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What an Ugly Teacup! Did you Make it?

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ID: 4058 Upper Intermediate
In this lesson, a friend pokes fun at an ugly pot they find in their friend's apartment. It turns out they handmade this teacup during a class of their new favourite hobby; hand- mad ceramic pottery.
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
造型 zàoxíng style
奇特 qítè peculiar; unusua
歪七扭八 wāiqīniǔbā for a shape to be twisted and crooked
手拉胚 shǒulāpēi pottery
诶这个花盆的造型怎么这么奇特呀歪七扭八的
ēi 诶zhège 这个huāpén 花盆de 的zàoxíng 造型zěnme 怎么zhème 这么qítè 奇特ya 呀wāiqīniǔbā 歪七扭八de 的
Huh? How is the design of this flower pot so… unique? It’s all warped.
什么花盆这是茶碗我跟我老婆上个月去上了一堂手拉胚的课这可是我亲手创作出来的陶碗呢
shénme 什么huāpén 花盆zhè 这shì 是cháwǎn 茶碗wǒ 我gēn 跟wǒ 我lǎopó 老婆shànggèyuè 上个月qù 去shàng 上le 了yī 一táng 堂shǒulāpēi 手拉胚de 的kè 课zhè 这kěshì 可是wǒ 我qīnshǒu 亲手chuàngzuò 创作chūlái 出来de 的táowǎn 陶碗ne 呢
What vase? That’s a teacup. I went last month to a pottery class with my wife, and this is a clay cup I made with my very own hands!
原来是出自你这个大艺术家之手呀我说呢怎么从来也没见过这么艺术的陶器难怪这口缘的起伏变化这么与众不同呢
yuánlái 原来shì 是chūzì 出自nǐ 你zhège 这个dà 大yìshùjiā 艺术家zhī 之shǒu 手ya 呀wǒ 我shuō 说ne 呢zěnme 怎么cónglái 从来yě 也méi 没jiàn 见guò 过zhème 这么yìshù 艺术de 的táoqì 陶器nánguài 难怪zhè 这kǒuyuán 口缘de 的qǐfú 起伏biànhuà 变化zhème 这么yǔzhòngbùtóng 与众不同ne 呢
So it actually came from the hands of such a great artist as yourself! Well, I say, I never have seen such an “artistic” example of pottery, no wonder the ups and downs of the mouth are so… one of a kind!
我我这是刻意捏的这样才有不规则的美感你再看这碗身的弧线我把手指间的力度拿捏得不错才能呈现出这么流畅的线条
wǒ 我wǒ 我zhè 这shì 是kèyì 刻意niē 捏de 的zhèyàng 这样cái 才yǒu 有bùguīzé 不规则de 的měigǎn 美感nǐ 你zài 再kàn 看zhè 这wǎn 碗shēn 身de 的húxiàn 弧线wǒ 我bǎ 把shǒuzhǐ 手指jiān 间de 的lìdù 力度nániē 拿捏de 得bùcuò 不错cáinéng 才能chéngxiàn 呈现chū 出zhème 这么liúchàng 流畅de 的xiàntiáo 线条
I… I shaped it that way deliberately, that’s how I gave it its irregular beauty. Look again at the curvature of the cup’s body, I had to pinch it with just the right amount of pressure between my fingers, and only then did I manage to get such smooth lines.
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