PVC is a kind of plastic.

PVC PVC is a kind of plastic是一種塑膠。

You meet it as water pipes under the sink, as white window frames, as shiny coats that look a bit like leather, as wipe-clean tablecloths, as the skin on electric wire.

You你 meet it會遇到它 as water pipes under the sink,變成水槽下面的水管， as white window frames,變成白色的窗框， as shiny coats that look a bit like leather,變成看起來有點像皮革的亮面外套， as wipe-clean tablecloths,變成可以擦拭的桌布， as the skin on electric wire變成電線外面的那層皮。

Chemists call it polyvinyl chloride, but almost nobody in a shop says that; they say the three letters, P-V-C.

Chemists化學家 call it polyvinyl chloride,叫它 polyvinyl chloride（聚氯乙烯）， but almost nobody in a shop says that;但店裡幾乎沒人會這樣講； they say the three letters,大家會說這三個字母， P-V-CP-V-C。

It is cheap, tough, and does not mind water, which is why builders like it. It can be made hard (pipes, frames) or soft (clothes, inflatable things).

It它 is cheap, tough, and does not mind water,便宜、耐用，又不怕水， which is why builders like it這就是建商喜歡用它的原因。It can be made hard它可以做得很硬 (pipes, frames)（像水管、窗框） or soft也可以做得很軟 (clothes, inflatable things)（像衣服、充氣製品）。

Though actually, when people say vinyl — vinyl records, vinyl floors — they are often talking about this same plastic, just using the middle of the long name. It is not a fancy word. You see it stamped on packets and on building signs.

Though actually,不過實際上， when people say vinyl當大家說 vinyl 的時候 — vinyl records, vinyl floors ———像 vinyl records（黑膠唱片）、vinyl floors（塑膠地板）—— they are often talking about this same plastic,他們講的常常就是這種塑膠， just using the middle of the long name只是用了那個長名字中間的部分。It這 is not a fancy word不是什麼花俏的字。You see it stamped你會看到它被印在 on packets and on building signs包裝和建築標示上。