休闲对话：大象粪便当国礼,很清香？

Bob: Hey, Tom,why are you looking at a piece of paper for hours?

嘿，汤姆，你干嘛对着一张纸发呆呢?

Tom: I read a piece of fantastic news yesterday, do you want to know what it said?

我昨天看到一则很奇妙的新闻，你想知道新闻说的是什么吗?

Bob: Don’t keep others guessing, please say!

别卖关子了，快说。

Tom: It is about paper making, its raw material is elephant dung. Is it inconceivable?

是关于造纸的，原料是象粪。很不可思议吧。

Bob: Making paper from elephant dung? Oh, my god, it must be very stinking.

象粪造纸?天啊，那不是很臭。

Tom: No.Although 75% of its raw materials is elephant dung, it is light delicate fragrance instead of stink. This is due to its special fabrication technology.

不，尽管这种纸里75%的原料都是大象的粪便，但它不但不臭，反而有一种淡淡的清香，这是源于它的特殊的制造工艺。

Bob: Whose originality?

是谁这么有创意啊?

Tom: A business man in Sri Lanka.

一名斯里兰卡商人。

Bob: I know there are many elephants in Sri Lanka, so he has the adequate raw materials.

我知道斯里兰卡有很多大象，那他就有充足的原料了。

Tom: Yes, more intriguing is that many personages and political figures make their business cards by using this kind of paper.

是的，更有趣的是斯里兰卡很多名人政要用象粪纸作自己的名片呢。