I rolled up a bit of cardboard like an ear trumpet. I put one end in little Teresa's ear.

我把纸板卷起来，就像是一个号角形状的助听器。把它放在小Teresa的耳边。

It blew Victorian minds and within a decade they were casting the latex into ear trumpets, shoe soles, golf balls and truncheons.

它让维多利亚时代的人们大为震惊，不到十年，人们就把这种乳胶制成了耳喇叭、鞋底、高尔夫球和警棍。