Section 4: Managing a Household

Unit 45: Working with Wood

木材加工

Working with Wood

measuring a board
Before you cut a board, you measure it...
marking the places to cut
...and mark the places to cut.
cutting it with a saw
Then you cut it with a saw.
planing a piece of wood
To trim a piece of wood, you plane it.
sanding the edges smooth
To make the edges smooth, you sand them.
gluing two pieces of wood together
To join two pieces of wood, you can glue them together,...
nailing them together
...nail them together,...
joining them with screws
...or join them with screws.

For Special Attention

board = a board is a wide, flat piece of wood. — 木板就是一块宽而平的木料。
hammer a nail = you pound a nail with a hammer. — 用锤子敲钉子。
measuring tools = some things you can measure a board with: ruler (rule)—this is usually 12 inches long. yardstick—this is 1 yard (36 inches) long. tape measure—this can measure longer distances. — 测量木板可以用:直尺(通常12英寸长)、码尺(36英寸长)、卷尺(可量更长距离)。
join = to join things is to put them together. — 把东西接合就是把它们拼在一起。
glue / nail / screw = you glue things together with glue, nail them together with nails, and screw them together with screws. — 用胶水把东西粘在一起,用钉子钉在一起,用螺丝拧在一起。

Key Vocabulary

Verbs

单词音标中文
cut/kʌt/切割
glue/ɡlu/用胶粘
join/dʒɔɪn/连接,接合
make/meɪk/使,变得
mark/mɑrk/做标记
measure/ˈmɛʒər/测量
nail/neɪl/用钉子钉
plane/pleɪn/用刨子刨
sand/sænd/用砂纸打磨
trim/trɪm/修整,修边
work/wɜrk/加工

Nouns

单词音标中文
board/bɔrd/木板
edge/ɛdʒ/边缘
hammer/ˈhæmər/锤子
nail/neɪl/钉子
piece/pis/块,片
place/pleɪs/位置,地方
plane/pleɪn/刨子
rule/rul/直尺
ruler/ˈrulər/尺子
sandpaper/ˈsændˌpeɪpər/砂纸
saw/sɔ/锯子
sawdust/ˈsɔˌdʌst/锯末
screw/skru/螺丝
screwdriver/ˈskruˌdraɪvər/螺丝刀
shavings/ˈʃeɪvɪŋz/刨花
wood/wʊd/木材

Others

单词音标中文
smooth/smuð/光滑的
together/təˈɡɛðər/在一起