壹蘋派生活美語　翻玩復古的臺灣 LV：茄芷袋

　　Gaji bags, traditional Taiwanese shopping bags, are colorful woven nylon bags commonly used for shopping or as an everyday bag. They are also known as “Grandma bags” because in the past, older women often carried them when shopping at local markets. Gaji bags were first made in the rural village of Jing Liao in northern Tainan during the Japanese colonial period. The original bags were made by hand from natural plants. During Taiwan’s industrialization in the 1960s, manufacturers began making them with red, blue, and green nylon.

　　茄芷袋，臺灣傳統的購物袋，是一種色彩鮮豔的編織尼龍袋，常用於購物或作為日常使用的袋子。它們也被稱為「阿嬤袋」，因為在過去，年長的婦女經常在當地市場購物時攜帶它們。茄芷袋最早於日治時期在臺南北部的菁寮里的村落被製造出來。最初的袋子是以天然植物手工製成的。在 1960 年代的臺灣工業化時期，製造業者開始使用紅色、藍色和綠色尼龍來製作它們。

生活必備字詞：

weave　vt. 編織（本文以過去分詞作形容詞用）

三態為：weave, wove, woven。

rural　a. 鄉村的

manufacturer　n. 製造業者

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