HSK 4Lesson 29
Reading is a good topic for friends. You will ask a friend what to read, compare e-books with paper books, get ideas for a diary and better compositions, and hear about a short radio program on books.
You will learn to talk about reading habits, paper and electronic books, writing a diary, and listening to the radio.
Part 1 · 15 new words
Contains 7 words
to read
magazine
novel; fiction
article; essay
measure word for articles
diary
composition; essay
Contains 5 words
writing; text
word; phrase
Contains 3 words
radio; broadcast
to listen to (radio)
Part 2 · 8 phrases
周末我喜欢在家阅读小说。
On weekends I like to read novels at home.
这本杂志的内容很多，一天看不完。
This magazine has so much in it that you can't finish it in a day.
这本电子书文字不多，图片很多。
This e-book has little text and lots of pictures.
这篇文章很短，十分钟就能读完。
This article is short; you can finish it in ten minutes.
我每天晚上都用汉语写日记。
I write my diary in Chinese every night.
明天要交作文，我还有一半没写。
My composition is due tomorrow, and I've only done half.
Part 3 · 4 conversations
Anne wants to read more Chinese and asks Liu Xiaoxue what she should read.
安妮Anne
小雪，老师说每天阅读半个小时对学中文很有好处。你平时看什么？
Xiaoxue, the teacher says reading for half an hour a day is very good for learning Chinese. What do you usually read?
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
我最喜欢小说，差不多每个星期读一本。
Novels are my favorite. I read about one a week.
content
picture; chart
picture; photo
to list
每天早上我都收听广播，学习汉语。
Every morning I listen to the radio to study Chinese.
新学的词语，我都列在本子上。
I list every newly learned word in my notebook.
安妮Anne
小说对我来说太长了，有没有短一点儿的？
Novels are too long for me. Is there anything shorter?
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
那你可以看杂志。里面的文章都不长，一篇十分钟就读完了。
Then try magazines. The articles in them are short; one takes only ten minutes to read.
安妮Anne
杂志里的字会不会太难？
Will the words in a magazine be too hard?
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
不会，很多杂志文字很简单，而且有很多图片，看图就能猜出意思。
No. The text in a lot of magazines is simple, and there are plenty of pictures, so you can guess the meaning from them.
安妮Anne
太好了，那我先从杂志开始。
Great, then I'll start with magazines.
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
我家里有几本旧的，明天带给你。
I have a few old ones at home. I'll bring them for you tomorrow.
Liu Ming saw Teacher Wang reading on her phone and asks whether she still reads paper books.
刘明Liu Ming
王老师，我看见您在地铁上看电子书。您现在不看纸书了吗？
Teacher Wang, I saw you reading an e-book on the subway. Don't you read paper books any more?
王老师Teacher Wang
也看。出门的时候看电子书，在家看纸书。
I do. I read e-books when I'm out and paper books at home.
刘明Liu Ming
电子书的好处是什么？
What is good about e-books?
王老师Teacher Wang
方便啊。一个手机里能放很多本书，字小了还能变大。
They're convenient. One phone can hold lots of books, and if the print is small you can make it bigger.
刘明Liu Ming
那您在家为什么还看纸书？
Then why do you still read paper books at home?
王老师Teacher Wang
看纸书我读得更认真。看到好的内容，还可以在旁边写笔记。
I read more carefully with a paper book. When I find good content, I can write notes next to it.
刘明Liu Ming
您说得对。我准备考试用的书，还是买纸的吧。
You're right. For the books I use to prepare for exams, I had better buy paper ones.
Bai Jiayue does not know what to write in her daily diary, and her compositions are weak too; Wang Yixue gives her ideas.
白家月Bai Jiayue
老师让我们每天写日记，我不知道写什么。
The teacher wants us to keep a diary every day, and I don't know what to write.
王一雪Wang Yixue
不用写很多，写一天里最有意思的一件事就行。
You don't need to write much. Just write about the most interesting thing that happened that day.
白家月Bai Jiayue
我觉得难的是会用的词语太少，写作文的时候也是这样。
I think the hard part is that I know too few words to use. It's the same when I write compositions.
王一雪Wang Yixue
你多读文章，把好的词语列个表，写的时候就用上。
Read more articles, make a list of good words and phrases, and use them when you write.
白家月Bai Jiayue
好办法。我今天就先写一篇日记，用上三个新词语。
Good idea. Today I'll write one diary entry and use three new words in it.
王一雪Wang Yixue
写完给我看看，我帮你找找有没有写错的字。
Show me when you've finished, and I'll help you look for wrongly written characters.
Li Wen asks Liu Ming what he listens to on his morning run.
李文Li Wen
你每天早上跑步都戴着耳机，在听什么？
Every morning when you go running you have your earphones in. What are you listening to?
刘明Liu Ming
一个讲书的广播节目，每天十分钟。
A radio program about books, ten minutes a day.
李文Li Wen
十分钟能讲什么？
What can they cover in ten minutes?
刘明Liu Ming
先讲一本书的主要内容，最后列出三个最有用的想法。
First they go over the main content of a book, and at the end they list its three most useful ideas.
李文Li Wen
听起来挺有用的。在哪儿能收听？
That sounds really useful. Where can I listen to it?
刘明Liu Ming
手机上就能听，七点开始。明天你开车的时候也听听。
You can listen on your phone; it starts at seven. Give it a try when you drive tomorrow.
