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How can you describe a design and ask about a step?
Describe designs, consider a partner’s preferences and ask about steps in an imagined paper-cutting workshop.
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An and her friend join a paper-cutting workshop.
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安和朋友参加了剪纸活动。
An chooses red paper for a flower pattern.
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安选了红纸，准备剪一个花的图案。
Her friend chooses a bird pattern.
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她的朋友选了鸟的图案。
Before cutting, An asks where to fold the paper.
English pronunciation · Device-generated pronunciation (depends on browser and system voices)
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剪以前，安先问应该在哪里折纸。
scissors · cut · fold · pattern · red · paper · flower · gift · make ·
What colour paper does An choose?
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Main scenario
An and her friend join a paper-cutting workshop.
How can you describe a design and ask about a step?
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Log in to practiseUNESCO’s archive notes that Chinese paper-cut was inscribed on the Representative List in 2009.
Chinese Paper-cut, China (NHK)
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