时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2019年(一月)


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A Spanish entrepreneur spent over eight years developing a new textile she calls Pinatex. Pinatex is a new textile material made from pineapple leaf fibers 1, which is the waste of the pineapple harvest. Carmen Hijosa, who founded the company Ananas Anam to market Pinatex, works with pineapple farmers in the Philippines who harvest and strip the fibers from the leaves, because their characteristics and they’re very fine and strong and flexible. Since launching commercially in the mid-2015, Pinatecx has been used by about 500 manufacturers including a recent collaboration 2 with fashion house Hugo Boss on a pair of vegan sneakers. Smaller fashion companies to have been inspired by its unique look and feel.


西班牙的一位企业家花了8年多的时间研发了一种新型纺织品,名为Pinatex。这是一种新型纺织材料,由菠萝叶纤维制成。而菠萝叶纤维是菠萝丰收后的废品。卡门是Ananas Anam公司的创始人,这家公司销售Pinatex。她与菲律宾种植菠萝的农民合作,农民会从叶子里剥离出纤维,因为菠萝叶子的纤维很有特点,结实又有弹性。自从2015年中旬投产商业化以来,该产品的使用方就有近500个厂商,比如最近跟时尚品牌雨果·波士关于一双纯素运动鞋的合作。规模不大的一些公司也受到了其独特外观和手感的启发。


People come in. They’ll see it. They’re attracted to it. At first most of the time, they think it’s leather, and then they feel in it doesn’t feel leather. They’re there…Timothy Turner-Sutton, creative director for fashion brand Altiir whose entire collection of biker style jackets are made from Pinatex says, it’s got a unique texture 3. This is my neo classic biker jacket. It’s made by Altiir out of Pinatex. I’ve worn this for about a year, and it’s just it ages to your body really gracefully 4 and molds molds to your body when it gets wet, it dries like leather, and it behaves like leather in every way except it’s completely sustainable. In addition to clothing, the company is entering new markets too, including interior furnishing and car upholstery.


人们走进来就会一眼看到,然后就会被深深吸引。起初,他们一般都会认为这是皮革,然后又会觉得手感不像是皮革。他们在那里…蒂莫西是时装品牌Altiir的创意总监,该品牌整个系列的骑行风格夹克都是用Pinatex制造的。蒂莫西表示,这种材质十分独特。这是我的新经典机车夹克,它也就是用Altiir的这种材质做的。我已经穿了大概1年了。上身十分优雅;沾水之后又很显身材。干的时候就像皮革。它跟皮革并无不同之处,只有一点不同——它是具有可持续性的。除了服装市场之外,该公司还在进军一些新的市场,包括室内装饰和汽车内饰。



光纤( fiber的名词复数 ); (织物的)质地; 纤维,纤维物质
  • Thesolution of collagen-PVA was wet spined with the sodium sulfate as coagulant and collagen-PVA composite fibers were prepared. 在此基础上,以硫酸钠为凝固剂,对胶原-PVA共混溶液进行湿法纺丝,制备了胶原-PVA复合纤维。
  • Sympathetic fibers are distributed to all regions of the heart. 交感神经纤维分布于心脏的所有部分。
n.合作,协作;勾结
  • The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
  • He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。
n.(织物)质地;(材料)构造;结构;肌理
  • We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
  • Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。
ad.大大方方地;优美地
  • She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
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