Most literary works don't translate well into films.
很多文学作品演绎成电影都不理想。
I wasn't serious, I meant it as a joke.
我并非有意,我只是开个玩笑而已。
OK. We can get some more tomorrow. We should finish the floor now. Can you take the other end of this piece of wood? Now you have to pull it to make the surface smooth like that.