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

我们从线上蚕公司订了6,500只蚕。

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

产出一磅绸需要两千只蚕。

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

这是因为今天的蚕被培育得更健壮了，其吐出的更粗。

So, no chicken feet or silkworms for you!

那么不给您点鸡爪和蚕蛹了！

The boys hurried to the silkworm house.

孩子们匆匆赶到蚕舍。

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

迄今，研究者已经培育出带有蛛基因的蚕。

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

不过这些蚕不能生产出蛛，它们仅能生产出更好的蚕。

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

母亲说，蚕甚至会绝食。

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

大约在公元 60 年，人们发现绸来自蚕而不是树。

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、蚕和黄蜂。

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

哦，我对蚕过敏，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年来我们一直在用蚕制作衣服和纺织品。

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，因为蚕可以批量养殖。

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

“蒂诺和我可以养蚕，卖蚕茧，”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，今天的桑蚕永远无法恢复到如它们祖先那般细若游的身材了。

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

例如提供蚕的蚕、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.

蚕很坚韧，但蛛更结实更有弹性，理论上应用范围应该更广。

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

因为蚕是柔弱的动物，必须像照顾焦躁不安的婴儿一样。

Another one was feeding the silkworm.

另一个正在喂养蚕。

The silkworms spin this filament into a cocoon.

蚕将这种细纺成茧。