Hey everyone, we're almost there! This is the final part of the Chinese news article we've been going through for the past couple of posts. For some of you this may be your first time reading an actual Chinese news article from start to finish so congratulations! It wasn't as intimidating as it looked am I right?
Granted, I know it wasn't the easiest of reads, but as I mentioned in an earlier post, reading a real life news articles such as this will really help you learn the right way Chinese people write (and talk) in their day-to-day life.
For those of you who enjoyed this post I will try to find some more like it in the future - don't worry I will try to find shorter ones this time 🙂
Now by now you have seen the various reviews cited from different sources and different experts. Each expert has given his or her opinions/take on the iPhone 6s. Today's part of the article finally wraps it all up and brings us back to the main point of the article which can be seen in the title of the article which is "买不买 iPhone6s?" in other words "should you buy the iPhone 6s?" Here the author comes to a conclusion, and once again cites several of the sources we have seen so far in the previous posts.
Okay let's get started but right before that here's my deconstruction of the key vocabulary. Happy reading!
Key Vocabulary:
亮点(liàng diǎn) - highlight
摄像(shè xiàng) - camera shooting
处理器(chú lǐ qì) - processor (as in the computer chip)
坚硬(jiān yìng) - solid
直观(zhí guān) - obvious
觊觎(jì yú) - to long for, eager to get. As in, to covet the new iPhone 6s.
大开眼界(dà kāi yǎn jiè) - let you open your eyesight and see more things
叛变(pàn biàn) - betray or defect
阵营(zhèn yíng) - camp. But not in the sense of going out on a camping trip with campfire, instead in the sense of groups of people. So in the article it means the Apple Camp vs the Android Camp. It's kind of like how you might say in English Team Apple or Team Android.
愉悦(yú yuè) - joyful, cheerful
推荐(tuī jiàn) - recommend or recommendation
动机(dòng jī) - motivation. I really like this word in Chinese. It literally means "moving + machine" and is the same word that can also mean a motor or locomotive. But Chinese people also use this to describe human motivation and when you think of it it's really an apt description because motivation is the driving force that moves humans.
整合(zhěng hé) - integrate
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