18 L2-Plastic

Oxford Read and Discover level 2 Plastic by Louise Spilsbury

牛津阅读和发现二级塑料路易丝·斯皮尔伯里

Introduction We use plastic every day. There's plastic in our homes, schools, and offices. There's plastic in our toys, computers, and telephones. Is there plastic in your chair, too? What plastic things can you see here? What plastic things do you use? Discover! Now read and discover more about plastic!

我们每天都在使用塑料。 我们的家里、学校和办公室里都有塑料。 我们的玩具、电脑和电话里都有塑料。 你的椅子里也有塑料吗? 你在这里能看到什么塑料的东西? 你用什么塑料制品? 发现!现在阅读和发现更多关于塑料!

Chapter 1 What Is Plastic? Plastic is a material. We use materials to make things. We use plastic to make many things in many different shapes. We use plastic to make pens, bottles, CDs, and shoes. We make plastic knives, forks, spoons, and chopsticks, too! We make many different types of plastic. Some types of plastic are soft. A plastic watch strap is soft so we can put it on our wrist. Some types of plastic are hard and strong. A plastic skateboard is hard and strong so we can stand on it.

第一章什么是塑料? 塑料是一种材料。我们用材料来制造东西。 我们用塑料制作许多不同形状的东西。 我们用塑料做笔、瓶子、cd和鞋子。 我们也做塑料刀、叉子、勺子和筷子!我们生产许多不同种类的塑料。 有些塑料是软的。 塑料表带很软，所以我们可以把它戴在手腕上。 有些塑料又硬又结实。 塑料滑板又硬又结实，所以我们可以站在上面。

Chapter 2 Making Plastic We can make plastic from oil. We get oil from under the ground. We can get different types of liquid from oil. We use some of the liquids to make small plastic pieces. We use the plastic pieces to make plastic things. In a factory, we make plastic pieces hot. Hot plastic is very soft. Then we can make it into different shapes. How do we make plastic spoons? We make plastic pieces hot. We put the hot plastic in a mold. The mold has spoon shapes. The plastic gets cold and hard in the mold. Then we have lots of spoons!

我们可以用石油制造塑料。 我们从地下开采石油。 我们可以从油中得到不同种类的液体。 我们用一些液体制作小的塑料片。 我们用塑料片制作塑料制品。 在工厂里，我们把塑料件加热。 热塑料很软。然后我们可以把它做成不同的形状。 我们如何制作塑料勺子? 我们把塑料件加热。 我们把热塑料放进模具里。 模具有勺子形状。 塑料在模具里变冷变硬。 然后我们有很多勺子!

Chapter 3 Bottles and Boxes We can buy juice, soda, and water in plastic bottles. Plastic bottles are strong, so they don't break. They are light so we can carry them. Discover! We use 1 liter of oil to make four plastic bottles! Many plastic boxes are transparent. They are transparent so we can see what's in the boxes. We can buy lots of food in plastic wrap. We can buy sandwiches, salad, and cake in plastic wrap. The food is in plastic wrap to stop it going bad.

我们可以买到装在塑料瓶里的果汁、苏打水和水。 塑料瓶很结实，所以不会碎。 它们很轻，所以我们可以随身携带。 发现!我们用一升油来做四个塑料瓶!许多塑料盒是透明的。 它们是透明的，所以我们可以看到盒子里有什么。 我们可以买很多用保鲜膜包装的食物。 我们可以买保鲜膜包装的三明治、沙拉和蛋糕。 食物用保鲜膜包裹着以防变质。