From Tree to Book

From Tree to Book

《从树木到书本》

Where do books come from? Did you know that this book started life as a tree? When a tree is felled, it becomes wood, and some of this wood is used to make paper.

书本是从哪里来的呀？ 你知道吗？这本书最开始其实是一棵树哦。 树木被砍倒后变成木材，其中一部分木材会被用来造纸。

Did you know? Most paper comes from trees grown in sustainable forests. This means that when older trees are felled, young trees are planted to replace them.

你知道吗？ 大部分纸张都来自可持续林场种植的树木。 也就是说，老树被砍倒后，人们会种上新的小树苗来代替它们。

From wood to paper. The wood is loaded onto a lorry and taken to a factory called a paper mill.

从木材到纸张 木材被装上卡车，运到一个叫做造纸厂的工厂里。

The wood is put into a machine called a wood chipper and cut into wood chips.

木材被放进叫做碎木机的机器里，切成小木片。

The wood chips are taken to a machine called a digester where they are turned into a mushy mixture called pulp.

木片被送到蒸煮器里，变成一种叫做纸浆的黏糊糊的混合物。