day 170reading and writing
unit 23 · study and researchreading and writing
Talk about books, notes, formats and characters while you write a long piece, and leave out a subject or object that was just mentioned (承前省略).
today’s words
- 教科书 jiàokēshū · textbook
- 读物 dúwù · reading matter, books
- 手册 shǒucè · handbook, manual
- 指南 zhǐnán · guide, guidebook
- 百科全书 bǎikēquánshū · encyclopedia
- 辞典 cídiǎn · dictionary (of words)
- 参见 cānjiàn · see (also), refer to
- 引用 yǐnyòng · to quote, cite
- 注释 zhùshì · note, annotation; to annotate
- 摘要 zhāiyào · abstract, summary; to summarise
- 提纲 tígāng · outline (of a talk or essay)
- 大纲 dàgāng · outline, syllabus
- 纲要 gāngyào · outline, programme (formal)
- 概论 gàilùn · introduction (to a subject)
- 专著 zhuānzhù · monograph, scholarly book
- 撰写 zhuànxiě · to write (formal)
- 论述 lùnshù · to discuss, expound
- 论证 lùnzhèng · to argue, prove; argument
- 答辩 dábiàn · to defend (a thesis), reply in a defence
- 篇幅 piānfú · length, space (of writing)
- 段落 duànluò · paragraph, section
- 格式 géshi · format, layout
- 省略 shěnglüè · to leave out, omit
- 通顺 tōngshùn · (of writing) smooth, readable
- 简称 jiǎnchēng · short form, abbreviation
- 标点 biāodiǎn · punctuation
- 括号 kuòhào · brackets
- 墨水 mòshuǐ · ink
- 字迹 zìjì · handwriting
- 字体 zìtǐ · typeface, font; style of writing
- 错别字 cuòbiézì · wrongly written character
- 繁体字 fántǐzì · traditional character
- 简体字 jiǎntǐzì · simplified character
- 部首 bùshǒu · radical (dictionary heading)
- 偏旁 piānpáng · component of a character, side part
sentences
- 这本教科书我看过，写得很清楚。 · I’ve read this textbook: it’s very clearly written.
- 写论文以前，先写一个提纲。 · Before you write a thesis, draft an outline.
- 论文的摘要不能超过三百字。 · A thesis abstract can’t be longer than three hundred characters.
- 引用别人的话，要写清楚是谁说的。 · When you quote someone, say clearly who said it.
- 陈教授接过提纲，看了一会儿，点了点头。 · Professor Chen took the outline, read it for a while and nodded.