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". 
由yóu means "from", and 组成 zǔchéng means “be composed of (certain components)". For example, 

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

So, you can say "A 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: 
      • a 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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