中央美院送毕业生“瓜田”Free watermelon at art school exhibition

A “Watermelon(西瓜) field(地)” is on display in China's top(顶级的) art school, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, as part of its graduation(毕业) exhibition(展览).

Visitors can take(拿) the watermelon home or crack(打开) one open and eat(吃) it on the site.

What are the implications behind the show? The school presents the 3,500 watermelons hoping to build a connection(联系) between the school and graduates.

All melons have been given out to graduates after show on last Thursday.

词汇 Words:

[xī guā] 西瓜 watermelon
[dì] 地 field
[bì yè] 毕业 graduation
[zhǎn lǎn] 展览 exhibition
[lián xì] 联系 connection
[ná] 拿 take
[dǎ kāi] 打开 crack
[chī] 吃 eat

重点词汇 Key Word:

地 <名词 n.>

• earth
  E.g. Dì qiú rào zhe tài yáng zhuǎn。
  地球绕着太阳转。
  The earth rotates round the sun. 

• fields; soil
  E.g. Shān qián shì yī piàn lǜ yóu yóu de tián dì。
  山前是一片绿油油的田地。
  In front of the hill are green fields. 

• ground; floor
  E.g. Nǐ néng sǎo yī xià dì ma?
  你能扫一下地吗?
  Would you please sweep the floor?

• area; region; district
  E.g. Zài běi jīng xué xí de liú xué shēng lái zì shì jiè gè dì。
  在北京学习的留学生来自世界各地。
  The foreign students studying in Beijing come from all parts of the world. 

• location; site; spot
  E.g. Bǐ sài jìn xíng dào yī bàn shí,shuāng fāng jiāo huàn le chǎng dì。
  比赛进行到一半时,双方交换了场地。
  At half-time the teams change ends.

• position; situation
  E.g. Zhēn méi xiǎng dào tā huì luò dào zhè gè dì bù。
  真没想到他会落到这个地步。
  I never expected he would be in such a plight.

• space
  E.g. Zhè zhàn bù liǎo duō shao dì er 。
  这占不了多少地儿。
  This won't take up much space.

• distance
  E.g. Wǒ jiā lí xué yuàn zhǐ yǒu yī zhàn dì。
  我家离学院只有一站地。
  My home is only a bus stop from the college.