《2025年自主学习手册辽宁少年儿童出版社八年级英语上册译林版》

In the 1980s, women in the Jiangnan countryside wore special clothes. They wore headscarves (头巾) and blue calico (印花布) clothes. These soft clothes were (1)comfortable to wear when working in rice fields. Students in school got the chance to see and learn about these cool traditional (2)clothes these days.
The “exploration of old Chinese clothes” class on Nov 8 at Nanjing Foreign Language School tried to learn more about blue calico. The students took on the challenge (挑战) of making their (3)own bags through tie-dyeing (扎染). It is a dyeing skill used to make blue calico.
“First, fold the cloth bag the (4)way you like,” said He Xinyue, a grade 8 student. “Then use rubber bands (橡皮筋) to hold it. Next, (5)add colorful dye. Push it down well so the colors go through. (6)Wash it a few times to get rid of extra dye (去掉多余的染料).”
“Tie-dyeing is a magical (魔术的) art. Everyone does it a little differently, and you never know (7)exactly how it will look in the end when it is (8)finished. Tie-dyeing mixes the style of traditional ink wash paintings (水墨画) with the excitement of impressionist (印象派的) of oil paintings,” said Ma Qianyu, a grade 8 student, happy with her work. “The dye and cotton material used to make blue calico all (9)come from nature (大自然). It is a symbol of folk people and their labor (劳动),” she said.
“Clothing is a part of traditional culture. It is also a part of art and (10)life.” said Chen Xi, the teacher of the class.

答案： 1.comfortable 2.clothes 3.own 4.way 5.add 6.Wash 7.exactly 8.finished 9.come 10.life

五、书面表达
DIY在年轻人中很流行,我昨天完成了我的第一份DIY作品。根据下面的提示用英文写一篇100字左右的短文,题目为“My first DIY job”。开头已给出,不计入总词数。
1. Why did you decide to do this DIY job?
2. What did you do during the process (过程)?
3. What difficulties did you have and how did you deal with them?
4. How did you feel after finishing your job?
______I decided to make a photo frame because I wanted to keep a precious photo of my family. First, I prepared some wood, a saw, and some nails. Then, I measured and cut the wood into pieces. After that, I tried to nail the pieces together to form the frame. During the process, I had trouble cutting the wood straight. The saw kept slipping. Also, nailing the pieces was hard as I hit my fingers a few times. But I didn't give up. I asked my father for help. He showed me how to hold the saw correctly and be careful when nailing. After finishing the photo frame, I felt really proud. It looked nice even though it wasn't perfect. I learned a lot from this experience.

答案：

DIY is very popular among young people. I finished my first DIY job yesterday.

I decided to make a photo frame(相框) because I wanted to keep a precious photo of my family. First, I prepared some wood, a saw, and some nails(钉子). Then, I measured and cut the wood into pieces. After that, I tried to nail the pieces together to form the frame.

During the process, I had trouble cutting the wood straight. The saw kept slipping. Also, nailing the pieces was hard as I hit my fingers a few times. But I didn't give up. I asked my father for help. He showed me how to hold the saw correctly and be careful when nailing.

After finishing the photo frame, I felt really proud. It looked nice even though it wasn't perfect. I learned a lot from this experience.