day 60inventions and machines

inventions and machines

Talk about machines, inventions and gadgets, say “it’s already…!” with 都……了, and “sooner or later” with 早晚.

today’s words

• 科學 kēxué · science; scientific
• 發明 fāmíng · invent; invention
• 電池 diànchí · battery
• 功能 gōngnéng · function, feature
• 機器 jīqì · machine
• 自動 zìdòng · automatic
• 出版 chūbǎn · publish (a book)
• 發表 fābiǎo · publish, announce, present
• 網 wǎng · net; the web
• 錄音 lùyīn · record sound; recording
• 播 bò · broadcast, play (a show)
• 收音機 shōuyīnjī · radio (set)
• 早晚 zǎowǎn · sooner or later; morning and evening
• 公分 gōngfēn · centimetre
• 誇張 kuāzhāng · exaggerated, over the top
• 鐵 tiě · iron
• 障礙 zhàng'ài · obstacle, barrier

sentences

• 都十二點了，你還不睡覺？ · It’s already midnight. Aren’t you going to bed?
• 這台收音機都三十年了，還能用。 · This radio is thirty years old and still works.
• 機器早晚會取代很多工作。 · Sooner or later, machines will take over lots of jobs.
• 你的姓很特別。 · Your surname is unusual.
• 這本書明年出版。 · This book comes out next year.