美语情景对话 第335期:Knitting 编织

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

埃德里安娜：我们刚刚过了圣诞节，我看到你的编织袋了，你在圣诞节的时候给谁织东西了吗？

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

薇薇安：我开始给我的孙女们织东西，但是时间太赶了，我正在给她们织斗篷，斗篷包含两片，两个矩形，我会把它们组合在一起做成个斗篷。

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

埃德里安娜：那听起来真不错，可是那个斗篷完成的时候是什么样子的？你能形容一下吗？

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.

薇薇安：斗篷有点像披肩，只不过斗篷是闭合的。你穿上的时候就像个毛衣一样。你把斗篷从头部套入，不过斗篷没有袖子。就和披肩的效果是一样的。

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

埃德里安娜：哦，我看到过那种斗篷。现在斗篷非常流行。那你织的斗篷是什么颜色的？

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 yarn in the same colors. It just blends in.

薇薇安：我用了多种颜色，有棕褐色、棕色和深棕色，多种颜色的混合。还有相同颜色的柔软的纱线。它们很好的融合在一起。

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

埃德里安娜：听起来真棒。我确定你的孙女们会喜欢的。你还有织别的东西吗？

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

薇薇安：嗯，我想，我买了一些斗篷，然后用钩针给斗篷做边饰，不过看起来不太好。

Adrienne: What's crocheting?

埃德里安娜：钩针是什么？

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.

薇薇安：钩针是另一种编织针，是单针，可以穿过羊毛，你用线穿过羊毛，就可以为你编织的东西进行装饰，这只是用另一种编织针，采取另一种装饰方法，不过我做的看起来不太好，所以我把它们都拆了，不过尝试这些事情很有乐趣。

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

埃德里安娜：那你认为你什么时候可以完成所有的这些编织呢？你有截止时间吗？

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

薇薇安：有啊，很快，我已经快完成了。

重点讲解：
1. catch up with
赶上；追上；跟上；
eg. We must exert ourselves to catch up with them, or it would be too late.
我们要急起直追，否则就太晚了。
eg. Old age and infirmity had begun to catch up with him.
他开始显出年老体衰的样子了。
2. consist of
由…组成；由…构成；
eg. Its culture is consist of very diverse communities and in most recent history British has been a major influence.
其文化是由非常多样化的社会团体组成，在近代的历史中英国起着主要影响。
eg. Substances consist of small particles called molecules.
物质是由叫做分子的微粒组成的。
3. put together
装配；组装；拼合；组合；
eg. This toy can be taken apart and put together with ease.
这个玩具可容易地拆开再装起来。
eg. Probably this literature was first put together in Babylon.
很可能这部文献最早是在巴比伦汇总起来的。
4. blend in
融入；与…融为一体；与…协调；
eg. The toad had changed its colour to blend in with its new environment.
蟾蜍已经变色，和新的环境融为一体。
eg. You can blend in so that the voice becomes just another instrument in the band.
你可以把声音协调一下，让它成为乐队的另一种乐器。
5. try out
试验；测验；
eg. She knew I wanted to try the boat out at the weekend.
她知道我周末想开船出去试一下。
eg. London Transport hopes to try out the system in September.
伦敦交通系统有望在 9 月份对该系统进行试运营。