Please, look at this porcelain skin. I'm like a human sink.

拜托，你看我陶般光滑的肌肤，我简直就是人形洗手台。

There are elegant pottery statues of court ladies from the Tang dynasty, a tiny boat carved from an olive stone—it's even difficult to make out the details from a magnifying glass.

有唐朝宫廷仕女典雅的陶雕像、以橄榄核雕制而成的迷你船只－－甚至用放大镜要辨认那些细节很困难。

Did you see the old lady with the cane? What if she has a ceramic knife in there that can go through the metal detector? And yet you waste your time harassing a little kid.

看到那个拄着拐杖的老妇人了吗？那拐杖里说不定藏了个金属探测器查不出来的陶刀呢。你却在这里把时间浪费在骚扰小孩子上。

The ceramic poppies at the Tower of London drew millions, and the only possible reaction to seeing them and walking among them was silence.

为此，在伦敦泰晤士北岸的伦敦塔古堡下，种植了数以百万计的陶罂粟。个人徜徉其间的时候，我们唯能做的是沉默、凝视。

On the table was spread a snow-white tablecloth; upon it was a splendid porcelain service, and the roast goose was steaming famously with its stuffing of apple and dried plums.

桌子上铺着雪白的台布，上面摆放着精美的陶餐具，肚子里塞满了苹果和梅子干的烤鹅刚刚出炉，正冒着股股的香气。

Every year in September, there is a great ceramic fair in my city.

年9月份，在我的城市有个大型的陶博览会。

Well, the two of us, two friends of mine, and my pottery teacher.

嗯，我们俩，我两个朋友，我的陶课老师。

As well as owning stately homes and houses associated with famous people, the National Trust has gradually extended its collection of art, and it also owns valuable books, clothing, furniture, ceramics, and all kinds of unusual objects.

除了拥有庄严的宅邸和与名人相关的房屋外，国家信托基金会还逐步扩展了其艺术收藏，并拥有珍贵的书籍、服饰、家具、陶以及各种独特的物品。

The pottery was probably made by shaping clay into a ball with the hand, and then hollowing it until the walls were right thickness.

陶可能是靠手将粘土弄成球形，然后掏空中间直到陶壁达到合适的厚度。

You only demanded the good china because you know I love it.

你只要上好的陶餐具 因为你知道我钟爱它。

What I love in ceramic is also that it is kind of meditative.

我喜欢陶的点是，它带有种冥想的意味。

Ceramic water filters distributed to the poor are also displayed prominently.

显眼处摆放着分发给穷人的陶水过滤器。

In the 1970s and 1980s, ceramic houses became popular.

在20世纪70年代和80年代，陶的房子模型开始流行起来。

In order to make this afternoon meal important, fine china cups and plates, and silver teapots, knives, forks and spoons were used.

为使这顿下午餐显得很重要，她们使用了精美的陶茶杯和盘子，还有银茶壶、刀、叉和勺。

Professor Hunt is going to give a speech on Chinese ceramics tonight.

杭特教授今晚将就中国的陶工艺发表演讲。

At Pengbuxi, the towers stood like obelisks dropped from a ceramic blue sky.

在朋布西，这些石碉就像是从陶蓝色的天空中落下的方尖碑。

That inspired the pizza stone, an oversize ceramic tile that you insert into your oven.

这启发了披萨石头的诞生，它是种超大的陶砖，可以放进烤箱里。

At its imperial peak Roman ceramics - cheap, trademarked, perfect - were shipped everywhere from Africa to Iona; after Rome fell it would take centuries for European pottery to recover such excellence.

在罗马帝国的鼎盛时期，罗马陶——廉价的、有商标的、完美的——被运往从非洲到爱奥纳岛之间的各个地方；罗马帝国陷落后，欧洲陶器了几个世纪的时间才恢复到如此卓越的水平。

Light falls constantly on the domestic: a gas stove in the kitchen fed with quarters, a dining-room table with a lace cloth on it, a ceramic swan reflected in an octagonal mirror.

作者的笔触不断落在家庭生活上：厨房里需要投入25美分硬币才能使用的煤气灶，餐厅里铺着蕾丝布料的餐桌，八角镜里映出的只陶天鹅。

The show juxtaposes 18th century ceramics with 21st century takes on those traditional jars, in what Denver art museum curator Hong John Kimhan says reflects the connection between past and present.

展览将十八世纪的陶与二十世纪对这些传统罐子的看法并列，丹佛艺术博物馆策展人Hong John Kimhan表示，这反映了过去与现在之间的联系。