可能比较熟悉传统白色圆形珍珠。

9.By the 1920s, cultured pearls became more commercially available, which made them more affordable and accessible to people who weren't royalty.

到了 20 世纪 20 年代，殖珍珠商业化程度越来越高，这使得非皇室成员也能买得、用得上珍珠。

10.Cultured pearls are formed by the same process, but instead of the irritant entering the shell accidentally, it's put there intentionally by a human.

殖珍珠形成过程与之相同，不过刺激物不是偶然进入贝壳，而是人类有意放进去。

11.A cultured pearl, on the other hand, is like an orange, with a large center and a thinner layer of pearl growth around that.

另边，殖珍珠，则像个橙子，中心较大，但周围珍珠生长层较薄。

12.Beside Isabel, in black silk, with a string of cultured pearls round her neck and in a very smart hat, she looked cheap and dowdy.

在伊莎贝尔旁边， 她穿着黑色丝绸， 脖子上挂着串殖珍珠， 戴着顶非常漂亮帽子， 看来既廉价又邋遢。机翻

13.Pearl farmers insert a piece of mollusk tissue, which is called donor tissue, into the shell of the oyster where they want the pearl to grow.

珍珠殖者将块软体动物组织，（称为供体组织）植入进希望生长珍珠牡蛎壳中。

14.The untouched quality of this protected ecosystem has allowed him to see a faster span of production time than he had seen in Japan, the birthplace of the industry.

“这个不可接触受保护生态系统使他殖时间比在日本见到时间要短。日本是珍珠殖业发源地。”

15.For example, Akoya pearls can only grow to about 9 or 10 millimeters in diameter, but South Sea pearls and black Tahitian pearls can reach a diameter of around 15 or 16 millimeters.

比方说，日本殖珍珠直径只能长到 9 或 10 毫米左右，而南海珍珠和大溪地黑珍珠直径可达 15 或 16 毫米左右。

16.Another very interesting influence is when a pearl is cultured, there is a donor tissue used from another living mollusk, and depending on the color of that tissue, it will influence the color of the final cultured pearl.

另个非常有趣影响因素是，在殖珍珠时，会使用来自其他活体软体动物供体组织，该组织颜色会影响最终殖珍珠颜色。

17.And on the day that I visited, the owner of these ponds was surprised that anyone outside of her town, let alone the pearl farming business, would want to know more about these ponds.

在我访问那天，这些池塘主人很惊讶， 因为她镇以外任何人， 更不用说珍珠殖业者， 都想了解更多关于这些池塘信息。机翻