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Lesson 5 · 这样的照片才好看

What you'll learn

Choose and describe photos with degree complements, reduplicated measure words, and existential sentences.

About 35 min
A cute cartoon park photo scene with friends choosing blank photo cards on a table.
1

Listen and Read

Choose better photos and describe what appears in the background.

小雨
这张照片亮得很，我觉得很好看。
Zhè zhāng zhào piàn liàng dé hěn, wǒ jué de hěn hǎo kàn.
This photo is very bright. I think it looks good.
小林
可是后边走过来两个人，画面有点儿乱。
Kě shì hòu biān zǒu guò lái liǎng gè rén, huà miàn yǒu diǎnr luàn.
But two people are walking over in the back, so the picture is a little messy.
小雨
那我们选前面这几张吧，张张都很好看。
Nà wǒ men xuǎn qián miàn zhè jǐ zhāng ba, zhāng zhāng dōu hěn hǎo kàn.
Then let’s choose these photos in front. Every one of them looks good.
小林
我对这张比较感兴趣，颜色不深也不浅。
Wǒ duì zhè zhāng bǐ jiào gǎn xìng qù, yán sè bù shēn yě bù qiǎn.
I am more interested in this one. The color is neither too dark nor too light.
小雨
对，这样的照片才好看。
Duì, zhè yàng de zhào piàn cái hǎo kàn.
Right. Photos like this are the ones that look good.
2

Core Words

Practice the words that carry this lesson's dialogue, patterns, and final question.

照片
zhào piàn
photo
这样
zhè yàng
like this
比较
bǐ jiào
relatively; fairly
感兴趣
gǎn xìng qù
to be interested
张
zhāng
measure word for flat objects
后边
hòu biān
back; behind
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Pattern: `adjective + 得很`

形容词 + 得很

`得很` after an adjective means the degree is high. It is common in spoken Chinese.

这张照片亮得很。
Zhè zhāng zhào piàn liàng dé hěn.
This photo is very bright.
今天的风大得很。
Jīn tiān de fēng dà dé hěn.
The wind is very strong today.
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Pattern: Measure-Word Reduplication

张张 / 个个 / 件件 + 都

A reduplicated measure word means every item in that group has the same feature.

这些照片张张都好看。
Zhè xiē zhào piàn zhāng zhāng dōu hǎo kàn.
Every one of these photos looks good.
这些房间间间都很干净。
Zhè xiē fáng jiān jiān jiān dōu hěn gān jìng.
Every one of these rooms is clean.
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Pattern: Existential Appearance

place + verb/complement + number + person/thing

This pattern says that something appears, moves in, or disappears at a place.

后边走过来两个人。
Hòu biān zǒu guò lái liǎng gè rén.
Two people are walking over from behind.
前面开过来一辆车。
Qián miàn kāi guò lái yí liàng chē.
A car is coming over from the front.
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Learning Note

`才` highlights the better choice.

In `这样的照片才好看`, `才` suggests that photos with this kind of quality are truly the good ones.

7

Practice

Choose the every-item sentence.

You are talking about all photos in a group.

Which sentence means every photo is good?

8

Practice

Choose the sentence with `才`.

You think the photo looks good only after the person smiles.

Which sentence uses `才` naturally?