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本教材面向纺织高职院校的师生及从事纺织技术或贸易岗位的在职人员，意在培养他们的纺织专业英语应用能力，为从事纺织品贸易、进口设备使用与管理、进出口纺织品质量管理和检验等工作提供帮助。本教材也可以作为国际留学生学习纺织基础知识的选用教材。
本教材遵循“应用导向”的原则，从实际出发，学用结合。本教材按纺织原料识别与应用、纺织染生产工艺与设备管理、纺织产品识别、纺织产品检验、纺织品贸易等工作要求来设计和整合内容，设计与岗位工作相关的学习任务。教材采用边学边练、学用结合的模式，设计了一定的练习，引导和帮助学习者高效学习。

CONTENTS

Module 1 Textile Fibers··············································································· 1
Unit 1 The Development of Textile Industry·············································· 3
Text A Introduction to Textiles··········································································· 3
Text B The Development of Textile Fibers····························································· 6
Unit 2 Textile Fibers Sorts········································································· 9
Text A Traditional Fibers················································································· 9
Text B New-Type Fibers················································································ 10
Unit 3 Fiber Properties············································································ 17
Text A Fiber Property I·················································································· 17
Text B Fiber Properties II·············································································· 20

Module 2 Spinning & Yarns······································································· 25
Unit 4 Cotton Spinning Systems······························································ 27
Text A Cotton Spinning Process I····································································· 27
Text B Cotton Spinning Process II···································································· 29
Unit 5 Yarn Classification········································································ 36
Text A Conventional Yarns············································································· 36
Text B New-type Yarns·················································································· 38
Unit 6 Quality Control of Yarn································································ 47
Text A Yarn Quality Indexes············································································ 47
Text B Uster Technologies·············································································· 48

Module 3 Fabrics························································································ 53
Unit 7 Weaving······················································································ 55
Text A Weaving Preparation··········································································· 55
Text B Loom Weaving··················································································· 57
Unit 8 Woven Fabric Structure································································ 63
Text A Basic Weaves····················································································· 63
Text B Structure Factors················································································ 66
Unit 9 Knitting······················································································· 71
Text A General Principles of Knitting Technology················································· 71
Text B General Terms of Knitting Technology······················································ 74
Unit 10 Knitted Fabrics··········································································· 80
Text A Basic Stitches in Weft Knitting································································ 80
Text B Basic Stitches in Warp Knitting······························································· 84
Unit 11 Textile Products········································································· 89
Text A Traditional Textiles·············································································· 89
Text B Differences between Industrial and Traditional Textiles································· 91
Unit 12 Industrial Textiles······································································· 97
Text A Process Technology············································································· 97
Text B Application Area················································································ 98

Module 4 Dyeing and Finishing······························································· 103
Unit 13 Pretreatment Process································································ 105
Unit 14 Dyeing Process·········································································· 108
Unit 15 Printing Process········································································· 111
Unit 16 Finishing Process······································································· 113

Module 5 Textile inspection and trade···················································· 117
Unit 17 Textile Inspection······································································ 118
Text A Fabric Property················································································· 118
Text B Fabric Analysis················································································· 120
Unit 18 Textile Trade············································································· 130
Text A Business Letters················································································ 130
Text B Contract·························································································· 132

附录1 Words and Expressions（词汇与短语）······································· 141
附录2 General Textile Testing Application Form
（ 纺织品测试申请表）··································································· 155
附录 3 Wash Lable（ 洗标）······································································· 157