CONTENTS 1
Lesson One 1
Text：Textiles 1
Exercises 7
Reading Material：Our Textile Industry Is Marching on Continuously 8
Lesson Two 10
Text：Textile Fibers 10
Exercises 14
Reading Material：Fiber Properties 15
Lesson Three 18
Text：Blends 18
Exercises 22
Reading Material：Physical Properties of Cotton 23
Revision Exercises（1） 27
Lesson Four 29
Text：Conventional Spinning（1） 29
Reading Material：Non-Lap Card Feeder 33
Exercises 33
Lesson Five 35
Text：Conventional Spinning（2） 35
Exercises 40
Reading Material：（Ⅰ）New Methods of Making Yarns 40
（Ⅱ）The Open-End Spinning 43
Lesson Six 46
Text：Opening and Cleaning Processes 46
Exercises 50
Reading Material：Automatic Bale Breaker（Plucker） 51
Revision Exercises（2） 53
Lesson Seven 55
Text：The Carding Machine and the Drawing Frame 55
Exercises 62
Reading Material：Autoleveller 63
Lesson Eight 67
Text：Roving 67
Exercises 69
Reading Material：Ring Can-Ring Spinning Directly from Sliver 70
Lesson Nine 73
Text：Spinning Frames 73
Exercises 77
Reading Material：Automation in the Textile Plant 78
Revision Exercises（3） 80
Lesson Ten 82
Text：Preparation for Weaving 82
Exercises 85
Reading Material：（Ⅰ）Sizing Machine with Multi-Cylinder Drier 86
（Ⅱ）Barber-Colman Warper 87
Lesson Eleven 91
Text：Weaving Motions 91
Exercises 95
Reading Material：（Ⅰ）Weaving 96
（Ⅱ）What It Takes to Weave Fancy Patterns 97
Text：The Loom 101
Lesson Twelve 101
Exercises 106
Reading Material：Weaving Automation and the Quality Factor 107
Revision Exercises（4） 111
Lesson Thirteen 113
Text：Shuttleless Looms（1） 113
Exercises 117
Reading Material：（Ⅰ）Shuttleless Looms（2） 117
（Ⅱ）GA731 Flexible Rapier Loom 119
Lesson Fourteen 124
Text：Weaves and Variations in Woven Construction 124
Exercises 127
Reading Material：（Ⅰ）Count of Cloth 128
（Ⅱ）Fabric Construction Processes 129
Lesson Fifteen 133
Text：Nonwoven Fabrics 133
Exercises 137
Nonwovens 138
Reading Material：（Ⅰ）Production Processes of 138
（Ⅱ）Needle Punching 140
Revision Exercises（5） 142
Lesson Sixteen 144
Text：Single-Stage Scouring-Bleaching Technology 144
Exercises 149
Reading Material：Surfactants 149
Lesson Seventeen 154
Text：Mercerization 154
Exercises 159
Reading Material：Degumming of Silk 160
Lesson Eighteen 163
Text：Heat Setting 163
Exercises 167
Reading Material：Stone Wash 168
Lesson Nineteen 173
Text：Textile Dyeing Processes（1） 173
Exercises 177
Reading Material：Classification of Dyestuffs 178
Lesson Twenty 182
Text：Textile Dyeing Processes（2） 182
Exercises 186
Reading Material：Wool Dyeing with Reactive 187
Dyes 187
Lesson Twenty-One 191
Text：On-Line Measurement in Pad Dyeing 191
Exercises 194
Reading Material：Biological Treatment of the Effluent 195
Lesson Twenty-Two 198
Text：Textile Printing 198
Exercises 202
Reading Material：Pigment Printing 202
Lesson Twenty-Three 206
Text：Laser Engravers 206
Exercises 210
Reading Material：Resist Printing and Discharge Printing 211
Text：An Integrated System of the Printing Process 214
Lesson Twenty-Four 214
Exercises 219
Reading Material：Monitor-to-Screen Print Design System 220
Lesson Twenty-Five 224
Text：Fabric Finishing 224
Exercises 229
Reading Material：Water Repellent Finishes 229
Text：Establishing Business Relations 233
Lesson Twenty-Six 233
Exercises 236
Reading Material 236
Lesson Twenty-Seven 238
Text：Enquries 238
Exercises 240
Reading Material 241
Text：Orders 242
Lesson Twenty-Eight 242
Exercises 244
Reading Material 245
Lesson Twenty-Nine 247
Text：Sales Confirmation 247
Exercises 252
Reading Material 253
Lesson Thirty 254
Text：Terms of Payment 254
Exercises 257
Reading Material 257
Supplementary Reading 259
Textile Testing 259
参考译文 266
习题参考答案 350
附录1 科技英语英译汉要点 372
附录2 国外检索工具简介 393