纺织: spinning and weaving...
尝: taste; sample; try the flavour (of); savour...
大片: wide expanse, large area, vast stretch, extending widely, blockbuster movie...
自始至终: from start to finish (idiom)...
棋子: chess piece, a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)...
赞许: to praise, to laud...
远见: foresight, discernment, vision...
子弟: child, the younger generation...
挤: to crowd in, to cram in, to force others aside, to press, to squeeze, to find (time in one's busy schedule)...