广播电视英语短句 第 93 课：制作肥皂-1

One of the best ways to protect yourself and other people from getting sick is to wash your hands with soap. 用肥皂吸收是保护自己和别人免受疾病困扰的最好方法之一。

To make soap, you need three main things: oil, water and lye. 想要制作肥皂，需要三种主要成分：油脂，水和碱液。

The oil can come from animal fat or plant sources like avocado, coconut or sunflower. 油脂可以取自动物脂肪或者植物原料，例如：鳄梨，椰子或者葵花籽。

Lye can be found at markets and other stores that sell cleaning products. 碱可以在超市或者出售清洁用品的商店中买到。

Lye -- spelled l -y-e -- is also called sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. 碱，拼写为 l -y-e ，也称为氢氧化钠或者氢氧化钾。