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When they reached the spinning room with its clatter of shifting bobbins, Mr. Munger turned to Donald:
當他們來到紡紗房，聽到紡紗線轉動的聲音，芒格先生轉向唐納德：
“I wonder if you know that wool is worked into two different kinds of yarn—worsted and woolen yarn. The fibers for worsted yarn are long and lie nearly parallel, and when woven, have a smooth surface. Broadcloth is made from worsted yarn. Woolen yarn, on the other hand, has its fibers lying in every direction, and all these loose ends, when woven, give a rough surface. Of course when this cloth is finished, it is smooth, but not so smooth and fine as a worsted cloth.”
“我想知道你是否知道羊毛可以加工成兩種不同的精紡紗線和毛紡紗線。精紡毛紗的纖維很長，幾乎平行排列，織造時表面光滑。闊幅布是由精紡毛紗制成的。另一方面，羊毛紗線的纖維分布在各個方向，所有這些松散的末端在織的時候，會產生粗糙的表面。當然，當這種布完成時，它是光滑的，但不像精紡布那樣光滑和精細。”
“I think I understand,”Donald said. “Are we to see the cloth woven next?”
“我想我懂了，”唐納德表示。“接下來我們是要看織布嗎?”
“Yes. This mill weaves nothing but woolens; you must go to a worsted mill to see the other kinds of cloth made. The processes, though, are much alike.”
“是的。這個磨坊只織毛織品；你必須到精紡廠去看其他種類的布料。然而，這些過程非常相似。”
Mr. Hunger then hurried the party to the weaving mills, where, amid an uproar of thousands of moving wheels, bobbins, and shuttles, the threads of yarn traveled back and forth, back and forth, and came out of the looms as cloth. The cloth was then steamed, pressed, and rolled or folded.
然后，亨格先生把他們趕到織布廠，在那里，在成千上萬的轉動著的輪子、筒子和梭子的喧鬧聲中，紗線在那里來回穿梭，最后從織布機出來。然后將布蒸、壓、卷或折疊。
“And now, young man,”said Mr. Hunger to Donald, “you know the whole story of wool.”
“現在，年輕人，”饑餓先生對唐納德說，“你了解了關于羊毛的整個故事。”
