White collars enjoy learning sewing skills

时间：2006-10-23 02:06:26

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"Learning to sew needs to be patient. Such activity can also relax me. When I finally turn out something by my hands, I feel I'm really successful."
 
Chinanews, Shanghai, Oct. 21 – According to Xinmin Evening News, white collars in Shanghai enjoy learning sewing skills. In the Fashion Sewing Club on Damu Bridge Road, several young women are sitting before sewing machines, totally engrossed1 in their work. They usually need three hours to make an exquisite2 pouch3.

 

College students also come to learn the skill in this club. From this semester, a course named "sewing skill" will be taught in the club by teachers from Shanghai University. In this unordinary classroom, students are fascinated by all kinds of its exhibits, like colorful cloth painting, fabric4 toys and other craftworks, which are all made by sewing machines.

 

Ding Guoxuan, a freshman5 majoring in design, had never seen a sewing machine before. But the craftworks he made are so wonderful as to be totally comparable to those made by girls.

 

"I never imagine learning to sew is so simple and interesting. I like this course," he said.

 

Student Guo Shunkai also enjoys learning to sew. "I do everything patiently, and I do believe I can learn this skill well," he said.

 

An assistant from the club reveals that their customers are mainly white collars, who often want to have ornamental6 things like cell phone pouches7 made for them. Even some ageing women visit their club, hoping to relieve the happiness of the bygone days when they worked away at their sewing machines.

 

A white collar trainee8 says, "Learning to sew needs to be patient. Such activity can also relax me. When I finally turn out something by my hands, I feel I'm really successful."

 
 

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1 engrossed 3t0zmb     
adj.全神贯注的
参考例句：
  • The student is engrossed in his book.这名学生正在专心致志地看书。
  • No one had ever been quite so engrossed in an evening paper.没人会对一份晚报如此全神贯注。
2 exquisite zhez1     
adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的
参考例句：
  • I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
  • I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。
3 pouch Oi1y1     
n.小袋，小包，囊状袋；vt.装...入袋中，用袋运输；vi.用袋送信件
参考例句：
  • He was going to make a tobacco pouch out of them. 他要用它们缝制一个烟草袋。
  • The old man is always carrying a tobacco pouch with him.这老汉总是随身带着烟袋。
4 fabric 3hezG     
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。
5 freshman 1siz9r     
n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)
参考例句：
  • Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
  • He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。
6 ornamental B43zn     
adj.装饰的；作装饰用的；n.装饰品；观赏植物
参考例句：
  • The stream was dammed up to form ornamental lakes.溪流用水坝拦挡起来,形成了装饰性的湖泊。
  • The ornamental ironwork lends a touch of elegance to the house.铁艺饰件为房子略添雅致。
7 pouches 952990a5cdea03f7970c486d570c7d8e     
n.（放在衣袋里或连在腰带上的）小袋( pouch的名词复数 )；（袋鼠等的）育儿袋；邮袋；（某些动物贮存食物的）颊袋
参考例句：
  • Pouches are a peculiarity of marsupials. 腹袋是有袋动物的特色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Under my eyes the pouches were heavy. 我眼睛下的眼袋很深。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 trainee 9ntwA     
n.受训练者
参考例句：
  • The trainee checked out all right on his first flight.受训者第一次飞行完全合格。
  • Few of the trainee footballers make it to the top.足球受训人员中没有几个能达到顶级水平。

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