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一个夜里的复习 A night of revision
Xiao Hong reflects through a quiet night of revision. Teaches V + 起来 (begin / seem) and 看起来 / 听起来 (sensory judgement).
Dialogue
我一个人复习起来 — I start studying alone
- 小红 我一个人在房间里复习起来. I started studying alone in the room.
- 小红 夜里很安静, 灯亮着. It's quiet at night, the lamp is on.
- 小红 我认真背起来生词. I get into memorising new words.
- 同学 小红, 你在干什么? Xiao Hong, what are you doing?
- 小红 我刚复习起来. 你也来吗? I just started studying. You coming too?
- 同学 我有点困. 你先继续, 我休息一下. I'm sleepy. You keep going — I'll rest.
Dialogue
看起来很认真 — You look serious
- 同学 你看起来很认真, 灯关上一点吧, 眼睛舒服. You look serious. Dim the lamp — easier on the eyes.
- 小红 听起来你也想复习了. Sounds like you want to study too.
- 同学 我现在看书看起来很清楚, 不困了. Reading now feels clear — I'm not sleepy.
- 小红 太好了. 用老师教的方法, 我们一起坚持下去. Great. Using the method the teacher taught, let's keep going together.
- 同学 看起来今天我们都睡不好了. Looks like neither of us will sleep well tonight.
- 小红 没关系. 每天复习是好习惯, 学完我就睡. It's fine. Reviewing daily is a good habit — once I finish I'll sleep.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 夜里 | yè lǐ | n. | late night (recall ch25) |
| 一个人 | yí ge rén | adv. | alone (recall Bk1) |
| 房间 | fángjiān | n. | room (recall ch05) |
| 灯 | dēng | n. | lamp; light (recall Bk1) |
| 关 | guān | v. | close; turn off (recall Bk1) |
| 开 | kāi | v. | open; turn on (recall Bk1) |
| 认真 | rènzhēn | adj. | serious; conscientious |
| 困 | kùn | adj. | sleepy (recall ch25) |
| 坚持 | jiānchí | v. | persist (recall ch25) |
| 休息 | xiūxi | v. | rest (recall ch04) |
| 舒服 | shūfu | adj. | comfortable |
| 清楚 | qīngchu | adj. | clear; clearly |
| 继续 | jìxù | v. | continue (recall ch27) |
| 梦 | mèng | n. | dream |
| 想起来 | xiǎng qǐlái | v. | recall; come to mind |
| 小红 | Xiǎo Hóng | pn. | Xiao Hong (persona — recall ch21) |
New characters
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 梦 | mèng | dream (in 梦想) 梦想 mèngxiǎng — dream; aspiration |
Hanzi — writing & recognition
rèn recognise (in 认真) (recall ch24) Writing
zhēn real; serious (in 认真) Writing
kùn sleepy; surrounded Recognition
shū unfold; comfortable (in 舒服) Recognition
jì continue (in 继续) Recognition
Grammar
V + 起来 — 动作开始 V + 起来 — starting up an action
动词 + 起来 表示"动作开始 (并继续)". 我复习起来 / 他笑起来 / 雨下起来了. 这里 起来 不是"站起来"的方向意义, 是"开始 + 进行"的体貌意义. 句末加 了 表示"开始的新情况": 笑起来了. 否定: 没 + V + 起来. 注意宾语放在 起 和 来 之间, 或 起来 之后, 视情况: 背起来生词 / 背起生词来 (前者更常). 区分: V + 起来 (动作开始) vs 看 / 听 + 起来 (感官判断, 下一课).
`V + 起来` marks "the action begins (and continues)". 复习起来 / 笑起来 / 雨下起来了. The 起来 here is aspectual (start + continue), not directional. Sentence-final 了 announces the change. Negate: 没 + V + 起来. Objects often split: 背起来生词 / 背起生词来. Reserve the sensory use of 看/听 + 起来 for grammar-02.
- 我一个人复习起来. Wǒ yí ge rén fùxí qǐlái. I started studying alone.
- 他笑起来了. Tā xiào qǐlái le. He started laughing.
- 雨下起来了. Yǔ xià qǐlái le. It started raining.
- 小红认真背起来生词. Xiǎo Hóng rènzhēn bèi qǐlái shēngcí. Xiao Hong gets serious about new words.
Grammar
看 / 听 + 起来 — 感官判断 看 / 听 + 起来 — sensory judgement
上一课 (grammar-01) 的 V + 起来 是"动作开始". 本课的 看起来 / 听起来 + 形容词 / 句子 是固定结构: 表示"从外表 / 声音判断 X 是 …": 你看起来很认真 / 听起来很有意思. 跟说话人的眼睛 / 耳朵判断有关, 不是真实情况的肯定. 否定: 看起来不 + X / 听起来不像 + X. 也可以接句子: 看起来今天会下雨 (从天空判断). 类似还有 闻起来 / 吃起来 / 看上去 (近义).
Grammar-01: V + 起来 starts an action. `看起来 / 听起来 + adj / clause` is a fixed shape — "looks / sounds X" (judgement from senses, not a hard fact). 你看起来很认真. Negate as 看起来不 + X / 听起来不像 + X. Also takes full clauses: 看起来今天会下雨. Cousins: 闻起来 / 吃起来 / 看上去.
- 你看起来很认真. Nǐ kàn qǐlái hěn rènzhēn. You look serious.
- 听起来很有意思. Tīng qǐlái hěn yǒu yìsi. Sounds interesting.
- 看起来今天会下雨. Kàn qǐlái jīntiān huì xià yǔ. Looks like it will rain today.
- 这道题看起来不难. Zhè dào tí kàn qǐlái bù nán. This question doesn't look hard.
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