Global Breaking News - Thursday, October 8, 2026

  Some items (such as clothes or furniture) can be made by hand or by machine. Which do you prefer: items made by hand or items made by machine? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your choice.

Basically, the production of items can be divided into two groups: one is made by hand and the other is made by machine. Some people always ask which one is better, by hand or by machine? For me, both of them have advantages and disadvantages.
* basically = 기본적으로, 원래는 / be divided into = ~로 나누어지다 / by hand = 사람 손으로 / by machine = 기계로

Items made by hand are delicate and beautiful in an appearance. For example, most of people like Chinese silk made by hand. The reason is that not only the silk is too delicate to use machine to sew, but also a good piece of hand-made silk will make customers feel it likes a master piece in a degree. In addition, when hand-makers do their jobs, they usually devote more energy and time in them, which allows the possibility of pursuing the accuracy to come true. As we know, there still have many ladies to prefer the tailor-made clothes. Why? The reason is very simple because they think only tailors can meet their needs. We can imagine after the tailor sews the piece stitch by stitch, how it is marvelous to be!
* delicate = 섬세한, 정교한 / appearance = 외양 / silk = 비단, 실크 / sew = 꿰매다 / hand-made = 수제의 / customer = 고객, 손님 / master piece = 걸작, 명작, 일품 / in a degree = 조금은, 어느 정도 / devote = 바치다, 헌신하다 / accuracy = 정확도 / come true = 이루어지다, 실현되다 / tailor-made clothes = 맞춤 옷  cf. tailor = 재단사, 재봉사 / meet one's need = 욕구를 만족시키다, 충족시키다 / stitch by stitch = 한땀한땀  cf. stitch = 바늘땀, 꿰매다 / marvelous = 놀라운, 감탄할만한, 경이로운

On the other hand, items made by machine have been widely accepted around the world because of the introduction of the machine. It is highly appraised of fastness and durability. Actually, these two characteristics are basic criterion for products. Suppose that the washing machine is out of work only after one-month use, I believe a user definitely feels angry and irritating about the bad quality of this washing machine. In some degrees, we can make sure of the quality made by machine. Furthermore, by machine, people can save time. I don't believer any manufacturers will make furniture by hand at most time. Although this does happen in some cases, they are very special. Furniture made by machine can be sold to customers as soon as possible, which increases company's profit through fast moving.
* widely accepted = 널리 인정된, 수용된 / highly = 매우, 아주 / appraise = 평가하다 / fastness = 요새; 급속 / durability = 내구성 / criterion = 기준 / out of work = 고장 난 / definitely = 분명히 / irritate = 짜증나게 하다, 거슬리다 / washing machine = 세탁기 / make sure = 확실하게 하다, 보증하다 / manufacturer = 제조업자 / furniture = 가구 / as soon as possible = 가능한 한 빨리 / profit = 이익 / fast moving = 속도가 빠른  ex) in the fast moving world = 빠르게 변하는 세상에서

However, I agree some advantages about items made by hand and made by machine, there are still have some disadvantages we cannot ignore as well. For items made by hand, it usually takes a quite long time to finish and the cost is accompanied to be very high; for items made by machine, it sometimes is quite rough and not ideal as what users expect.
* ignore = 무시하다 / as well = (~뿐만 아니라) ~도 / cost = 비용, 원가 / accompany = 동반하다 ,동반되다  cf. be accompanied by = ~을 동반하다 / rough = 거친, 울퉁불퉁한, 세련되지 않은 / ideal = 이상적인