Engineers like ceramics because they can be heated without melting, unlike metals and plastics, though, they are brittle.

工程师们喜欢陶瓷，因为陶瓷在加热时不会熔化，但与金属和塑料不同的是，陶瓷易碎。

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LAUREN: I have my passions, like ceramics, and he's got his golf.

Lauren：我有自己的爱好，像陶瓷，而他有他的高尔夫。

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Like ceramics, silk, Chinese lacquer is a national cultural treasures.

像陶瓷、丝绸一样，中国漆器是民族文化的瑰宝。

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Things like steel and polymers, or plastics, and ceramics, and of course computers which has progressed remarkably due to the work of engineers in your lifetime, until now you can carry around a cell phone, which would have been unthinkable even 30 years ago.

包括钢铁,聚合物,塑料,陶瓷,当然,计算机这个在你们的有生之年,已经取得令人瞩目的进展的发明,也得归功于工程师的工作,现在你们的手机能随身携带,而这在三十年前是不可想象的

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But engines are already operating at levels above 2, 500 degrees Fahrenheit, the melting point of the turbine blades that propel the plane, forcing engineers to dream up exotic cooling systems and turn to special coatings and unwieldy materials like ceramics.

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To make a package out of ceramics you have to fire it, like a clay pot, at an extremely high temperature.

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It's filled with a mix of well-designed but low-key objects, like artist Doug Johnston's cotton cord baskets and sleek ceramics from Mud Australia.

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