农民用玉米盖出“黄金屋” Chinese farmer builds golden yard with corn

A golden(金色的) yard(院子) attracted(吸引) great attention in Shulan city(舒兰市), Jilin province, on Nov. 8. Local farmer Liu Hongcai(刘洪财) built(建造) the yard with over(超过) 20,000 ears of corn(玉米). The house(房屋) in the middle of the yard is 12 meters long(长) and 4 meters wide(宽).

词汇 Words:

[yù mǐ] 玉米 corn
[yuàn zi] 院子 yard
[fáng wū] 房屋 house
[xī yǐn] 吸引 attract
[jiàn zào] 建造 build
[chāo guò] 超过 over
[cháng] 长 long
[kuān] 宽 wide
[jīn sè de] 金色的 golden

重点词汇 Key word:

盖

• <名词 n.> lid; cover
  E.g. Jiē shàng de yīgè xiàshuǐdào jǐngkǒu méi gàir。
  街上的一个下水道井口没盖儿。
  There is a well left open in the street.

• <动词 v.> cover (up); coat
  E.g. Gàizi gài bù shàng。
  盖子盖不上。
  The lid doesn't fit。

• <动词 v.> concel
  E.g. Zhēnxiàng shì gài bù zhù de。
  真相是盖不住的。
  The facts can not be concealed.

• <动词 v.> build; construct
  E.g. Zài nàlǐ tāmen xuéhuì le gài fángzi。
  在那里他们学会了盖房子。
  There they learnt to build houses.