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) to wear when working in rice fields. Students in school got the chance to see and learn about these cool traditional (2) 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) bags through tie-dyeing (扎染). It is a dyeing skill used to make blue calico.
“First, fold the cloth bag the (4) you like,” said He Xinyue, a grade 8 student. “Then use rubber bands (橡皮筋) to hold it. Next, (5) colorful dye. Push it down well so the colors go through. (6) 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) how it will look in the end when it is (8). 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) 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).” said Chen Xi, the teacher of the class.

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

1. 由“soft clothes”和“when working in rice fields”可知，柔软的衣服在稻田劳作时穿着应该是“舒适的”，结合首字母c，填comfortable。
2. 前文提到“special clothes”“blue calico clothes”，此处指学生学习这些传统“服装”，首字母c，填clothes。
3. “make one's own sth.”表示“制作某人自己的某物”，学生制作自己的包，首字母o，填own。
4. “the way you like”表示“你喜欢的方式”，fold the cloth bag in the way...，首字母w，填way。
5. 制作扎染包的步骤，下一步应该是“添加”染料，首字母a，填add。
6. 去掉多余染料需要“洗”几次，首字母W，填Wash。
7. 扎染结果不确定，“never know exactly”表示“不能确切知道”，首字母e，填exactly。
8. 最终完成时的样子，“when it is finished”，首字母f，填finished。
9. “come from nature”表示“来自大自然”，染料和棉布材料都来自自然，首字母c，填come。
10. 服装是传统文化、艺术和“生活”的一部分，首字母l，填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?
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