A foundry is a place where people melt metal until it is liquid and pour it into hollow shapes (moulds, or molds in American spelling) so it cools into parts for machines, tools, bells, engines. It is heavy-industry language: hot, noisy, skilled work — not a kitchen and not a general factory.

A foundry is a place where people melt metal until it is liquidFoundry是人們把金屬熔化成液態， and pour it into hollow shapes (moulds, or molds in American spelling)再倒進中空模具(moulds，美式拼法molds)裡的地方， so it cools into parts for machines, tools, bells, engines讓它冷卻後變成機器、工具、鐘、引擎的零件。 It is heavy-industry language這是重工業的用語: hot, noisy, skilled work又熱、又吵、需要技術的工作—— not a kitchen and not a general factory不是廚房，也不是一般的工廠。

Though actually, the found inside foundry is not the past of find, and it is not “found a company” either. It is a different verb found, “to melt and cast metal,” which came in with French fonderie.

Though actually不過實際上， the found inside foundry is not the past of findfoundry裡的found不是find的過去式， and it is not “found a company” either也不是『成立公司(found a company)』的那個found。 It is a different verb found, “to melt and cast metal,”它是另一個動詞found，意思是『熔化並鑄造金屬』， which came in with French fonderie是從法文fonderie傳進來的。

If you found a school, you start it; if you work in a foundry, you pour metal. Same spelling, different family, and that is the trap almost every student walks into.

If you found a school, you start it如果你found a school(創辦一所學校)，你是在創立它； if you work in a foundry, you pour metal如果你在foundry工作，你是在澆鑄金屬。 Same spelling, different family拼法一樣，字源家族卻不同， and that is the trap almost every student walks into而這正是幾乎每個學生都會踩到的陷阱。