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One hundred years ago, a new kind of cookware entered the American market. It was called Pyrex. Today the Pyrex name is well known in the United States. The heat-resistant glass products are still being manufactured. And early Pyrex products are now considered collector's items.
Heat-resistant glass was invented in Germany at the end of the 1800s. But the glass was used mostly in lanterns because the lighting produced heat. It also was used in containers for telegraph and telephone batteries.
The usefulness of heat-resistant glass as cookware was discovered by accident. It started at the Corning Glass Works manufacturing company in New York. A scientist working there gave his wife a battery jar made of borosilicate glass. Borosilicate glass is resistant to heat and very strong.
Kelley Elliott is with the Corning Museum of Glass. She says the scientist's wife used the jar while cooking, and noted something unusual.
"She proceeded to bake a cake, a sponge cake, in this battery jar. And she discovered that the baking was much more efficient, and much more even than baking in ceramic or metal was."
Ms. Elliott says that when Pyrex products began appearing in U.S. stores in 1915, the cookware quickly became popular.
At first, Pyrex dishes were only made of clear glass. But the Corning Glass Works soon started producing dishes in colors. Kate Halasz is the owner of Aunt Katie's Attic, in Scotia, New York. Her store sells vintage household items to cookware collectors. She says the dishes with different colors and designs are popular among collectors.
"It's kind of crazy! But the popular patterns are the pinks, the turquoises. The friendship pattern is a pattern that came out in the 70s. That's highly collectible."
Borosilicate glass is also being used for astronomical instruments because the material is not affected by temperature changes. One example is the 5.1 meter telescope mirror at the Mount Palomar Observatory in California.
Pyrex dishes are still being manufactured today by companies that bought the rights to this recognizable brand name.
I'm Jonathan Evans.
词汇学习
1.manufacture vt.制造，生产
The factory is now trying to manufacture a new model.
这家工厂现正试制一种新产品。
2.consider vt.考虑；认为
We consider it a compliment to be called "conservative" .
我们认为被称作“保守分子”是对我们的一种赞赏。
3.mostly adv. 大部分，多半
Timothy was crying, mostly from exhaustion, and his nose was running.
由于太累了，蒂莫西哭的一把鼻涕一把泪。
4.efficient adj. 有效率的
The process of replication is very quick and efficient.
复制的过程快捷、高效。
5.collector n. 收藏家，采集者
He earned his living as a tax collector.
他以收税为业。
6.pattern n.花样，图案
a golden robe embroidered with red and purple thread stitched into a pattern of flames.
用红线和紫线绣着火焰图案的金色礼袍
7.collectible adj.可收集的，可代收的；适于收藏的
Many of these cushions have survived and are very collectible.
这些垫子很多都保存了下来，非常有收藏价值。
内容解析
1.A scientist working there gave his wife a battery jar made of borosilicate glass.
made of质地是；材质是
The ball is made of rattan — a natural fibre.
这个球是由一种天然纤维——省藤制成的。
2.Borosilicate glass is resistant to heat and very strong.
resistant to有抵抗力的
The durable high-impact plastic case is water resistant to 100 feet.
这种结实的高强度塑料盒子在水下100英尺以内是防水的。
3.At first, Pyrex dishes were only made of clear glass. But the Corning Glass Works soon started producing dishes in colors.
at first起初，当初
Her husband was sympathetic at first but his patience soon wore thin.
一开始她丈夫还抱以同情，可不久就失去耐心了。
参考翻译
一百年前，一种新型炊具打入美国市场。它被称之为派莱克斯（Ryrex）。今天，这个名称在美国家喻户晓。这种耐热玻璃产品仍在正常生产。早期的Ryrex产品现在被视为珍藏品。
耐热玻璃是19世纪末德国发明的。但当时这种玻璃主要用于灯笼，因为照明会产生热量，还用于电报和电话电池的容器。
耐热玻璃用作炊具的用途是偶然被发现的，始于纽约康宁玻璃制品制造公司。在这里工作的一位科学家送给妻子一个用硼硅酸盐玻璃制作的电池壳。硼硅酸盐玻璃材料耐热且非常坚固。
Kelley Elliott就职于康宁玻璃博物馆。她说，这位科学家的妻子在烹饪时用到这个电池壳，她注意到一些不寻常的事情。
“她用这个电池壳烤一个海绵蛋糕，然后发现这样烘培效率更高，比用陶瓷或金属器皿烘焙的效果好得多。”
Elliott女士表示，当耐热玻璃产品1915年开始出现在美国的商店时，这种炊具以迅雷不及掩耳之势走进千家万户。
最初，Ryrex盘子都用透明玻璃制作。但是康宁玻璃公司很快就开始生产彩色盘子。Kate Halasz是纽约州斯科舍市Aunt Katie's Attic的老板。她的店铺向厨具收藏家出售老式居家物品。她说，这种不同颜色和设计风格的盘子备受收藏家青睐。
“这有点疯狂！但流行的图案是粉色和青绿色。代表友情的图案是70年代生产出来，极具收藏价值。”
由于不受温度变化影响，硼硅酸盐玻璃还被用于制作天文器材。其中一个例子就是加州帕洛玛山天文台5.1米的望远镜反射镜。
一些公司购买了这个致命品牌的使用权，直至今天仍然生产派莱克斯耐热玻璃餐具。
我是Jonathan Evans。
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