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Lesson 30 · The Jacket We Repaired
文体：亲身经历 · 朗读音轨 30
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听听补丁怎样改变了主人公对旧外套的看法。
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My favorite jacket tore at the elbow. The hole was small, but I stopped wearing it because I thought a patch would look strange. At a community repair day, a volunteer asked me to bring it anyway.
She showed me several pieces of fabric. I chose a dark blue patch that did not hide the repair completely. Under her guidance, I learned to make small, even stitches. My first line was crooked, so I removed it and tried again.
The jacket did not look new when we finished. It looked like a jacket that had been used and cared for. When I wore it to school, a classmate asked about the patch. I told her how much longer I hoped to use it, and she asked where the repair day was held.
I had treated a visible repair as a sign of failure. Now it reminded me of a skill I had learned and a choice to keep something useful.
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我最喜欢的外套在手肘处破了一个小洞。我不再穿它，因为觉得补上一块布会显得奇怪。社区维修日，一位志愿者还是请我把外套带去。
她给我看了几块布料。我选了一块深蓝色补丁，没有打算把修补处完全藏起来。在她的指导下，我学着缝细小而均匀的针脚。第一行缝歪了，我拆掉后又试了一次。
修好后，外套看起来并不像新的一样，却像一件被穿过、也被好好爱惜的衣服。我穿它去学校时，同学问起补丁。我告诉她还想穿这件外套多久；她则问社区维修日在哪里举办。
过去，我把看得见的修补痕迹当成失败。现在，它提醒我学会了一项本领，也提醒我选择继续使用一件仍有用的东西。
本课重点词语
以下是本课重点词语的中文讲解；英文正文中有虚线的单词可悬停查看词义和发音。
- tear
- 撕裂；外套手肘处破洞。
- patch
- 补丁；用于修补的小块布。
- fabric
- 布料；志愿者提供多种选择。
- completely
- 完全地；补丁没有彻底藏起修补处。
- under guidance
- 在指导下；志愿者教主人公缝针。
- stitch
- 针脚；需要小而均匀。
- crooked
- 歪斜的；第一行针脚不直。
- remove
- 拆掉；缝歪后重新来。
- care for
- 爱惜、照料；外套继续被使用。
- visible
- 看得见的；修补痕迹成为新记忆。
背景知识
修补痕迹可以保留下来，显示物品经过维护。故事中主人公从嫌补丁难看，转而欣赏自己学到的针线技能和延长衣物使用时间的选择。