Lesson 245: Complete – Chinese Track

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Kirin: 上网学中文第两百四十五课.

大家好，我是杨老师.

Raphael: 大家好，我是赖老师.

Adam: And hello, I’m Adam.

Kirin: 欢迎加入我们的中文学习课程.

Raphael: 今天我们要教你们一个新的生字.

Kirin: 成.

Adam: This character is termed a post-verb and refers to “change”, as you will see in today’s lesson.

Raphael: 成是一个很有用的字. 因为你可以把它放在很多动词的后面. 像.

Kirin: 变成.

Adam: To change or transform into.

Raphael: 请给我两个例子.

Kirin: 蓝色加黄色变成录色.

Adam: Blue plus yellow becomes green.

Kirin: 日落后，白天就慢慢变成黑夜.

Adam: After sunset, daytime slowly turns into night-time.

Raphael: 接下来的生字十

Kirin: 改成.

Adam: To correct or alter into.

Raphael: 我们在用成这个字的时候，常常也会用到把这个字. 比如说

Kirin: 你可以帮我把错的答案改成对的吗？

Adam: Can you correct the wrong answers for me?

Kirin: 因为我现在住在中国，所以我把我的英文名字改成中文的了.

Adam: Since I now live in China, I have changed my English name into a Chinese one.

Raphael: 我希望这些例子能帮助你们更了解成的用法. 接下来的生字是

Kirin: 看成.

Adam: A change that is seen.

Kirin: 他们两个长得太像了. 我常常把哥哥看成弟弟.

Adam: The two of them look too similar. I often confuse the older brother with the younger one.

Kirin: 妹妹每次都把五块看成十块.

Adam: Every time my sister sees a 5-dollar coin, she thinks it is a 10-dollar coin.

Raphael: 在我们刚刚听到的两个例子，都有看错的意思. 接下来的生字是

Kirin: 想成.

Adam: To change your thinking.

Kirin: 因为他很喜欢唱歌，所以他常常把自己想成是歌星.

Adam: Since he really likes to sing, he often thinks of himself as a singer.

Raphael: 好，今天的最后一个生字是

Kirin: 做成.

Adam: To make into.

Kirin: 妈妈把一些水果做成好喝的果汁.

Adam: Mother took some fruits and made it into great tasting fruit juice.

Kirin: 他可以把一张纸做成飞机.

Adam: He can take a sheet of paper and make it into a plane.

Raphael: 好，让我们复习一下我们今天教你们的生字.

Adam: To transform or change into.