本書作為中級(jí)服裝英語基礎(chǔ)教材,可讀性很強(qiáng)。主要內(nèi)容以服裝的基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)、服裝的縫紉方法、服裝的縫紉設(shè)備、服裝生產(chǎn)以及服裝外貿(mào)等作為語言背景材料,配以詞匯、注釋、專業(yè)用語、語法、練習(xí)等,以保證學(xué)以致用。
本書可供服裝中等專業(yè)學(xué)校教學(xué)及服裝設(shè)計(jì)人員學(xué)習(xí)參考。
《服裝基礎(chǔ)英語》自1991年出版以來,受到服裝專業(yè)廣大師生的好評(píng),在社會(huì)讀者中也產(chǎn)生了深遠(yuǎn)的影響。《服裝基礎(chǔ)英語》(第4版)為了適應(yīng)服裝產(chǎn)業(yè)形勢(shì)的變化和教學(xué)改革的需要,更加注重對(duì)服裝專業(yè)英語知識(shí)和表達(dá)方法的學(xué)習(xí)和操練,增加了跟單、對(duì)外貿(mào)易、業(yè)務(wù)洽談、簽訂合同等方面的英語知識(shí),更有利于讀者專業(yè)英語能力的培養(yǎng)。至此《服裝基礎(chǔ)英語》再版3次,重印20次,得到了廣大讀者的認(rèn)可。
田守華,《服裝基礎(chǔ)英語》再版3次的資深作者。上海職業(yè)技術(shù)大學(xué)服裝英語教師,多年從事服裝英語教學(xué)工作,積累了豐富的教學(xué)經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
Lesson One
Text: Sewing Machines
Grammar: Parts of Speech 詞類
Conversation: Sewing Machines and Needles 縫紉機(jī)和針
Reading Practice: Tools and Sewing Machine Parts
Lesson Two
Text: Tailors, Dressmakers, Cutters and Designers
Grammar: The Noun 名詞
Conversation: To Be a Designer 成為設(shè)計(jì)師
Reading Practice: Mary’s Family
Lesson Three
Text: Garment Collars
Grammar: The Pronoun 代詞
Conversation: Dialogues About Clothes 有關(guān)服裝的對(duì)話
Reading Practice: Different Collars
Lesson One
Text: Sewing Machines
Grammar: Parts of Speech 詞類
Conversation: Sewing Machines and Needles 縫紉機(jī)和針
Reading Practice: Tools and Sewing Machine Parts
Lesson Two
Text: Tailors, Dressmakers, Cutters and Designers
Grammar: The Noun 名詞
Conversation: To Be a Designer 成為設(shè)計(jì)師
Reading Practice: Mary’s Family
Lesson Three
Text: Garment Collars
Grammar: The Pronoun 代詞
Conversation: Dialogues About Clothes 有關(guān)服裝的對(duì)話
Reading Practice: Different Collars
Lesson Four
Text: Introducing a Garment Factory
Grammar: The Article 冠詞
Conversation: Visiting a Sewing Workshop 參觀縫紉車間
Reading Practice: A Garment Factory
Lesson Five
Text: The Garment Vocational School
Grammar: The Numeral 數(shù)詞
Conversation: Fine Quality 優(yōu)質(zhì)
Reading Practice: A Garment School
Lesson Six
Text: Measurements Taking
Grammar: The Adjective and the Adverb 形容詞和副詞
Conversation: Tools for Sewing 縫紉工具
Reading Practice: Introducing My Workroom
Lesson Seven
Text: The Garment Packing
Grammar: The General Introduction of Verbs 動(dòng)詞概說
Conversation: A Dialogue About Packing 談?wù)摪b
Reading Practice: Clothes Packing
Lesson Eight
Text: The Garment Fair
Grammar: The Modal Verb 情態(tài)動(dòng)詞
Conversation: Pressing 熨燙
Reading Practice: Visiting a Garment Fair
Lesson Nine
Text: A Dialogue in the Cutting Workshop
Grammar: The Tense (1) 時(shí)態(tài)(一)
Conversation: A Dialogue in a Garment Factory 參觀服裝廠
Reading Practice: Visiting a Cutting Workshop
Lesson Ten
Text: Placing an Order for a New Suit
Grammar: The Tense (2) 時(shí)態(tài)(二)
Conversation: Taking the Measurements 量體
Reading Practice: Ordering Some New Clothes
Lesson Eleven
Text: The Assembling Procedure of a Blouse
Grammar: The Passive Voice 被動(dòng)語態(tài)
Conversation: Ordering a Blouse 定做女襯衫
Reading Practice: A Nice Shirt
Lesson Twelve
Text: A Talk About Garments
Grammar: The Infinitive (1) 動(dòng)詞不定式 (一)
Conversation: Introducing Our Company 介紹我們公司
Reading Practice: A Fashion Beginner
Lesson Thirteen
Text: Buying a Briefcase
