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VOA日常语法2022--Describing Your Favorite Book

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Describing Your Favorite Book

In a recent Everyday Grammar story, we asked our listeners1 and online fans to tell us about their favorite books. We received many wonderful messages from our audience around the world. Thanks to all for the great exchange.

In today's report, we will take a close look at one of these notes. Language teacher Orhan wrote to us from Iran, where he teaches Turkish.

Orhan described an important day and an important book in his life.

Orhan's message

He wrote:

I am Orhan from Iran.

When I was 20 years old, I was visiting my father's family in Tabriz that I saw my cousin was reading a book in Turkish.

We suggest removing "that" and breaking the sentence into two shorter statements2. The sentence could also use the simple past – "visited" instead of "was visiting."

The updated sentence could be something like this:

When I was 20 years old, I visited my father's family in Tabriz and saw my cousin reading a book in Turkish.

Orhan's next line gives more details about why the Turkish book interested him:

Despite being millions of Turkish speaking people in Iran , our mother language , Turkish , is not formal and there is not schools that teach in Turkish so I didn't see a Turkish book until that day.

We suggest breaking the sentence into shorter individual sentences and then re-ordering the ideas. Let's put the sentence, "I had never seen a Turkish book before that day," first. It flows well from the sentence just before, "... and saw my cousin reading a book in Turkish."

There are a few grammatical4 changes we might make as well. For example, "...there is not schools..." should be "there are no schools...."

We also suggest replacing "despite" with "although."

The updated sentences might go like this:

I had never seen a Turkish book before that day.

Although there are millions of Turkish speakers in Iran, Turkish is not an official language. There are no schools that teach in Turkish.

Orhan then wrote:

Based on my request my cousin gave me that Turkish book.

The sentence could be simplified5 to the following:

My cousin gave me that Turkish book.

Then Orhan explained the effect the book had on his life.

I learned6 grammar of Turkish by reading that book and interested in Turkish literature so I went Turkey to study Turkish literature.

We suggest using "Turkish grammar" instead of "grammar of Turkish." The updated sentences might go like this:

I learned Turkish grammar by reading that book. I became interested in Turkish literature, so I went to Turkey to study the subject.

Orhan ends his piece with:

That thin book is my favourite book and changed my whole life.

The ending words - "changed my whole life" - are the most important. They could stand as their own sentence, as in:

That thin book is my favorite book. It changed my whole life.

Closing thoughts

Here is Orhan's message with our suggested changes:

I am Orhan from Iran.

When I was 20 years old, I visited my father's family in Tabriz and saw my cousin reading a book in Turkish. I had never seen a Turkish book before that day.

Although there are millions of Turkish speakers in Iran, Turkish is not an official language. There are no schools that teach in Turkish.

My cousin gave me that Turkish book. I learned Turkish grammar by reading it. I became interested in Turkish literature, so I went to Turkey to study the subject.

That thin book is my favorite book. It changed my whole life.

We thank Orhan for his message and wish him continued success in his teaching7 and in his English studies.

If you would like to receive writing advice, write us a short message of 4-6 sentences. Talk about your favorite movie – when you saw it, what it means8 to you. Maybe your message will be chosen for our next exploration9 of writing on Everyday Grammar.

Words in This Story

update – v. to change (something) by including the most recent information

grammar – n. the whole system and structure10 of a language

cousin – n. a child of a person's uncle or aunt

despite – prep. in spite3 of

formal – adj. following established form, custom, or rule


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1 listeners 9f99697c78e088cb04e67afd7a9d1068     
n.倾听者,收听者( listener的名词复数 );听众
参考例句:
  • the demographics of radio listeners 电台听众统计数据
  • The singer's high notes jarred on the ears of her listeners. 那位歌手的高音让听众们觉得刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 statements f52ceeba305a64ab1e3b59fcd77fbf53     
n.声明( statement的名词复数 );(思想、观点、文章主题等的)表现;(文字)陈述;结算单
参考例句:
  • We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
  • The report is inconsistent with the financial statements. 这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。
3 spite uv7wD     
n.(用于短语)虽然,不顾,尽管
参考例句:
  • He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.尽管他年事很高,但思想观念却很入时。
  • In spite of his anger,his remarks were restrained.他尽管生气,说的话还是有节制的。
4 grammatical SfLx6     
adj.语法的,符合语法规则的
参考例句:
  • His composition is excellent except for some grammatical mistakes.他的作文写得很好,只有几处语法错误。
  • He can barely form a grammatical sentence.他几乎造不出合乎语法的句子。
5 simplified eca7ead8c03f8002f147dea3a41daab1     
使(某事物)简单[简明],简化( simplify的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The application forms have now been simplified. 申请表格现已简化了。
  • He presents the theory in a grossly simplified form. 他极其简明地陈述了这个理论。
6 learned m1oxn     
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
7 teaching ngEziT     
n.教学,执教,任教,讲授;(复数)教诲
参考例句:
  • We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
  • He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。
8 means 9oXzBX     
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
参考例句:
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
9 exploration ah2za     
n.探险,踏勘,探测
参考例句:
  • Their team will undertake exploration for oil.他们队将着手进行石油勘探工作。
  • This book is descriptive of a scientific exploration.这本书是描写科学探险的。
10 structure PtNw5     
n.结构,构造,建筑物;v.构成;
参考例句:
  • Doctors study the structure of the human body.医生研究人体构造。
  • A flower has quite a complicated structure.一朵花的结构相当复杂。

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