Unit Fourteen   Practicing

  1.Fill in the following blanks.
    1. the Chinese traditional handcraft
    2. be very complicated
    3. make a pattern design
    4. as souvenirs
    5. the biggest dealer
    6. a medium-sized
    7. with traditional Chinese paintings of flowers and birds
2.Translate the following sentences into English.
    1)Porcelain is perhaps the greatest inventions of the Chinese people.
    2)Porcelain-making reached its peak during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
    3)Please send the silk figure to this address.
    4)We sell papercuts from many places
    5)A cup of strong fragrant tea can quench the thirst, refresh the spirits and aid digestion.
    6)Tea has always been one of China’s principal traditional exports.
3.Translation:
    embroidery n. 刺绣法,绣制品
    workmanship n. 手艺,工艺,做工
    multifarious a. 五花八门的,多种多样的
    filament 细丝
    nifty a. 极好的,漂亮的

    丝织品和刺绣工艺品做工精美,花样繁多,在上海,苏州,扬州,汕头和北京等地的丝织品和刺绣买卖兴隆。苏绣工艺精良,简直让人无法相信是用细丝制成。双面绣的刺绣颜色灿烂,图案迷人,尤其的漂亮。