与美国小学生一起学英文第2册 第29期:黏土

 　　Clay 黏土

　　Clay is made of rocks.  黏土是由岩石制成的。

　　It is everywhere on Earth, and it is very useful for making pottery¹. 地球上黏土到处都有，它是制作陶器的有用材料。

　　When people work with clay, they need their fingers, rolling pins and canvas, sticks and toothpicks, cutters, plastic bags, a clay cutter, sponges and so on. 人们用黏土进行作业时，需要用到手指、擀面杖、画布、小棍子、牙签、切割刀、塑料袋、刮泥刀、海绵等。

　　There are different colours of clay. 黏土有不同的颜色。

　　They are white, blue, green, black, orange, purple and even pink. 黏土的颜色有白色、蓝色、绿色、黑色、橙色、紫色甚至粉红色。

1 pottery   

n.陶器，陶器场

参考例句：

• My sister likes to learn art pottery in her spare time.我妹妹喜欢在空余时间学习陶艺。
• The pottery was left to bake in the hot sun.陶器放在外面让炎热的太阳烘晒焙干。