TED演讲：轻松学习阅读汉字(2)

 　　Open your mouth as wide as possible until it's square. You get a mouth. 把你的嘴张得越大越好，直到变成正方形。这就是一个“口“字。

　　This is a person going for a walk. Person. 这是一个人正在散步。“人”字。

　　If the shape of the fire is a person with two arms on both sides, “火”字的形状就是一个人在两边有两只胳膊，

　　as if she was yelling¹ frantically², "Help! I'm on fire!" 好像她正在大喊大叫：“救命啊！我着火了！”

　　This symbol actually is originally from the shape of the flame, 实际上，这符号最初来自于火苗的形状，

　　but I like to think that way. Whichever works for you. 但是我喜欢那方法。大家随便选。

　　This is a tree. Tree. This is a mountain. 这是一棵树木。"木"。这是一座"山"。

　　The sun. The moon. The symbol of the door looks like a pair of saloon doors in the wild west. "日"。"月"。“門”的符号，就像狂野西部片里轿车上的一对门。

　　I call these eight characters radicals³. 我称这八个字为基本字，

　　They are the building blocks for you to create lots more characters. 它们是一堆组件，以创造出很多其他的字。

　　A person. If someone walks behind, that is "to follow." 一个“人”。如果另一个人走在后面，意思就是“跟随”。

　　As the old saying goes, two is company, three is a crowd. 有句谚语，二人为从，三人为众。

　　If a person stretched their arms wide, this person is saying, "It was this big." 如果有个人打开双臂，这个人说：“它有这么大。”

　　The person inside the mouth, the person is trapped. 把“人”放在“口”里，这个人被困住了。

　　He's a prisoner, just like Jonah inside the whale. 他就变成了"囚"徒，就像约拿被困在鲸鱼肚子里。

1 yelling   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players. 教练站在场外，大声指挥运动员。
• He let off steam by yelling at a clerk. 他对一个职员大喊大叫，借以发泄怒气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

3 radicals   

n.激进分子( radical的名词复数 )；根基；基本原理；[数学]根数

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals. 一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句