day 79books and stories
unit 11 · arts & sportsbooks and stories
Talk about books and writing: genres, describing and narrating, technique, adaptations and prizes.
today’s words
- 著作 zhùzuò · (written) work, book
- 散文 sǎnwén · prose, essay
- 章 zhāng · chapter
- 童话 tónghuà · fairy tale
- 科幻 kēhuàn · science fiction
- 题材 tícái · subject matter, theme
- 描写 miáoxiě · to describe (in writing)
- 描绘 miáohuì · to depict, paint (a picture of)
- 叙述 xùshù · to narrate, recount
- 手法 shǒufǎ · technique, method (in art)
- 技巧 jìqiǎo · skill, technique
- 改编 gǎibiān · to adapt (a work)
- 编 biān · to make up; compile; weave
- 模仿 mófǎng · to imitate, copy
- 评选 píngxuǎn · to choose (by judging or voting)
- 入选 rùxuǎn · to be selected
- 荣誉 róngyù · honour
- 工夫 gōngfu · time; effort
- 肯 kěn · to be willing to
- 一模一样 yīmúyīyàng · exactly alike
- 贴近 tiējìn · close to; to draw near
sentences
- 这篇散文描写了作者小时候的家。 · This essay describes the author’s childhood home.
- 这本书描绘了一百年前北京人的生活。 · The book paints a picture of Beijing life a hundred years ago.
- 他把经过叙述得很清楚，大家一听就明白了。 · He told the story so clearly that everyone understood straight away.
- 这个故事是我自己编的，你别当真。 · I made this story up myself, so don’t take it seriously.
- 要么你去，要么我去，总得有一个人去。 · Either you go or I go: one of us has to.