CRI听力:Milk Clothing

短语讲解：

1. When 28-year-old German designer Anke Domaske set out to create a new kind of textile, her aim was to make a fabric that would be sustainable in the long term and soothing to the skin for people suffering from allergies.

set out着手, 开始
例句：The government has set out to make many needed reforms.
政府开始进行许多必要的改革。
suffer from受苦;患病
例句：My father suffers from high blood pressure.
我父亲有高血压。

2. But next year, Domaske plans to begin mass producing the threads that are made entirely from milk that would otherwise be poured down the drain.

be made from由…所做成的
例句：Paper is made from rags.
纸是由破布制成的。
pour down流下; (雨)倾盆而下
例句：Tears poured down her cheeks.
她泪流满面。

3. Although textiles made from milk fibers have been around since the 1930s, Domaske says most of them rely heavily on acrylics that remain in the fibers despite intense washing - a process that wastes water.

rely on信赖, 依赖,依靠
例句：Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on foreign businesses.
香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于外国商行。

4. From that, they produce a protein powder that is then boiled and pressed into strands which can be woven into a fabric.

weave into把…织成…
例句：People weave threads into cloth.
人们把线织成布。