We ordered 6,500 silkworms from an online silk farm.

我们从线上丝公司订了6,500只。

It takes 2,000 silkworms to make a pound of silk.

产出一磅丝绸需要两千只。

This is because today's silkworms have been bred to be stronger, producing thicker threads.

这是天的被培育得更健壮了，其吐出的丝也就更粗。

So, no chicken feet or silkworms for you!

那么就不给您点鸡爪和蛹了！

The boys hurried to the silkworm house.

孩子们匆匆赶到舍。

So far, researchers have created silkworms that carry the spider silk gene.

迄，研究者已经培育出带有蛛丝基的。

But the worms don't produce spider silk, either, just better silkworm silk.

不过这些也不能生产出蛛丝，它们仅能生产出更好的丝。

Mother said that silkworms had even been known to go on hunger strikes.

母亲说，甚至会绝食。

In around 60 CE, it was discovered that silk came from silkworms and not trees.

大约在公元 60 年，人们发现丝绸而不是树。

Grasshoppers, silkworms and wasps were traditionally eaten in areas of the country with little meat and fish.

在该国肉和鱼很少的地区，传统上人们食用蚱蜢、和黄蜂。

Apart from cooking, mother did farming, planted vegetables, fed pigs, raised silkworms and spun cotton into yarn.

她身材高大结实，还能挑水挑粪。

Well, I'm allergic to silkworm, so that's definitely out. And I'm not too keen on hot peppers or garlic.

哦，我对过敏，所以一定不要点。我不太爱吃辣椒和大蒜。

We've been using silkworm silk to make clothing and textiles for around 5, 000 years.

5000年我们一直在用丝制作衣服和纺织品。

And it's actually pretty easy to do, because silkworms can be farmed in groups.

而且这样做其实很容易，可以批量养殖。

" Tino and I might raise silkworms and sell the cocoons, " said Mario.

“蒂诺和我可以养，卖茧，”马里奥说。

Sadly, no matter how much they work out, today silkworms can never revert to the trim of their ancestors.

遗憾的是，无论它们做多少锻炼，天的桑也永远无法恢复到如它们祖先那般细若游丝的身材了。

Silkworms for their silk, whales for their blubber, sheep for their wool.

例如提供丝的、提供鲸脂的鲸、提供羊毛的羊。

Silkworm silk is tough, but spider silk is stronger and stretchier, and in theory should be much more versatile.

丝很坚韧，但蛛丝更结实也更有弹性，理论上应用范围也应该更广。

For silkworms are tender creatures, and must be cared for as though they were fretful babies.

是柔弱的动物，必须像照顾焦躁不安的婴儿一样。

Another one was feeding the silkworm.

另一个正在喂养。