Lady in Painting Summary, pp 1 - 34!

[xuechengfeng]

<<畫兒上的美人>>開始的時候﹐這個作家商量張大明的沒有意思的生活。他家裡只

有一個人。他跟他的朋友一起玩﹐可是那以後﹐他們回家﹐所以他們可以看見太太

們和孩子們。

張大明有一個朋友﹐叫高老先生。他知道張大明的事情很沒有意思﹐所以他給張

大明畫一張畫兒﹐畫兒上有一個美人。張先生的朋友們來看見它﹐人人都覺得它很

好看。張先生收到這張畫兒以後﹐他跟畫兒上的美人開說話﹐雖然他只說話。

有一天﹐他去作工以前﹐他對美人笑著說﹕“別忘了給我做飯。”後來﹐他從作

工回家的時候﹐看見他的房子上有很多煙。所以他往房子跑﹐進去﹐可是看見沒有

火﹐只有做好的飯。他覺得真奇怪。第二天﹐他從作工回很早﹐就發現畫兒上的美

人下來作他的事情﹗他們就開始說話。張大明想她住在這兒﹔她說可以﹐然後他們

決定結婚。可是﹐她沒有姓﹐沒有名字﹐所以他們請高先生來﹐給她一個名字。他

叫她張美真。

有一天﹐美真作衣裳的時候﹐她聽見在外頭一個人哭。這個外頭的人得逮鴿子給

國王﹐如果不逮﹐國王就打他們。她想幫他們的忙﹐所以美真用紙作了兩個鴿子。

她對它們吹了一口氣﹐它們就變成真鴿子。國王吃這個鴿子的時候﹐他很喜歡﹐所

以他要更多。美真給張大明那些紙鴿子送國王﹐他很著急。送的時候﹐它們變成真

的﹐可是飛出去﹐所以國王很生氣。最後﹐國王叫手下的大官告訴美真他要見她。

[xuechengfeng]

請你幫幫我。

[Pravit]

Xuechengfeng, maybe noone's commented on it because it has no errors? I don't know enough Chinese to correct it, but I think you're doing a great job writing summaries for what you've written!

BTW, how do you type in traditional characters?

[marcopolo79]

薛乘風,

This is a really good essay, there are just a few minor problems.

#1: 作 & 做

If you are making a meal, making something constructed out of a physical object, you should always use 做, if you (as a person, not a specific action) are doing something in a certain capacity (such as being a teacher, being viewed as a certain thing, etc.) then you should use 作.

#2: 雖然

To my knowledge, 雖然 can never be used in a final clause of a sentence, 雖然 always introduces a topic, which is negated is an obligatory second clause. You should replace your use of 雖然 in 雖然他只說話 with 可是,不過,etc.

#3:看見 & 看到

This is a little bit tricky, and I might be mistaken, but 看+ 見 as a resultative complement is used for the ability to see, whereas 看+到 as a resultative complement is used when noticing specific things. If someone sees, regards, notices something specific, it would be best to use 看到.

[xuechengfeng]

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