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Turning pineapples into bags 用菠蘿葉子做包包

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What does the reporter compare the feel of the pineapple leaf fabric to?

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Picking pineapples can be arduous, heavy work often with little reward. The price paid for each individual fruit is a fraction of a penny.

采摘菠蘿可是一項(xiàng)苦差事，而且往往回報(bào)甚微。每個(gè)菠蘿的價(jià)格僅是一便士的零頭。

The leaves from pineapple plants are usually thrown away. A use for them has now been found, turning the leaves into fabric – which provides some extra income for workers.

菠蘿的葉子通常會(huì)被扔掉?，F(xiàn)在，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)了菠蘿葉子的用途，把葉子變成布料，為勞動(dòng)者提供額外的收入。

Ben Patton, designer for Materia Products
I think everybody was quite surprised that the fabric was made of pineapple. Because it doesn’t smell like pineapple, it’s not spikey, it's got a nice texture to it. So it’s quite an unusual thing to be working with.

本·巴頓                    Materia Products 公司設(shè)計(jì)師
“我覺(jué)得每個(gè)人都很驚訝，布料是菠蘿做的。因?yàn)樗勂饋?lái)不像菠蘿，不扎手， 摸起來(lái)也很舒服。所以這是一種很不尋常的面料?！?

To make the fabric, fibres are extracted from the leaves. These get sent from the Philippines to Spain. Once there, machinists complete the process of turning them into a material which has been named 'Pinatex'.

為了制作這種面料，人們從樹(shù)葉中提取纖維。這些樹(shù)葉從菲律賓運(yùn)到西班牙。等運(yùn)到之后，機(jī)械師將它們制成一種叫做 “Pinatex” 的纖維面料。

An online shop based in Cambridge has begun using Pinatex to create handbags, satchels and purses.

位于劍橋的一家網(wǎng)店已經(jīng)開(kāi)始使用 Pinatex 制作手袋、背包和錢(qián)包。

And these are the finished bags. If you want one, they’ll set you back around 137 pounds. The texture is slightly crinkled – not too different to some leathers.

這些就是做好的成品。如果你想擁有一個(gè)，你就得花137英鎊。質(zhì)地有輕微的褶皺，與某些皮革沒(méi)有太大的區(qū)別。

As manufacturers become more confident using the material, it’s hoped more items will be made out of it in the future, making use of pineapple leaves that were otherwise destined to be wasted.

生產(chǎn)商對(duì)這種材料的使用越來(lái)越有信心，他們希望未來(lái)能利用這種材料生產(chǎn)出更多的產(chǎn)品，有效地使用菠蘿葉子，讓那些原本會(huì)枯萎凋零的葉子重獲新生。

詞匯

reward 報(bào)酬，回報(bào)

penny 便士（英鎊中最小的輔幣單位）

income 收入

purses 女士錢(qián)包

set you back ……讓你破費(fèi)

問(wèn)題答案

The reporter compares its feel to some types of leather.