Gelatin is a clear, almost tasteless stuff we get by boiling animal skin, bones, and connective tissue for a long time. When it is hot it is liquid; when it cools it sets into a wobbly solid — the thing that makes jelly hold its shape.

Gelatin is a clear, almost tasteless stuffGelatin是一種透明、幾乎沒有味道的東西 we get by boiling animal skin, bones, and connective tissue for a long time是把動物的皮、骨頭和結締組織長時間熬煮之後得到的 When it is hot it is liquid它熱的時候是液體 when it cools it sets into a wobbly solid冷卻之後會凝固成一種顫顫的固體 the thing that makes jelly hold its shape就是讓jelly（果凍）能夠成形的那個東西

Cooks use it for desserts, some sweets, and to give food a shine. Medicine capsules are often made with it too.

Cooks use it for desserts, some sweets, and to give food a shine廚師會用它來做甜點、一些糖果，還有讓食物看起來有光澤 Medicine capsules are often made with it too藥物膠囊也常常是用它做的

It is not the same as agar, which comes from seaweed and is what many vegetarian kitchens use instead. British packing often says gelatine; that is the same word, not a different ingredient. In everyday talk people also say jelly for the dessert, but jelly is the food; gelatin is the setting stuff inside it.

It is not the same as agar它跟agar（洋菜）不一樣 which comes from seaweedagar來自海藻 and is what many vegetarian kitchens use instead是很多素食廚房拿來替代gelatin使用的東西 British packing often says gelatine英式包裝上常常寫gelatine that is the same word, not a different ingredient那是同一個字，不是不同的成分 In everyday talk people also say jelly for the dessert在日常說話裡，人們也會用jelly來指那道甜點 but jelly is the food但jelly是食物本身 gelatin is the setting stuff inside itgelatin則是裡面讓它凝固的成分