In fact, most things made of paper, metal, glass and plastic can be recycled.

事实上，大多数由纸、金属、玻璃和塑料制成的东西都可以被回收利用。

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The plastic can later be incorporated into huts.

这些塑料的可以随后组合成帐篷。

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Plastic parts can substitute for metal ones, but they don't last long.

塑料零件可以代替金属零件，但是它们不耐用。

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The plastic can block air passages. The trash can also make the animal feel full, lessening its desire to eat or drink.

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This is a game where you get a little plastic device, it's got 15 plastic numbers on it and one hole in this little plastic board and you can move those numbers up, down, left to right, and the goal is to take what's a random assortment of tiles and arrange them in numeric order and that's one of these little things you can play sort of absentmindedly.

在这个游戏中，你会拿到一个可塑的装置，上面有15个数字和一个孔,你可以将数字上下移动，左右移动，目标就是,拿到一个随机的组合后,将其按数字顺序排列,这个你可以随便玩玩。

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then I think absolutely plastic surgery can... maybe should be used if it's going to help with your self-confidence.

那么我觉得整形手术一定能……如果它能帮你增强自信，就应该整形。

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But there are some issues to be resolved before plastic can truly find its place in the sun.

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Dow's materials-engineering center is busy brainstorming ways that plastic can be used to replace wood and steel in durable goods, particularly home appliances and auto parts.

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Cheaper, lighter panels, increasingly made of plastic, can then be hung on this skeleton.

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