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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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安和朋友参加了剪纸活动。
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An and her friend join a paper-cutting workshop.
Ān hé péngyou cānjiā le jiǎnzhǐ huódòng.
安选了红纸，准备剪一个花的图案。
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An chooses red paper for a flower pattern.
Ān xuǎn le hóng zhǐ, zhǔnbèi jiǎn yī gè huā de tú'àn.
她的朋友选了鸟的图案。
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Her friend chooses a bird pattern.
Tā de péngyou xuǎn le niǎo de tú'àn.
剪以前，安先问应该在哪里折纸。
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Before cutting, An asks where to fold the paper.
Jiǎn yǐqián, Ān xiān wèn yīnggāi zài nǎlǐ zhé zhǐ.
老师指着一条线，等安看清楚。
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The instructor points to a line and waits for An to check it.
Lǎoshī zhǐ zhe yī tiáo xiàn, děng Ān kàn qīngchu.
她们介绍自己的选择，没有说同一个图案对每个人都必须有同样的意思。
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They describe their choices without saying that one design must mean the same thing to everyone.
Tāmen jièshào zìjǐ de xuǎnzé, méiyǒu shuō tóng yī gè tú'àn duì měi gè rén dōu bìxū yǒu tóngyàng de yìsi.
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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