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Nobel Prize in Literature

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ID: 2810 Upper Intermediate
When an author wins a nobel prize in literature it is a huge deal, especially for book sales. This can mean overnight stardom and books flying off the shelves. Listen to two friends discuss literature and the nobel prize award, and the difficulty in getting one of these author's books. Photo by jplauriente
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
闷闷不乐 mènmènbùlè unhappy
冷门 lěngmén not in demand; obscure
畅销 chàngxiāo bestselling
得主 dézhǔ winner
怎么了你看起来一副闷闷不乐的样子
zěnmele 怎么了nǐ 你kànqǐlái 看起来yī 一fù 副mènmènbùlè 闷闷不乐de 的yàngzi 样子
What's wrong, you look pretty miserable.
刚从图书馆回来没借到想看的书你说现在的人也太疯狂了吧只要一得奖再冷门的书也会变得畅销
gāng 刚cóng 从túshūguǎn 图书馆huílai 回来méi 没jièdào 借到xiǎng 想kàn 看de 的shū 书nǐ 你shuō 说xiànzài 现在de 的rén 人yě 也tài 太fēngkuáng 疯狂le 了ba 吧zhǐyào 只要yī 一dé 得jiǎng 奖zài 再lěngmén 冷门de 的shū 书yě 也huì 会biànde 变得chàngxiāo 畅销
I just got back from the library and I didn't manage to borrow the book I wanted. People these days are pretty crazy, as soon as someone wins a prize, the most obscure book will turn into a bestseller.
这话是什么意思
zhè 这huà 话shì 是shénme 什么yìsi 意思
What do you mean by that?
我想要借的是今年诺贝尔文学奖得主白俄罗斯女作家斯维特拉娜阿列克谢耶维奇的作品
wǒ 我xiǎngyào 想要jiè 借de 的shì 是jīnnián 今年nuòbèiěr 诺贝尔wénxué 文学jiǎng 奖dézhǔ 得主báiéluósī 白俄罗斯nǚ 女zuòjiā 作家Sīwéitèlānà 斯维特拉娜ālièkèxièyēwéiqí 阿列克谢耶维奇de 的zuòpǐn 作品
I wanted to borrow a book by a female Belarusian author called Svetlana Alexievich who won the Nobel Prize for Literature this year.
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