英語晨讀精華 Week 6 Day 2 Self-Shortening Shirt 自動伸縮襯衫

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Self-Shortening Shirts

下面是一段科技新聞類文字。這樣的文字往往簡潔明了，邏輯嚴(yán)密。這正是英文寫作中要注意的地方。

An Italian fashion house has recently manufactured a shirt that shortens its own sleeves when the weather gets warm. Before you get excited and rush out to buy a new set of clothes for the beach, consider the price: US$4,000 per shirt.　

So how does the new shirt work? Well, it’s made from a mixture of nylon and an alloy called nitinol. Clothes containing this alloy can be twisted into any shape, but always return to their original shape when heated to a certain temperature. If the original shirt has short sleeves, when the temperature rises, so will the sleeves.　

Even if you roll the shirt into a ball and sit on it, all you need to do is give it a quick blow with a hairdryer and it returns to its original shape. This has the added bonus that the shirt will never need ironing. It is also washable, totally non-allergenic and, of course, guaranteed never to stretch, unless you sit in the refrigerator.　

[注釋]：
manufacture : to make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of
a large-scale industrial operation 制造, 加工　
sleeve : a part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm 衣袖　
rush : to move or act swiftly; hurry 沖，奔，闖；趕緊；涌現(xiàn) 　
mixture : something produced by mixing 混合物　
nylon : 尼龍　
alloy : a mixture; an amalgam 合金　
twist : to be or become twisted 扭　
hairdryer : 吹風(fēng)機(jī)　
added : 附加的　
bonus : something given or paid in addition to what is usual or expected 獎金，紅利；意外收獲
ironing : the act or process of pressing clothes with a heated iron 熨　
non-allergenic: ［醫(yī)］非引起過敏癥的　
guarantee : to assume responsibility for the quality or performance of 保證，擔(dān)保　
stretch : to lengthen, widen, or distend 伸展，伸長