Reading

Task 7

Read Passage 1 and then work in pairs to speak out the common expressions given in brackets.

1．The raw material may be natural or__________（化工合成产品）.

2．The ancient methods of manufacturing textiles，namely__________（平纹织布法、缎纹织布法和斜纹织布法），have changed very little over the centuries.

3．Trade of textiles in the ancient world occurred predominantly on the__________（丝绸之路），a winding route across lower Asia that connected the Mediterranean lands with the Far East.

4．Clothing and__________（装饰织物）became increasingly elaborate over the next several centuries，although production methods remained largely unchanged until the Industrial Revolution.

5．Textile manufacture was originally a handcraft practiced by cottage__________（纺纱工和织布工）and small groups of skilled artisans.

6．In 1734 in Bury，Lancashire，John Kay invented the__________（飞梭）—one of the first of a series of inventions associated with the cotton industry.

7．In 1764，James Hargreaves was credited as inventor of the__________（珍妮纺纱机）which multiplied the spun thread production capacity of a single worker.

8．Walter Hunt devised an improved__________（缝纫机）but abandoned the project because he thought that it would throw poor__________（缝纫女工）out of work.