A 2009 study tested 28 varieties of indoor plants and found four that were best at capturing every VOC the researchers threw at them.

2009 年的一项研究中测试了 28 中室内植物，发现其中有四种最善于捕获研究人员扔给它们的每一种挥发性有机物。

But VOC is do more than just scatter blue.

但 VOC 的作用不仅仅是散布蓝色。

[Narrator] The smell of freshly cut grass, that's a VOC and so is that classic Christmas tree smell.

- [旁白] 刚割下的草的气味，那是挥发性有机化合物， 经典的圣诞树气味也是如此。

The world's plants emit 500 million tons of VOC every year, and that can make a lot of ozone.

世界上的植物每年排放5亿吨VOC，这会产生大量的臭氧。

The VOC began settling the land with retiring Company employees - these  corporate settlers were known as 'farmers', or 'boers' in Dutch.

荷兰东印度公司开始让退休的公司员工在这片土地上定居 - 这些公司定居者在荷兰语中被称为“农民”或“布尔人” 。

Initially, British policy toward indigenous workers was  little different from the authoritarian VOC, but as the century progressed, some improvements  were made.

最初，英国对土著工人的政策与独裁的东印度公司几乎没有什么不同，但随着世纪的进步， 取得了一些改进。

Unlike the rigid caste system employed by the VOC, British law was steadfastly colourblind: laws applied equally to all groups under  British rule, although racially-charged unequal administration of the law was still  common.

与荷兰东印度公司采用的严格的种姓制度不同，英国法律坚定地不分肤色：法律平等地适用于英国统治下的所有群体，尽管种族歧视的不平等法律管理仍然很常见。

This was formalized  in 1652 when the Dutch East India Company, known by its Dutch initials VOC, founded a  permanent outpost at Cape Town to act as a way-station for the VOC ships travelling to Dutch  possessions in East Asia.

1652 年，荷兰东印度公司（以其荷兰语缩写 VOC 闻名）在开普敦建立了一个永久前哨基地， 作为 VOC 船只前往东亚荷兰领地的中转站， 这一规定正式确立。