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Nobel Prize in Literature

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ID: 2810 Upper Intermediate
When an author wins a nobel prize in literature it is a huge deal, especially for book sales. This can mean overnight stardom and books flying off the shelves. Listen to two friends discuss literature and the nobel prize award, and the difficulty in getting one of these author's books. Photo by jplauriente
Thu Dec 10 2015 | Fiona Tian, Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
闷闷不乐 mènmènbùlè unhappy
冷门 lěngmén not in demand; obscure
畅销 chàngxiāo bestselling
得主 dézhǔ winner
怎么了，你看起来一副闷闷不乐的样子？
zěnmele ，nǐ kànqǐlái yī fù mènmènbùlè de yàngzi ？
What's wrong, you look pretty miserable.
刚从图书馆回来，没借到想看的书。你说现在的人也太疯狂了吧，只要一得奖，再冷门的书也会变得畅销。
gāng cóng túshūguǎn huílai ，méi jièdào xiǎng kàn de shū 。nǐ shuō xiànzài de rén yě tài fēngkuáng le ba ，zhǐyào yī dé jiǎng ，zài lěngmén de shū yě huì biànde chàngxiāo 。
I just got back from the library and I didn't manage to borrow the book I wanted. People these days are pretty crazy, as soon as someone wins a prize, the most obscure book will turn into a bestseller.
这话是什么意思？
zhè huà shì shénme yìsi ？
What do you mean by that?
我想要借的是今年诺贝尔文学奖得主，白俄罗斯女作家，斯维特拉娜·阿列克谢耶维奇的作品。
wǒ xiǎngyào jiè de shì jīnnián nuòbèiěr wénxué jiǎng dézhǔ ，báiéluósī nǚ zuòjiā ，Sīwéitèlānà ·ālièkèxièyēwéiqí de zuòpǐn 。
I wanted to borrow a book by a female Belarusian author called Svetlana Alexievich who won the Nobel Prize for Literature this year.
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