Now let's say that we're into polymers. We know what plastic is.
现在假设我们知道聚合物，我们就知道塑料是什么。
The bad prejudice is when we leap to the conclusion, without thinking for a moment that there might be some other historical horizon, that we know what plastic means.
坏先见就是我们直接得出结论，也没有想一下,可能有其他的历史背景，就觉得我们知道plastic是什么了。
What kind of glue should I use to stick plastic to wood?
我该用哪种胶水把塑料粘到木头上？
We now live in an age of plastic, she says, "and what we decide to collect today, what we decide to preserve … will have a strong impact on how in the future we'll be seen."
现在我们生活在塑料时代，她说：“现在我们决定收集什么，保护什么……将极大影响后人如何定义我们的时代。”
The marketing coordinator was concerned about what the chemicals coming out of some common types of plastic might be doing to her body.
营销协调员担心一些普通塑料中的化学物质可能会对她的身体产生影响。
She hopped on her bike and rode to the nearest grocery store to see what she could find that didn't include plastic.
她跳上自行车，骑到最近的杂货店，看看能不能找到不含塑料的东西。
Because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills.
因为很少有人能想出如何处理塑料，大部分塑料最终被掩埋在垃圾填埋场。
But because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills.
但是因为很少有人能想出如何处理塑料，大部分塑料最终被掩埋在垃圾填埋场。
They tell you what kind of plastic it is and whether it can be recycled or not.
这些（符号）会告诉你这是哪种塑料，以及它是否可回收。
What can we do right now to reduce plastic pollution?
我们现在能做些什么来减少塑料污染呢？
What may fast food restaurants most probably do to deal with free plastic toys?
快餐店最有可能采取什么措施来处理免费塑料玩具？
What do metals, glass, and plastic have in common?
金属、玻璃、塑料有什么共同点呢？
Well, one can debate what these data show. But this much is clear: that little strip of plastic is a mini-battleground.
你可以质疑这些数据显示的结果，但是有一点是不容质疑的：小小的塑料扶手已成为了一个争夺战场。
And where there are art galleries, there are free drinks - usually bad white wine in plastic cups, but as a frugal sage once said, you get what you don't pay for.
哪里有艺术画廊哪里就有免费酒蹭-虽然通常是塑料杯乘着劣质白酒，但是就像一个穷游达人所说的，这才是真正免费的午餐。
But it is clear that processing plastic and electronic waste in a crude manner releases toxic chemicals, harming people and the environment-the opposite of what recycling is supposed to achieve.
但是很明显的是，用拙劣的方式对塑料品与电子垃圾进行加工处理会释放出有毒化学物质，对人与环境都会造成伤害—这是垃圾回收处理的负面影响。
When most people think about gas masks or respirators, what they usually envision is a tight-fitting plastic or rubber face mask with some sort of filter cartridge.
大多数人想到防毒面具或呼吸器时，脑海中呈现的是一件配有某种过滤罐的、塑料或橡胶材质的密闭面具。
You may find that when people understand the dangers of excessively using plastic, and what it is doing to our environment, they may go on the 30 day plastic bag diet themselves!
你会发现，当人们了解到过度使用塑料袋的弊端及其对环境造成的危害时，他们会自觉地加入到30天塑料袋“节食”计划中来。
This is what it's like to work at the Foxconn factory: You enter a five- or six-story concrete building, pull on a plastic jacket and hat, and slip booties over your shoes.
富士康工厂中的工作环境就代表了最典型的情况：五六层楼的混凝土建筑，里面工作的工人们穿着塑料夹克和帽子，脚上套着靴子。
This is what it's like to work at the Foxconn factory: you enter a five - or six-story concrete building, pull on a plastic jacket and hat, and slip booties over your shoes.
富士康工厂中的工作环境就代表了最典型的情况：五六层楼的混凝土建筑，里面工作的工人们穿着塑料夹克和帽子，脚上套着靴子。
Amazon's designers did what they should have done a long time ago: they shaved away a lot of that empty beige (or now dark gray) plastic margin.
亚马逊的设计师终于做了很久以来都应该做的事情：他们去除了许多空白的米色(现在是暗灰色)的塑料边框。
If you look at a (chip) packet, what you've got is a plastic film, a few layers of inks and a printed metal layer to keep the materials fresh.
仔细观察一下(芯片)包，你会发现它们实际上就是由一层层塑料膜构成的，有的上面涂上了颜色，有的上面镀上金属，防止材料被腐蚀。
I have to accept that plastic is everywhere because it's very good at what it does.
我必须承认，塑料无处不在，因为它是非常有用的。
Khine knew that when Shrinky Dinks condense, any ink lines on the plastic become raised-and that's precisely what she sought in a microfluidics mold.
凯尼知道，当Shrinky Dinks收缩时，塑料卡片上的墨线会隆起，而这正是她为微流体模型苦苦寻求的。
What Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland found ininstead was—get ready—polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, the world's firstsynthetic plastic, commonly known as Bakelite.
后来，比利时化学家利奥·贝克兰德发明了世界上第一种人造塑胶polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride，通常被称之为酚醛树脂。
"In this context, what deserves the most attention is the significance of each and every customer understanding the importance of not using plastic bags," it said in a statement.
黛安芬公司在一份声明中说：“在这种情况下，让每个顾客认识到不用塑料袋的意义才是最重要的。”
If you plastic wrap, ensure it's LDPE-based plastic, and regardless of what type it is, never use it in the microwave.
如果你是塑料控，那就保证使用的是LDPE塑料。而且无论何种型号，都不能在微波炉中使用。
One doctor had this response: "What is the difference between a plastic surgeon and a psychoanalyst?"
一个医生回答：“整形医生和心理分析学家的区别是什么？”
Since many of the obstetricians and gynaecologists at the conference are untrained in plastic surgery, one big question begins to bother me: on what/whom they will practise?
既然与会的许多妇产科医生没有接受过整型手术的培训，我突然想到一个很严重的问题：这些人在哪里练习呢？
Since many of the obstetricians and gynaecologists at the conference are untrained in plastic surgery, one big question begins to bother me: on what/whom they will practise?
既然与会的许多妇产科医生没有接受过整型手术的培训，我突然想到一个很严重的问题：这些人在哪里练习呢？
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