A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

Today I told students how lucky they were when showing them two pictures of deck. Although their vocabulary book gave Chinese definitions of  the word: 甲板; 露台, the students  still couldn't have a good grasp of the word when it means "a wooden floor built out from the back of a house, where you can sit and relax outdoors." After I showed them the photos I found online, they got a clear image. More often than not, a picture gives a better definition of a word than the dictionary does.

Here are two photos of deck other than the ones I showed in class.



http://mbcremodeling.com/blog/decklancasterpa/sizzling-summer-decks/

 



http://www.lowes.com/cd_Build+a+Deck_578806386_