英语晨读精华 Week 6 Day 2 Self-Shortening Shirt 自动伸缩衬衫
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    Self-Shortening Shirts


    下面是一段科技新闻类文字。这样的文字往往简洁明了,逻辑严密。这正是英文写作中要注意的地方。


    An Italian fashion house has recently manufactured a shirt that shortens its own sleeves when the weather gets warm. Before you get excited and rush out to buy a new set of clothes for the beach, consider the price: US$4,000 per shirt. 

    So how does the new shirt work? Well, it’s made from a mixture of nylon and an alloy called nitinol. Clothes containing this alloy can be twisted into any shape, but always return to their original shape when heated to a certain temperature. If the original shirt has short sleeves, when the temperature rises, so will the sleeves. 

    Even if you roll the shirt into a ball and sit on it, all you need to do is give it a quick blow with a hairdryer and it returns to its original shape. This has the added bonus that the shirt will never need ironing. It is also washable, totally non-allergenic and, of course, guaranteed never to stretch, unless you sit in the refrigerator. 

    [注释]:
    manufacture : to make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of
    a large-scale industrial operation 制造, 加工 
    sleeve : a part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm 衣袖 
    rush : to move or act swiftly; hurry 冲,奔,闯;赶紧;涌现  
    mixture : something produced by mixing 混合物 
    nylon : 尼龙 
    alloy : a mixture; an amalgam 合金 
    twist : to be or become twisted 扭 
    hairdryer : 吹风机 
    added : 附加的 
    bonus : something given or paid in addition to what is usual or expected 奖金,红利;意外收获
    ironing : the act or process of pressing clothes with a heated iron 熨 
    non-allergenic: [医]非引起过敏症的 
    guarantee : to assume responsibility for the quality or performance of 保证,担保 
    stretch : to lengthen, widen, or distend 伸展,伸长 

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