Raws li txoj cai, thaum kawm lus Askiv, peb tsom rau cov lus txhua hnub. Tom qab tag nrho, ua ntej ntawm tag nrho cov, koj yuav tsum paub yuav ua li cas sib txuas lus nrog cov neeg nyob rau hauv lub neej txhua hnub cov ntsiab lus, xws li huab cua, xov xwm tshiab, gastronomy, hobbies thiab passions. Tab sis xav txog nws: puas muaj peev xwm hais tias, thaum tuaj txog hauv tebchaws Askiv, koj tsuas yog tsis khoom nrog lub neej txhua hnub txhua hnub? Puas yog qhov siab tshaj plaws uas koj yuav tau npaj rau, yog kev sib pauv lus hais txog huab cua nrog ib tus neeg nyob ze? Tau kawg tsis. Ua ntej tshaj plaws, koj yuav xav tshawb txog thaj chaw, mus saib ntau lub tsev kawm kab lis kev cai. Cia peb xav txog qhov xwm txheej ntawm koj qhov kev mus ncig ua yeeb yam. Tau kawg, koj tuaj yeem ua ntsiag to saib cov duab, txav ntawm ib qho mus rau lwm qhov, lossis hnia koj tus ntiv tes ntawm cov ntsiab lus tshwj xeeb, thaum hais lus meager epithets xws li "zoo", "zoo nkauj", "interesting". Tab sis vim li cas ho tsis surprise cov neeg hauv zos nrog kev paub zoo txog lawv cov lus? Ntseeg kuv, lawv saib ntau "cov neeg uas ntsiag to". Nws yog qhov sib txawv kiag li thaum tus neeg txawv teb chaws tuaj yeem nthuav qhia ntau yam ntawm nws cov kev xav thiab muab cov lus piav qhia zoo ntawm daim duab.
Peb yuav pib nrog yam uas tau pom hauv daim duab piav qhia. Nws tuaj yeem yog portrait (portrait), toj roob hauv pes(tshwj xeeb) lossis tseem muaj sia (tseem muaj sia). Portraits yog cov nram qab no: tus kheej-portrait (tus kheej-portrait), puv-ntev (tag nrho-ntev), ib nrab-ntev (ib nrab-ntev), lub hauv caug-ntev (lub hauv caug-ntev), lub xub pwg-ntev (lub xub pwg-ntev).), pab pawg (pab pawg), caricature. Tam sim no cia peb tsiv mus rau toj roob hauv pes. Lawv yog nroog (townscape), marine (marina), depicting xwm (scenery). Peb tig mus rau hom tseem ceeb ntawm lub neej: nrog paj (paj daim), nrog txiv hmab txiv ntoo (txiv hmab txiv ntoo). Nrog rau qhov no peb tuaj yeem pib peb cov lus piav qhia ntawm daim duab.
Cia peb mus rau pem hauv ntej (foregroup). Yog hais tias koj muaj ib tug portrait nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm koj, tej zaum tus kws kos duab tau zoo qhia tus cwj pwm ntawm tus neeg nyob rau hauv nws (los nthuav qhia tus neeg lub cev, ua rau tus cwj pwm) los yog qhia tus cwj pwm txawv nrog lub siab dawb paug (kom qhia txog kev xav nrog lub siab dawb paug), ntes lub sijhawm nrog lub ntsej muag qhia (kom ntes cov lus qhia ib ntus).
Cov lus piav qhia hauv qab no tuaj yeem ntxiv rau cov lus piav qhia ntawm daim duab: ci ntsa iab (vim), lyrical (lyrical), kov (tsiv), tsaus muag (tsis pom tseeb), paj huam (poetical), lus hais lus (vulgar), romantic (romantic), sophisticated (exquisite), nyuaj siab (pathetic), zoo (zoo kawg li), luxurious (superb). Feem ntau, daim duab yuav zoo li rau koj ib tug masterpiece (masterpiece) los yog, conversely, ib tug xim tsis muaj xim. Hauv koj qhov kev piav qhia ntawm cov duab hauv lus Askiv, koj tuaj yeem ntxiv ob peb lo lus hais txog xim, piv txwv li: "tus kws kos duab tau pom zoo rau cov lus txib ntawm xim" (ua tiavlus txib ntawm cov xim) los yog "muaj kev nkag siab zoo ntawm cov xim thiab muaj pes tsawg leeg" (zoo siab heev ntawm cov xim thiab muaj pes tsawg leeg). Los yog, ntawm qhov tsis sib xws, kev xaiv ua ke ntawm cov xim zoo li koj qw (crude) lossis mob (kev nyuaj siab). Ib daim duab tuaj yeem tawm tsam nrog cov xim ci ntsa iab (ntau ntawm cov xim zoo nkauj) lossis xim qhov tob (tseem ceeb heev).
Sau cov lus piav qhia ntawm daim duab ua lus Askiv, nws tsim nyog nco ntsoov: nws yog qhov zoo dua los qhia koj tus kheej kom meej thiab meej, thaum hais txog cov yam ntxwv tseem ceeb ntawm daim duab, dua li hais ntau yam zoo nkauj (lossis tsis yog) cov lus, tab sis tsis txhob ntaus lub qhov muag nyuj. Ib qho kev piav qhia ntawm daim duab yuav tsum pib nrog koj qhov kev nkag siab ntawm qhov uas tau piav qhia. Yog tias koj tshwm sim tsis muaj cov ntsiab lus los qhia koj qhov kev xav, koj tuaj yeem hais qee yam xws li "Cov ntawv no tau ua rau kuv zoo siab heev, uas kuv tsis tuaj yeem xaiv cov lus tsim nyog los qhia kuv qhov kev xav!" ("Txoj hauj lwm no ua rau kuv muaj kev xav zoo heev uas kuv nrhiav tsis tau cov lus zoo los qhia kuv lub tswv yim!"). Pom zoo, cov lus no kuj yog ib qho kev piav qhia ntawm daim duab, thiab txawm tias zoo nkauj heev!
Tam sim no koj tau npaj txhij mus ntsib lub tsev kos duab hauv London (piv txwv li). Tsuas yog xav kom koj txaus siab rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm kos duab!
