day 39forests and oceans
unit 6 · travel & natureforests and oceans
Talk about nature (forests, oceans, animals, plants), say “not only… but also” with 不只……而且 / 還 / 也, and turn things round with 倒是.
today’s words
- 老虎 lǎohǔ · tiger
- 森林 sēnlín · forest
- 土 tǔ · earth, soil; local, rustic
- 地球 dìqiú · the Earth
- 海洋 hǎiyáng · ocean, the sea
- 陽光 yángguāng · sunlight, sunshine
- 產生 chǎnshēng · produce, give rise to
- 溫暖 wēnnuǎn · warm
- 石頭 shítou · stone, rock
- 植物 zhíwù · plant
- 兔子 tùzi · rabbit
- 山區 shānqū · mountain area
- 蟲子 chóngzi · insect, bug
- 蛇 shé · snake
- 效果 xiàoguǒ · effect, result
- 組 zǔ · group, set (measure word)
- 不足 bùzú · not enough, lacking
- 倒是 dàoshì · actually, on the other hand
sentences
- 這座山不高，風景倒是很美。 · The mountain isn’t high, but the view is actually lovely.
- 他不只會說中文，而且還會寫書法。 · Not only does he speak Chinese, he can do calligraphy too.
- 我們只有一個地球。 · We only have one Earth.
- 冬天的陽光很溫暖。 · The winter sunshine is warm.
- 山上可能有蛇，要小心。 · There may be snakes on the mountain: be careful.