英语翻译
1.Howmuchpaperdoyouuseeveryyear?Maybeyoucan’tanswerthisquestionquickly.In1900theworld’suseofpaperwasaboutonekilogramforeachpersoninayear.Nowsomecountriesuseas50kilogramsofpaperforeachpersoninayear.ButsuchcountrieslikeAmerica,EnglandandSweden,usemorepaperthanothercountrise.
2.PaperwasfirstmadeinChinaabout2,000yearsago.Itwasmadefromthehairlikepartsofcertainplants.PaperwasnotmadeinsouthernEuropeuntilabouttheyear1100.In1500,aGermannamedSchaefferfoundoutthatpeoplecoulemakethebestpaperfromtrees.AfterthattheforestcountriesofCanada,Sweden,America,Finlandbecamethemostimportantonesinpapermaking.
3.Whenwethinkofpaper,wethinkofnewspapers,booksandwrting-paper.Buttherearemanyotheruses.Onlyhalfofthepaperisusedforbooksandmagazines.Paperisverygoodforkeepingyouwarm.Housesareofteninsulatedwithpaper.
4.Youmayseesomepeopleasleeponalargenumberofnewspapers.They’reinsulatingthemselvesfromthecold.InFinlandsometimesthetemperatureis40centigrade.Thefarmerswearpaperbootsinthesnow.Nothingcouldbewarmer.
5.Eachyearmoreandmorethingsaremadeofpaper.Wehavehadpapercupsandplatesforalongtime.Nowwehearthatchairs,tablesandevenbedscanbemadeofpaper.Withpaperblltsandshoes,youcanwearpaperhats,paperdressesandpaperraincoats.Whenyouhaveusedthemonce,youthrowthemawayandbuynewones.
6.Peoplehavemadepaperboats,buttheyhaven’tmadepaperplanesorcars.Justwait-perhapstheywillmakeplanesorcarssomeday.