Grammar: The Infinitive (2) 動(dòng)詞不定式 (二)
Conversation: Some Common Threads 常用縫紉線
Reading Practice: Visiting a Garment Factory
Lesson Fourteen
Text: Some Sewing Equipment
Grammar: The Gerund 動(dòng)名詞
Conversation: The Importance of Temporary Stitches 臨時(shí)針跡的重要性
Reading Practice: A Welcome Speech
Lesson Fifteen
Text: Cotton Garments
Grammar: The Participle (1) 分詞 (一)
Conversation: A Dialogue About Interlining 襯頭
Reading Practice: Our Company
Lesson Sixteen
Text: Machine Stitches in Use
Grammar: The Participle (2) 分詞 (二)
Conversation: Laying the Patterns 排料
Reading Practice: All Kinds of Stitches
Lesson Seventeen
Text: Hand Stitches
Grammar: The Preposition 介詞
Conversation: The Different Features of Fabrics 各種織物的不同特點(diǎn)
Reading Practice: A Letter of Congratulations
Lesson Eighteen
Text: Introducing a Showroom in a Shoe Factory
Grammar: The Conjunction and the Interjection 連詞和感嘆詞
Conversation : Some Common Seams 常用縫法
Reading Practice: Making a Dress for Myself
Lesson Nineteen
Text: Fabric Preparation
Grammar: Members of the Sentence句子的成分
Conversation: Making up a Garment 縫制服裝
Reading Practice: Garment Fabrics
Lesson Twenty
Text: Common and Useful Stitches
Grammar: Kinds of Sentences 句子的種類
Conversation: How to Draw a Skirt 裙子結(jié)構(gòu)制圖
Reading Practice: A Machinist
Lesson Twenty-One
Text: Interfacing
Grammar: Types of Sentences 句子的類型
Conversation: A Garment Trade Fair 服裝交易會(huì)
Reading Practice: Measurements for Bodice
Lesson Twenty-Two
Text: Making Patterns for Trousers
Grammar: Noun Clauses 名詞性從句
Conversation: Business Negotiation 商務(wù)談判
Reading Practice: Synthetic Fibers
Lesson Twenty-Three
Text: The Importance of Ironing and Pressing
Grammar : The Adverbial Clauses 狀語從句
Conversation: Signing a Contract 簽合同
Reading Practice: Placing an Order
Lesson Twenty-Four
Text: Laying the Patterns on the Material
Grammar: The Attributive Clause (1) 定語從句(一)
Conversation: Document Operation (1) 跟單 (一)
Reading Practice: The Importance of the Markings
Lesson Twenty-Five
Text: Sewing Machines——A Rapid Development
Grammar: The Attributive Clause (2) 定語從句(二)
Conversation: Document Operation (2) 跟單 (二)
Reading Practice: Using the Sewing Machine with Care
Lesson Twenty-Six
Text: Some Common Synthetic Fabrics
Grammar: The Subjunctive Mood 虛擬語氣
。胦nversation: Document Operation (3) 跟單 (三)
Reading Practice: The Importance of Garment Interlining
Appendix
1. Classroom Expressions 課堂用語
2. Garment Words 服裝詞匯
3. Phonetics (1) 語音 (一)
Phonetics (2) 語音 (二)
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(jī)
instrument 器具
sew...together 將……縫在一起
pieces of cloth 衣片
mechanical device 機(jī)械裝置
fabric 布料
buttonhole 紐洞
button 紐扣
sewing machine body 機(jī)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(jī)針
join 結(jié)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(jī)是一種將布料縫在一起的機(jī)械。
2. ...mechanical device 機(jī)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(jī)引進(jìn)后簡化了工作。
5. sewing machine parts and accessories 縫紉機(jī)零配件。
6. A good machine can perform more efficiently than a large group of people. 一臺(tái)好縫紉機(jī)的效率超過許多人。
Substitution Drills
1These are bobbin cases
bobbins
sewing machine parts.2Those are sewing machine bodies
sewing machine parts and accessories.
