Situation 2 Introducing the Shuttle Weaving Machine to Visiting Customers

Task 3

Listen to a passage and answer the following questions.

1．How is their shuttle weaving machine controlled?

2．What pattern does the shuttle weaving machine weave?

3．What kind of fabric can be made through the weaving method mentioned in this passage?

4．What kind of machines tend to be used by trained professionals for artisanal weaving?

Task 4

Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks.

Our shuttle weaving machine is usually controlled electronically.And it weaves a 1 warp and weft pattern.The warp pattern is the 2 threads in the fabric,while the weft pattern is the horizontal threads in the fabric.The shuttle,a narrow piece of wood or 3 with notches on the end to hold the yarn,is moved 4 back and forth between the vertical warp threads in order to weave through the horizontal weft threads.These machines are used mainly in industrial 5 to create a tight-weave fabric.Silk fabric is 6 through this method,as are many commercial textiles and linens.There are 7 machines as well,but most non-electric ones tend to be used by trained 8 for artisanal weaving.