卡片上写着“爱你的,爸爸”。“礼物”是一枚镶有一小块红玻璃的戒指,那块红玻璃象征着我的诞生石——红宝石。
The card was signed "love, Dad" and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to represent my birthstone, a ruby.
对一个6岁的孩子来说,红玻璃和红宝石并没有什么区别;我还记得我骄傲地戴着它,感到世界上所有的贺卡都无法与之相比。
There is little difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember wearing that ring with a pride that all the cards in the world could not surpass.
在足够溶化金属的酸水中,古生菌形成了一层生物膜,研究人员将这层生物膜称为“红毯带”,因为它们看起来就像粉红色的玻璃纤维隔离层。
In water acidic enough to dissolve metal, archaeans form biofilms that researchers call "blanket strips" because they look like pink fiberglass insulation.
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