深奥的文学Deep Literature

New words

• 深奥shēn'ào — deep, hard to understand
• 内涵nèihán — depth, deeper meaning
• 风格fēnggé — style
• 所谓suǒwèi — so-called
• 经典jīngdiǎn — classic
• 思考sīkǎo — to think deeply

The story

马克：导演，这是我写的剧本。五百页。Director, here's the script I wrote. Five hundred pages.

导演：五百页？！电影只有两个小时！整体来看，太长了。Five hundred pages?! A film is only two hours! Overall: too long.

马克：我的小说很深奥。每一页都有内涵，不能少。My novel is deep. Every page has depth. None can go.

导演：内涵？什么是内涵？Depth? What is depth?

马克：内涵就是……很深奥的东西。Depth is... something very deep.

导演：那什么是深奥？Then what is deep?

马克：深奥就是……很有内涵。Deep is... having a lot of depth.

导演：我懂了。所谓内涵，就是没有人看得懂。I see. So-called depth means nobody can understand it.

Opening the lesson…