Saturday, March 21, 2015

由...组成 (yóu...zǔchéng : be consisted of)

Today, we are going to learn a new pattern: 由...组成, which means "be made up from". 
yóu means "from", and 组成 zǔchéng means “be composed of (certain components)". For example, 

  • 电脑软件和硬件组成。The computer is made up of software and hardware. 
  • 拼音声母、韵母、和声调组成。A pinyin is consisted of initials, finals, and tones.
  • 地球表面陆地和海洋组成Dìqiú biǎomiàn yóu lùdì hé hǎiyáng zǔchéng. The surface of the Earth is made up of lands and oceans. 

So, you can say "由 X, Y, 和Z组成". Please try to rearrange the words and form sentences:
1. 一年   十二个月   由      组成
2. 一个  由     星期      组成     七天   
3. 鸡蛋  组成   还有  蛋清  蛋黄  蛋壳  由
4. 这个    英文    由     四个     字母      单词      组成
5. 形声字  由   声旁   形旁     和    组成
  
Please describe the following picture. 



Please try to translate the following sentences:
  1. The teacher asked the students what water was composed of.
  2. Wang Jiaming said a water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom

    • hint: 
      • water molecule=水分子Shuǐ fèn zi, 
      • oxygen atom=氧原子yǎng yuánzǐ, 
      • hydrogen atoms=氢原子qīng yuánzǐ.

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