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第一段
1 .OK, Jim.
好的,吉姆。
2 .You wanted to see me about your textile design project.
你想和我谈谈你的纺织品设计项目。
第二段
1 .That's right.
是的。
2 .I've been looking at how a range of natural dyes can be used to colour fabrics like cotton and wool.
我一直在研究如何用各种天然染料给棉花和羊毛等织物上色。
第三段
1 .Why did you choose that topic?
你为什么选择那个课题?
第四段
1 .Well, I got a lot of useful ideas from the museum,
嗯,我从博物馆里得到了很多有用的想法,
2 .you know, at that exhibition of textiles.
你知道的,在那个纺织品展览会上。
3 .But I've always been interested in anything to do with colour.
但是我一直对任何与颜色有关的东西都感兴趣。
4 .Years ago, I went to a carpet shop with my parents when we were on holiday in Turkey,
几年前,我和父母去土耳其度假时走进一家地毯店,
5 .and I remember all the amazing colours.
我仍然记得那些美妙的颜色。
第五段
1 .They might not all have been natural dyes.
它们可能并非都是天然染料。
第六段
1 .Maybe not,
可能不是,
2 .but for the project I decided to follow it up.
但是我想做一个延续这个的课题。
3 .And I found a great book about a botanic garden in California that specialises in plants used for dyes.
我还发现了一本很棒的书,是关于加利福尼亚的一个植物园,那里专门种植染料用的植物。
第七段
1 .OK. So, in your project, you had to include a practical investigation.
好的,那么,在你的项目中,必须包括一项实际调查。
第八段
1 .Yeah. At first I couldn't decide on my variables.
好的。刚开始我没办法决定我的变量。
2 .I was going to just look at one type of fibre for example, like cotton ...
我就想先研究一种类型的纤维,比如说,棉花。。。
第九段
1 .... and see how different types of dyes affected it?
然后看看不同染料是如何影响它的?
第十段
1 .Yes. Then I decided to include others as well,
对。然后我决定把其他的也包括进来,
2 .so I looked at cotton and wool and nylon.
所以我研究了棉花、羊毛和尼龙。
第十一段
1 .With just one type of dye?
只是一种染料吗?
第十二段
1 .Various types, including some that weren't natural, for comparison.
很多种,包括非自然的染料,用作对比。
第十三段
1 .OK.
好的。
第十四段
1 .So, I did the experiments last week.
所以,我上周做了实验。
2 .I used some ready-made natural dyes,
我用了一些现成的自然染料,
3 .I found a website which supplied them,
我找到了一个提供这些材料的网站,
4 .they came in just a few days,
几天就到货了。
5 .but l also made some of my own.
但是我自己也做了一些。
第十五段
1 .That must have taken quite a bit of time.
那肯定花了很多时间。
第十六段
1 .Yes,
是的,
2 .I'd thought it'd just be a matter of a teaspoon or so of dye,
我本来觉得只需要一茶匙左右的染料,
3 .and actually that wasn't the case at all.
后来发现完全不是这样。
4 .Like I was using one vegetable, beetroot, for a red dye.
就像我在使用一种蔬菜,也就是甜菜根做红色燃料的时候。
5 .and l had to chop up a whole pile of it.
我得切上一堆原材料。
6 .So it all took longer than I'd expected.
所以比我预期花了更多的时间。
第十七段
1 .One possibility is to use food colourings.
有一种可能是使用食物染色。
第十八段
1 .I did use one.
我确实用了。
2 .That was a yellow dye, an artificial one.
那是一种黄色染料,人工的。
第一十九段
1 .Tartrazine?
酒石黄(柠檬黄)吗?
第二十段
1 .Yeah. I used it on cotton first.
是的,我刚开始在棉花上用了它。
2 .It came out a great colour,
颜色很好看,
3 .but when I rinsed the material, the colour just washed away.
但是当我漂洗材料的时候,颜色全被洗掉了。
4 .I'd been going to try it out on nylon, but I abandoned that idea.
我本来想在尼龙上试一下,但是我放弃了那个想法。
第二十一段
1 .Were you worried about health issues?
你担心过健康问题吗?
第二十二段
1 .I'd thought if it's a legal food colouring, it must be safe.
我觉得如果它是合法的食物染色剂的话,应该是安全的。
第二十三段
1 .Well, it can occasionally cause allergic reactions, I believe.
恩,我想它偶尔会引起过敏反应。