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Stage 3 · Lesson 18

Choosing colours for a group project

Describe colours and agree on a product name.

19 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/44 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pass 1: understand the situation. Pass 2: hide meanings and read. Pass 3: retell it in your own words.

Conversation

安安
我们wǒ men要yào给gěi小xiǎo书shū做zuò一yī个gè封fēng面miàn。白bái色sè的de纸zhǐ很好hěn hǎo,不bù过guò只zhǐ用yòng白bái,样yàng子zi会huì不bù会huì太tài普pǔ通tōng?

We need a cover for our booklet. White paper looks good, but would white alone seem too ordinary?

小禾
可以kě yǐ加jiā红hóng色sè和hé黄huáng色sè。红hóng、黄huáng放fàng在zài一yī起qǐ很hěn清qīng楚chu,不同bù tóng的de地dì方fāng用yòng不同bù tóng的de颜yán色sè。

We could add red and yellow. They are clear together, with different colours for different sections.

安安
我wǒ还hái想xiǎng用yòng蓝lán色sè画huà天tiān,用yòng绿lǜ色sè画huà树shù。蓝lán和hé绿lǜ好看hǎo kàn,黑hēi色sè的de字zì放fàng在zài上shàng面miàn能néng看kàn清qīng吗ma?

I also want blue for the sky and green for trees. They look nice, but will black lettering be readable on them?

小禾
先xiān试shì一yī小xiǎo块kuài。不bù能néng只zhǐ因yīn为wèi黑hēi好看hǎo kàn就jiù都dōu用yòng黑hēi。书shū名míng也yě要yào选xuǎn好hǎo,名míng称chēng不要bù yào跟gēn别bié人rén完wán全quán相xiāng同tóng。

Test a small patch first. Do not use only black just because it looks good. Choose a title that is not identical to somebody else's.

Extension reading

老师lǎo shī称chēng这zhè本běn小xiǎo书shū为wéi班bān级jí作zuò品pǐn,让ràng大家dà jiā写xiě上shàng每měi位wèi同学tóng xué的de名míng。每měi个gè人rén可以kě yǐ画huà得de不同bù tóng,却què要yào用yòng同tóng样yàng清qīng楚chu的de字zì。

The teacher calls it a class project and asks for every student's name. The drawings may differ, but all lettering should be clear.

安ān安ān把bǎ几jǐ张zhāng不同bù tóng样yàng子zi的de封fēng面miàn摆bǎi在zài一yī起qǐ,先xiān请qǐng同学tóng xué看kàn,再zài听tīng大家dà jiā的de意yì见jiàn。最zuì后hòu选xuǎn出chū的de封fēng面miàn很hěn简jiǎn单dān,却què很hěn容róng易yì读dú。

Anan lays out several cover designs for feedback. The chosen cover is simple and easy to read.

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