【英语趣味课堂】编织-Knitting

 Adrienne: So we just had Christmas and I see your knitting bag is out, did you knit anything for anyone for Christmas?

 

Vivian: I started to knit for my granddaughters, but time caught up with me and I was making for them a poncho¹ which consisted of two pieces, two oblong pieces which I will put together and make a poncho.

 

Adrienne: That sounds pretty I think, but what will it look like when it's finished? Can you describe it?

 

Vivian: A poncho is sort of like a shawl, only it is closed. You can wear it like a sweater. You pull it over your head but you don't have any arms. You just have the shawl affect.

 

Adrienne: Oh, I've seen those. Those are actually quite popular now. So what colors did you make?

 

Vivian: I made a mixture of sand colors that's tan and browns and darker browns, sort of a mixture. It's a nice pretty soft yarn² in the same colors. It just blends in.

 

Adrienne: Oh, sounds great. I'm sure your granddaughter will love that. What else did you start to make?

 

Vivian: Well, I wanted to make also, I bought some ponchos³ and I started to put an edging around them but with crocheting⁵, but it didn't look right.

 

Adrienne: What's crocheting?

 

Vivian: Crocheting is another needle, single needle, that you stick into the wool, and use a thread and you pull it through and you can make decoration on anything that you have knitted, only you use a different needle, and a different method of decoration, but it didn't look right so I pulled it all out and it was fun trying out those things.

 

Adrienne: So when will you finish the, all of these projects do you think? Do you have a deadline?

 

Vivian: Yes, I do, very shortly, I'm almost through

 

学习内容：

 

time caught up with me

 

I started to knit for my granddaughters, but time caught up with me.

 

When 'time catches up with you' it means that you have not paid attention to the time and you have run out of time. It can also be used to refer to someone who has felt young for a long time and suddenly feels old for one reason or another.

 

Notice the following:

 

Time caught up with me and I was late. 

If you don't prioritize then time can catch up with you and you can fall behind. 

shawl

 

A poncho is sort of like a shawl, only it is closed.

 

A 'shawl' is an outer piece of clothing that you wrap around your shoulders in order to keep you warm. 

 

Notice the following:

 

I collect old fashioned lace shawls. 

I have a nice woolen⁶ shawl that I wear around my shoulders in the winter. 

yarn

 

It's a nice pretty soft yarn in the same colors.

'Yarn' is a long string like piece of fabric⁷ that is similar to wool. It is used to knit or crochet⁴ clothing or blankets.

 

Notice the following:

 

We have enough yarn to make a nice scarf. 

The shops sells all types of different coloured yarn. 

edging

 

I bought some ponchos and I started to put an edging around them.

 

Edging is a fabric or material that goes around the outer part of something, around the border. 

 

Notice the following:

 

I have bought some nice edging to go around the curtains. 

I think it needs some edging around the outside to finish it off. 

deadline

 

Do you have a deadline?

 

A 'deadline' is a specified⁸ date that work has to be finished by. 

 

Notice the following:

 

I always work better when I have a deadline. 

I cannot come out tonight as I have a deadline to work to. 

1 poncho   

n.斗篷，雨衣

参考例句：

• He yawned and curled his body down farther beneath the poncho.他打了个呵欠，把身子再蜷拢点儿，往雨披里缩了缩。
• The poncho is made of nylon.这雨披是用尼龙制造的。

2 yarn   

n.纱，纱线，纺线；奇闻漫谈，旅行轶事

参考例句：

• I stopped to have a yarn with him.我停下来跟他聊天。
• The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。

3 ponchos   

n.斗篷( poncho的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The men cast off their packs, withdrew their ponchos and set up their pup tents again. 大家扔下了背包，取出了雨披，把小帐篷重又架了起来。 来自辞典例句

4 crochet   

n.钩针织物；v.用钩针编制

参考例句：

• That's a black crochet waistcoat.那是一件用钩针编织的黑色马甲。
• She offered to teach me to crochet rugs.她提出要教我钩织小地毯。

5 crocheting   

v.用钩针编织( crochet的现在分词 )；钩编

参考例句：

• She sat there crocheting all day. 她整天坐在那里用钩针编织东西。 来自互联网
• The crafts teacher is skillful in knitting,crocheting,embroidery,and the use of the hand loom. 手工艺教师善于纺织、钩编、刺绣和使用手摇织布机。 来自互联网

6 woolen   

adj.羊毛(制)的；毛纺的

参考例句：

• She likes to wear woolen socks in winter.冬天她喜欢穿羊毛袜。
• There is one bar of woolen blanket on that bed.那张床上有一条毛毯。

7 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

8 specified   

adj.特定的

参考例句：

• The architect specified oak for the wood trim. 那位建筑师指定用橡木做木饰条。
• It is generated by some specified means. 这是由某些未加说明的方法产生的。