Old lady embroidered 2,008 butterflies for '08 Olympics

时间：2007-03-09 03:04:06

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Chinanews, Zhengzhou, March 9 – Shang Suyun, an 80-year-old lady in Zhengzhou has embroidered2 2,008 butterflies on a 26.7-m-long piece of white cloth, as a gift for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

 

It took her more than two years to finish this amazing project (from September 12, 2004 to March 6, 2007).

 

The pattern of the embroidery3 was designed by her grandson, and absorbed several Olympic elements. Besides butterflies of different sizes and colors, a stadium, the five rings, icons4 representing all the 35 events, the date of the Games, and the 2008 Olympic Slogan: “One World, One Dream” can all be seen on the work. Shang even managed to put “anti-doping”it, too, to call for a clean Olympic.

 

“We were even unable to count how many butterflies there were on the embroider1,” said Du, Shang's daughter.

 

Shang never went to school, and she learned embroider from her surrogate mother. “I suddenly felt that I must do something when I heard the news that Beijing would host the 2008 Games. In fact, I have never made anything that big,” said Shang with a smile.

 
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1 embroider 9jtz7     
v.刺绣于(布)上；给…添枝加叶，润饰
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  • The editor would take a theme and embroider upon it with drollery.编辑会将一篇文章，以调侃式的幽默笔调加以渲染。
  • She wants to embroider a coverlet with flowers and birds.她想给床罩绣上花鸟。
2 embroidered StqztZ     
adj．绣花的
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  • She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers. 她在这些靠垫套上绣了花。
  • She embroidered flowers on the front of the dress. 她在连衣裙的正面绣花。
3 embroidery Wjkz7     
n.绣花，刺绣；绣制品
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  • This exquisite embroidery won people's great admiration.这件精美的绣品，使人惊叹不已。
  • This is Jane's first attempt at embroidery.这是简第一次试着绣花。
4 icons bd21190449b7e88db48fa0f580a8f666     
n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像
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  • Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

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