Lesson One

Text Sewing Machines

This is a sewing machine.A sewing machine is an instrument which you use to sew pieces of cloth together.It is a mechanical device for sewing fabric and other materials.These sewing machines are all made in our country.We have many kinds of sewing machines now.Some of them can be used for sewing fabrics and pieces of clothes,some of them can be used for buttonholes,and some of them can be used for stitching buttons on clothes.This is a sewing machine body.Those are sewing machine parts and accessories.This is a bobbin.A bobbin is a small spool on which thread is wound.Here is a bobbin case.That is a needle.It is a sewing machine needle.It is used to join pieces of cloth with thread.Sewing machines are very important and useful instruments in our work.We use sewing machines to make up garments and other things.Sewing machines give us a lot of help in our work.Some sewing machines have been introduced to simplify the work.We use sewing machines every day.Sewing machines are our good friends.A good sewing machine can perform more efficiently than a large group of people.

New Words and Expressions

sewing machine　縫紉機

instrument　器具

sew...together　將……縫在一起

pieces of cloth　衣片

mechanical device　機械裝置

fabric　布料

buttonhole　紐洞

button　紐扣

sewing machine body　機身

make up garments　縫制服裝

bobbin　梭芯

spool　線軸

thread　線

wind　纏繞

bobbin case　梭殼

needle　針

simplify　簡化

sewing machine needle　縫紉機針

join　結合

efficiently　有效地

Notes to the Text

1.A sewing machine is an instrument which you use to sew pieces of cloth together.縫紉機是一種將布料縫在一起的機械。

2....mechanical device機械裝置。

3.A bobbin is a small spool on which thread is wound.梭芯是繞線的小線軸。

4.Some sewing machines have been introduced to simplify the work.許多縫紉機引進后簡化了工作。

5.sewing machine parts and accessories縫紉機零配件。

6.A good machine can perform more efficiently than a large group of people.一臺好縫紉機的效率超過許多人。

Substitution Drills

Exercises to the Text

1.反復朗讀并抄寫本課單詞。

2.牢記本課詞組和句型。

3.翻譯下列詞組：

1）bobbin case

2）sewing machine needle

3）simplify our work

4）sew pieces of cloth together

5）important and useful instrument

6）make up a jacket

7）wind the thread on the bobbin

8）a large group of students

4.將下列短語譯成英語：

1）將……縫在一起

2）衣片

3）縫紉機針

4）棉線

5）梭殼

6）一塊料子

7）簡化工作

8）梭殼

5.翻譯：

1）我們有很多縫紉機零配件。

2）他正在往梭芯上繞線。

3）這些縫紉機都是中國制造的。

4）縫紉機在我們工作中很重要。

5）那些是縫紉機針和手工針。

6）她正在縫一塊料子。

7）有些縫紉機用來釘扣子。

8）他在擦縫紉機機身。