移除30倍汙染物
Neoplants, a Paris-based start-up that designs genetically modified houseplants, recently announced its first bioengineered plant.
Neoplants最近宣布推出它的第一個生物工程植物，它是一間位於巴黎的新創公司，專門設計基因改造室內植物。
start up 開始、啟動；start-up (n.)新創公司engineer (v.)設計、建造
Named Neo P1, the newly-launched product can remove 30 times more pollutants from the air than a regular houseplant.
新推出的產品取名為Neo P1，能移除比一般室內盆栽植物高出30倍的汙染物。
launch (v.)推出；launch a rocket 發射火箭；launch an attack 發動攻擊；launch a project 開始一項專案pollutant (n.)汙染物；air pollutants空氣汙染物；chemical pollutants化學汙染物
Synthetic biology companies have been cropping up over the past decade.
合成生物公司在過去10年間如雨後春筍般出現。
synthetic (adj.)合成的、人造的；synthetic fibers 人造纖維；synthetic leather 人造皮革crop up 出現；crop out 將……從照片或圖片裁掉
Unlike bioproducts that can filter viruses from the air, which many companies have launched during the pandemic, Neoplants targets volatile organic compounds (VOCs) instead.
有別於許多公司在疫情期間推出能過濾空氣病毒的生物產品，Neoplants卻把目標放在揮發性有機化合物上（VOCs）。
filter (n.)過濾器、濾鏡 (v.)過濾target (n.)目標 (v.)以……為目標volatile (adj.)易揮發的、易氣化的
VOCs have long been a huge problem indoors.
VOCs一直是室內環境的一大問題。
indoors (adv.)室內地
For example, formaldehyde, which is used in many common household products, can cause coughing, headaches and skin irritation even at low levels.
例如，被用於許多常見家庭產品的甲醛，即使只有低劑量，也會造成咳嗽、頭痛和皮膚刺激。
irritation (n.)刺激、發炎、疼痛
Neoplants chose to work on a pothos plant when the company started business in 2018.
Neoplants在2018年剛成立時就選擇使用綠蘿。
work on sth. 改善、修理、從事；work on sb. 說服某人
Its big, waxy leaves and high growth rate make it the perfect plant to absorb pollutants.
它大面積的蠟質葉子和高生長率使它成為吸收汙染物質的絕佳植物。
wax (n.)蠟；waxy (adj.)蠟質的absorb (v.)吸收；absorb knowledge 吸收知識；absorb information 吸收資訊
The team engineered the plant’s molecular metabolism, allowing it to convert VOCs into water, sugars, amino acids and oxygen, rather than storing them as pollutants.
團隊改造了該植物的分子代謝功能，使它可以將VOCs轉換成水、糖類、胺基酸和氧氣，而不是儲存汙染物質。
metabolism (n.)新陳代謝convert (v.)改變、轉換
They also customized the soil to help get rid of pollutants faster.
他們也製作特別的土壤以幫助植物更快速代謝汙染物。
customize (v.)客製、訂製get rid of 去除、擺脫
The results of the initial testing show that Neo P1 is 30 times more effective at clearing VOCs from the air than the most efficient plants found in nature.
初步測試的結果顯示，比起大自然中所能找到最能有效淨化空氣中VOCs的植物，Neo P1淨化空氣的效力高出它30倍。
initial (adj.)起初的、初步的
In the long term, Neoplants hopes to develop bioengineered plants that can fight climate change, which is a far more complex task than designing houseplants.
Neoplants的長期目標是希望能開發出可以對抗氣候變遷的生物工程植物，而這比設計室內植物來得複雜多了。