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day 23a tidy room

unit 4 · home & everyday life

    a tidy room

    Describe a room and how to do it up, use 拿……來 + verb (use something to…) and 拿……來說 (take… as an example), and say “even” with 甚至.

    today’s words

    • 玩具 wánjù · toy
    • 空間 kōngjiān · space, room
    • 木頭 mùtou · wood
    • 晒 shài · dry in the sun; sun-bathe
    • 整齊 zhěngqí · neat, tidy
    • 廣場 guǎngchǎng · square, plaza
    • 燈光 dēngguāng · lights, lighting
    • 布 bù · cloth, fabric
    • 布置 bùzhì · decorate, arrange (a room)
    • 隔壁 gébì · next door
    • 地板 dìbǎn · floor
    • 電燈 diàndēng · electric light
    • 馬桶 mǎtǒng · toilet (the bowl)
    • 甚至 shènzhì · even, so much so that
    • 下來 xiàlái · down (after a verb)
    • 真正 zhēnzhèng · real, true; truly
    • 曾 céng · once, at one time
    • 調查 diàochá · survey, investigate
    • 記住 jìzhù · remember, learn by heart

    sentences

    • 這個房間不大,甚至放不下一張床。 · This room is small: you can’t even fit a bed in.
    • 拿這間公寓來說,房租要兩萬。 · Take this flat: the rent is twenty thousand.
    • 我們可以拿這塊布來布置房間。 · We can use this piece of fabric to do up the room.
    • 隔壁的小孩把玩具放得很整齊,真乖。 · The kid next door keeps his toys very neat: such a good boy.
    • 晚上廣場上的燈光很美。 · The lights in the square are beautiful at night.