Thursday, August 4, 2011

Chinese: Gloss list for August 4

As I was reading a Chinese document on the Kindle App for Android earlier today, I reflected that if I could export highlights I made to my .mobi files (which are stored in .mbp files), I could quickly build good gloss lists.

Alas, over an hour of researching later, it seems there is no easy way to export these highlights! The .mbp file format is inscrutable. Poo on Kindle.

Anyway, though, why not take a little time to make a short gloss list anyway? It was essentially a good idea.

黍秸編上黍秸的牆,就圍成一個廁所 (一樓黍秸牆的廁所,好農民)
肥效據說干校的糞,肥效特高(因為知識份子吃的好,肥料有效)
綠肥我們挖了一個長方形的大淺坑漚綠肥。(綠色的肥料要漚好)
油氈棚頂也用黍秸,上蓋油氈,下遮塑料布。(好像我們美國人不用油氈?)
窯下散落著許多碎磚(窯是地下熱量高的灶)
鴨兒梨一般只有鴨兒梨大小 (鴨兒梨沒吃過)
窩棚住窩棚的三人(好像比牛棚好)
迤邐默存每天沿著我們菜地東邊的小溪迤邐往南又往東去。(我覺得迤儷往比著急往安靜)
可親自撂給我(她老了不要撂的太快)
瓷實一旦捏來菜心已長瓷實(我心境沒達到這麼瓷實的樣子)
菜幫子菜畦裡還留下滿地的老菜幫子(老叶脉,窮人覺得可吃)
疙瘩菜我們種的疙瘩菜沒有收成(疙瘩菜好吃,新鮮切片也行,煮也行)
醃也行,煮也行
哈!哈!哈!」粗聲訇喝著圍獵野兔。
墳墩指著菜園以外東南隅兩個墳墩
闃無一人(實在闃然的地方)
枯葉??宏簇串串??地響
行囊一個老者背負行囊
枴杖拄著枴杖(
灌水渠灌水渠沒了(不要把灌水渠留給農人嗎?誇張)

That's a little over half an hour to gloss over twenty terms -- a good investment of time!

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