In some cases,instead of a cast, a splint made of plastic or metal will be secured over the area to restrict movement.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

so you have to make a garment out of nothing like paper bags or plastic bags.

你需要从无中创造有，比如用纸袋或者塑料袋制作出服装。

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This little felt thing there is just to avoid too much friction from building up with the plastic or to keep it slightly separated from the case, but that's it. That's all there was to those things called floppy disks.

这种毡制品的目的是避免,由塑料组成所产生的摩擦力,或者保持稍微的距离，这就是我们要说的,软盘的全部内容。

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Laser disc players use lasers to accurately read or write marks on a reflective,coated plastic disc.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

We have no concern or hesitation in saying what plastic is, and so we say, "Oh, gee. Well, I guess the great creator has a sort of a prosthetic limb and he raised it. All right.

我们能毫不迟疑地说出塑料是什么，所以我们说，哎呀，我猜造物主,装了义肢，还将它抬了起来，好。

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A hoop house is basically a metal frame covered with plastic or other all-weather material.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

or rich people who can afford to have lots of plastic surgery.

或者是有那些有钱做很多整形手术的富人。

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Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

And the Extension Service at North Dakota State University offers other advice: Do not save plastic bags of food even if boxes or containers inside the bags appear dry.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Throw away damaged metal cans or hard plastic containers.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

"If an actress is getting older and you can tell by looking at her or him that they have had plastic surgery, then that takes away what people liked about that actor in the first place."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22