MULTIMEDIA-ENGLISH
Fold a T-shirt in 2 seconds (Videojug)
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Description

Detailed instructions about how to fold a t-shirt in just 2 seconds.


This is the original video they refer to: Fold a T-shirt in 2 secods 

Transcript

How To Fold A T-Shirt In 2 Seconds – Explained

Hello and welcome to VideoJug. You may have seen the film on the VideoJug website "How to Fold a T-Shirt in 2 Seconds". Here we’ll show you how it’s done in a true VideoJug fashion, step by step, ensuring that you’ll be able to do it.

You will need:

- A t-shirt.
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Step 1
Lay it flat


Lay the T-shirt so that it is completely flat and is side on to you.
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Step 2
Pinch one


Draw an imaginary line with your finger across the middle of the T-shirt, stopping short of the edge. Pinch the T-shirt between your thumb and forefinger of your left hand at this point, making sure that you have gripped the front and back of the T-shirt fabric.
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Step 3
Pinch two


With your other, draw a line directly up the T-shirt and pincht on the shoulder seam of the T-shirt directly above this point again making sure that you’ve gripped the front and back of the T-shirt fabric.
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Step 4
Pinch three


Bring Pinch 2 down behind your hand and pinch the T-shirt at the bottom directly beneath the two pinches and pinch the bottom along with your original pinch, again making sure that you’ve gripped the front and back of the T-shirt fabric. You should now have the top and bottom of the shirt pinched between the thumb and forefinger of your right hand - your hands should be crossed.
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Step 5
The flick


Keeping a firm pinch with both hands uncross your hands. Bring Pinch 1, in your left hand up and away.
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Step 6
The flop and fold


You should now have the T-shirt Hanging down from your two hands. Lower the T-shirt, sleeve first, back onto your flat surface, creating a fold on the T-shirt that is symmetrical with the line between your original two pinches. Bring the T-shirt down flat.

Done.

Explanations

TO FOLD= To bend double so that one part covers another.

FASHION= Way, manner.

STEP BY STEP= One instruction at a time.

ENSURING= Making sure.

YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO IT= The verb CAN only has two forms:
- present CAN- Oh yes, I can do it!
- past COULD- Yesterday I could run faster than Richard
- conditional- If you told me what happens, I could help you
For the rest of tenses, we have to use the verb TO BE ABLE TO:
- infinitive- I need to be able to speak German
- present perfect- I have been able to repair the television this morning
- future- You’ll never be able to see her again
Etc.

STEP 1

FLAT= Having a horizontal surface without a slope, tilt, or curvature.

IT IS SIDE ON TO YOU= For you, the nearest part of the t-shirt is one side, not the top or the bottom.

STEP 2

PINCH= To squeeze between the thumb and a finger.

STOPPING SHORT OF THE EDGE= Stopping near the edge, when you are getting to the edge.

EDGE= The limit of an object.

THUMB= Pronounced /θʌm/. It’s the shorter and fatter finger.

FOREFINGER= The finger next to the thumb Also called: index finger.

GRIP= To hold tightly.

FABRIC= A cloth made from thread or fibres by weaving or knitting.

STEP 3

SEAM= A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.

STEP 4

BENEATH= The opposite of ABOVE. Below. Under (lower than).

ALONG WITH= At the same time than. Together with.

STEP 5

FLICK= To touch or move with the finger or hand in a quick jerky movement.

UNCROSS= The opposite of TO CROSS. The negative prefix UN- adds a negative idea to the verb.

STEP 6

FLOP= To bend, fall, or collapse loosely or carelessly.

TO LOWER= To put down.

SLEEVE= The part of a T-shirt or sweater that covers the arm.

SLEEVE FIRST= When you’re talking about a movement, if you say "X first" you mean that the part X is the first part in the direction of the movement.
- He jumped into the swimming-pool head first =his head is the first part to touch the water.
- He jumped into the swimming-pool feet first =his feet were the first part to touch the water.

A FOLD= A part that has been folded. The line that shows that something is folded or has been folded.

SYMMETRICAL= That is exactly the same on both sides of an imaginary central line.