3These sewing machines
computers
steam irons are all made in our country.
4
Sewing machines
Computers
Steam ironsare very important and useful instruments in our work.
5We use
sewing machines
needles
bobbinsevery day.
Exercises to the Text
1.反復(fù)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(jī)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(jī)零配件。
2)他正在往梭芯上繞線。
3)這些縫紉機(jī)都是中國制造的。
4)縫紉機(jī)在我們工作中很重要。
5)那些是縫紉機(jī)針和手工針。
6)她正在縫一塊料子。
7)有些縫紉機(jī)用來釘扣子。
8)他在擦縫紉機(jī)機(jī)身。
Lesson One
Grammar
Parts of Speech 詞類
英語中的詞可以根據(jù)詞義、形式特征及其在句子中的作用分為十大詞類。
以下列表的十大詞類中,前六種可在句子中獨(dú)立擔(dān)任成分(如名詞可作主語、賓語等,動(dòng)詞可作謂語等),稱為實(shí)義詞(Notional Words)。后四種中的冠詞、介詞、連詞和感嘆詞在句子中不能獨(dú)立擔(dān)任任何成分,稱為虛詞(Form Words)。感嘆詞一般不構(gòu)成句子的一部分,因而可視為特殊的一類。
英語中的詞,所屬詞類不同,形態(tài)變化也會(huì)隨之不同。學(xué)習(xí)單詞時(shí)必須注意它的詞類和詞形變化。有些詞還可以屬于幾個(gè)詞類。例如:work(工作:動(dòng)詞和名詞);fast(快:副詞和形容詞)。
詞類英語名稱及縮略形式作用例詞
名詞Nouns (n.)表示人或事物的名稱sweater,China,shopassistant
形容詞Adjectives (adj.)表示人或事物的特征、形狀和性質(zhì)green,small,good
數(shù)詞Numerals (num.)表示數(shù)目或順序one,ten,second,eighth
代詞Pronouns (pron.)用于代替名詞,數(shù)詞等one,it,many
動(dòng)詞Verbs (v.)表示人或事物的動(dòng)作或狀態(tài)go,buy,know
副詞Adverbs (adv.)表示動(dòng)作特征或行為特征hard,very,carefully
冠詞Articles (art.)用在名詞前,幫助說明其意義有不定冠詞a,an和定冠詞the
介詞Prepositions (prep.)用在名詞、代詞等前面,說明它與別的詞之間的關(guān)系in,on,of
連詞Conjunctions (conj.)用來連接詞與詞或句與句and,but
感嘆詞Interjections (int.)表示說話時(shí)的感情oh,ah,well
Grammar Exercises
1寫出下列單詞的詞類:
finewhetherearlyverywanttwenty
wheremachineonbigknowbutton
workershallmeChina
2寫出下列句子中單詞的詞類:
例:MissLi is asaleswoman.
n.n. v. art. n.
1) Jane is from America.
2) She bought a new nice sweater.
3) My mother works at the First Garment Store.
4) Shanghai is a beautiful city.
5) I often go along Nanjing Road.
Conversation
Sewing Machines and Needles 縫紉機(jī)和針
1
A: What are they?
B: They are needles. These are hand needles. Those are sewing machine needles.
A: What’s the difference between hand needles and sewing machine needles?
B: Hand needles are used for needlework while sewing machine needles are on the sewing machines used in sewing machine work.
A: I see. They are both sharp and pointed.
B: They are very important tools in making up garments, and we must take care of them when we are using them in our sewing work.
2
A: It is a sewing machine, isn’t it?
B: Yes. This is the sewing machine body. That is a bobbin case. These are bobbins. Those are sewing machine parts.
A: What’s the usage of a sewing machine?
B: We use sewing machine to make up garments and other things.
A: It is great fun making up garments.
B: Yes. It’s interesting. It gives me great pleasure to make up a garment. But accidents usually happen to those who have neglected to observe the rules of work. So we must pay attention to safety. Safety first!
A: I’ll remember it.
New Words and Expressions
hand needle手工針
machine needle 縫紉機(jī)針
needlework 手工活
sharp 鋒利的
pointed 尖的
usage 用途
……