In 1957, engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes were trying to produce a new type of wallpaper. Their idea was to seal two shower curtains together to create 3D wallpaper. The wallpaper failed to catch on, but they still made patents for it. In 1960, bubble wrap was first used as packing material for IBM computers. The computers would arrive with no damage, and soon after, bubble wrap was used for packing all sorts of goods. Today, it' s a standard packing material in the e - commerce world.
1957 年，工程师阿尔佛雷德．费尔丁和马克．查瓦内斯试验新型壁纸。他们的想法是将两幅浴帘拼接在一起创造出 3D 壁纸。该款壁纸没能蔚为风潮，但他们依旧为它申请了专利。在 1960 年，IBM 电脑首次使用泡泡纸作为包装材料。电脑在抵达后毫发无伤，而不久之后，泡泡纸便被用来包装各种货品。时至今日，它已经成为电子商务领域的标准包装材料。
生活必备字词：
seal vt. 密封，封住
failed to catch on 没能流行起来
material n. 材料（可数、不可数皆可）
damage n. 损害
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