Everything is placed in a container, covered with water and brought to a boil. It is mixed for about two hours with some common chemicals and then allow allowed to cool. Then it is left until most of the water dries up. The substance left, called pulp, can be stored until your you are ready to make paper.

When you are ready, the pulp is mixed with water again. Then the pulp is poured into a mold. The mold is made of small squares of wire that hold the shape and thickness of the paper. To help dry the paper, the mold lets the water flow throug through the small wire squares.

After several more drying steps, the paper is carefully lifted back from the mold. It is now strong enough to be touched.

The paper is smoothed and pressed to remove trapped air. You can use a common electric iron used for pressing clothes.

There are many other technologies for people making paper using small machines. Internet users can do a search and find directions for making homemade paper. You can also order information about making paper from the website enterpriseworks. org.

pulp  [pʌlp]
n.  果肉, 纸浆
v.  使化成纸浆, 除去...果肉; 变成纸浆
wire  ['waɪə(r)]
n.  电线, 铁丝网, 电报
v.  用金属丝卷起, 拍电报; 打电报
Summary
How to make paper.

所有东西都被放进一个容器里，用水覆盖并把它烧开。把它与一些常用化学物质混合两个钟头，接着被放凉。接着它被放置到大部分的水干了。剩下来的物质叫做纸浆，它可以被存储到你准备制纸。 当你准备好了，纸浆再次与水混合。接着纸浆被倒进一个模具里。模具是由小小的金属线方框制成，它能保持纸的形状和厚度。为了帮助纸变干，模具让水流过小小的金属线方框。 在另外好几个干燥步骤后，纸被小心地从模具抬起。它现在已经足够强韧到可以被触摸的地步。纸被铺平并按压来消去残余的空气。你可以用熨衣服的普通电熨斗来进行这一步骤。 让人们使用小型机器来制纸的其他技术还有很多。网络用户可以做一下调查寻找自制纸张的知道，你可以从网站enterpriseworks. org订购关于造纸的信息。