趣味双语：塑料和塑料化的区别

　　Stace Owens has no intention of leaving this world when he dies……The 33-year-old real estate agent from Dallas is among more than 7,000 people who have agreed to donate their bodies for plastination, a process in which body fluids are replaced by liquid plastic. The plastic hardens, leaving

　　tissues intact and allowing bodies to be displayed in their natural color.

　　斯泰科·欧文斯不希望死后永远离开这个世界……。这位来自达拉斯的33岁地产经纪，和另外7000多人一样，同意死后捐出躯体作“塑料化”处理──即以液态塑料取代体液。液态塑料硬化后，尸体不会变质，连颜色也得以保存不变。)

　　德国解剖学家巩特尔·范根斯(Gunther von Hagens)的塑化尸体展览曾在世界巡回展出，也曾来过中国。虽然他的作品仍惹起不少争议，可是越来越多人自愿捐出身体，让他“塑化”。

　　Plastic是名词，指“塑料”。范根斯给尸体注入液态塑料的程序，因此叫做plastination。

　　Plastination用作名词，动词就作plastinate。Donors Hope Plastinated Bodies Educate——捐赠者希望塑化尸体作教育用途。