The umbrella....

The umbrella....

English ESL

A2June 27, 202613 min
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English as a simple language. This video is a review of the patterns we learned from hours 1 through 24. You can find many videos that help you to progressively develop your ability to speak English on my website.

There are multiple review videos which will help you to practice both making a question and answering a question while sounding natural. Please repeat our answer. Are we going to be seeing them make umbrellas in Tokyo?

Does he manage to cut the fabric easily with that knife? Does he got to press the material down so that it won't move while cutting it? Did he end up flipping around that wooden piece as soon as he finished cutting the first piece?

Does he seem to have any difficulty cutting the fabric while using that knife? The next time he cuts the material, will he have to change hands to cut it? Does he wound up moving that way close so that it can help keep the material from moving? Do they prefer cutting the material by hand instead of having to use a machine to do it?

Now that he's finished cutting the material, does he look forward to sewing it all together? Did he tell you how long it will take him to sew the material to make one umbrella? Didn't he appear to be a lot younger than the other men there? Have you ever had the chance to use a sewing machine like that one?

Is he supposed to hold the materials with two hands while he's in the middle of sewing the edges. Does that steel attachment help the material to fold over before sewing it together? If they don't do that, won't it be easy for the material to come apart?

Does it seem like he has done sewing together all of the parts? Now that they've sewn the big parts, is it time to sew some of the smaller pieces? Are you surprised you see only men doing this? Can you hear the sewing machine working?

As soon as he hits it with the hammer, does it cut right through the material? Has he managed to pull the material through the steel rods? Is he able to do that with a machine instead of hand sewing it? Do they get him to do this most of the time?

Doesn't that look like the same material as the rest of the umbrella material? Does he seem to enjoy doing that? Can you tell that he's got to put the needle through a hole in that small end piece? If he doesn't do that, will the material tend to collapse on the umbrella when you

try to open and close it? Does he keep on doing that until he's finished doing all of the ends like that? Did he need to open up the umbrella so that he could sew each of those parts to the rod? Do you know how to do it like that?

Do all of the tips look the same as the others?

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