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Weather 天气不错

9/18/2013

Describe Weather in Chinese

Hi~ Sorry that I haven't posted for quite long time. Here is a lesson on weather. Enjoy!
First, let's learn these new words.

My Chinese Level 1 Lesson 7 weather flashcards from goldenkey

Conversation 1: How is the weather like in Beijing?

Běi jīng dōng tiān lěng bǔ lěng?
A: 北京冬天冷不冷？
Is winter in Beijing cold?

Lěng jí le. Yǒu shí hou xià xuě.
B: 冷极了。有时候下雪。
Super cold. It snows sometimes.

Xià tiān rè ma? Jīng cháng xià yǔ ma?
A: 夏天热吗？经常下雨吗？
Is summer hot? Does it always rain?

Hěn rè, qī bā yuè cháng cháng xià dà yǔ.
B: 很热，７、８月常常下大雨
Very hot, it rains frequently in July and August.

Chūn tiān hé qiū tiān zěn me yàng?
A: 春天和秋天怎么样？
How’s spring and fall?

Chūn tiān cháng guā dà fēng, ér qiě kōng qì gān zào.
B: 春天常刮大风，而且空气干燥。
Spring is often windy and (the air) also very dry.

Qiū tiān liáng kuài, bù lěng yě bú rè.
秋天凉快，不冷也不热。
The fall is nice and cool, neither cold nor hot.

冬天冷

夏天热

Conversation 2:

Xià yǔ le, Míng tiān tiān qì zěn me yàng?
A: 下雨了，明天天气怎么样？
It’s raining, how’s the weather tomorrow?

Tiān qì yù bào shuō:míng tiān shì qíng tiān.
B: 天气预报说：明天是晴天。
The weather forecast say tomorrow is sunny

Míng tiān yǒu fēng ma? Lěng bù lěng?
A: 明天有风吗？冷不冷？
Will there be wind tomorrow? Is it cold?

Yǒu fēng. Zǎo shang yǒu diǎnr liáng
B: 有风。早上有点儿凉。
there will be wind, a little bit cool in the morning.

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The Ball Float Up皮球浮上来了

3/22/2013

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Smart Stories for Kids in Chinese

jǐ gě hái zi zài dà shù xià pāi pí qiú。
几个孩子在大树下拍皮球。
A few kids are playing ball under the big tree.

pí qiú yī tiào， tiào dào shù dòng lǐ。
皮球一跳，跳到树洞里。
The ball bounced, and fall into a tree hole.

shù dòng hěn shēn， pí qiú ná bù chū lái le
树洞很深，皮球拿不出来了。
The tree hole is deep, and they could not get the ball out.

yǒu gè hái zi yòng pén dǎ lái shuǐ，bǎ shuǐ guàn dào shù dòng lǐ
有个孩子用盆打来水，把水灌到树洞里。
One kid got a basin full of water, and poured the water into the tree hole.
shuǐ guàn mǎn le， pí qiú fú shàng lái le。
水灌满了，皮球浮上来了。
The water fulfilled the hole and the ball float up.

New words:
Shù
树 tree
pāi
拍 clap
Tiào
跳 bounce / jump
Dòng
洞 hole
Lǐ
里 inside
shēn
深 deep
pí qiú
皮球 leather ball with air
ná
拿 take
Pén
盆 basin
guàn
灌 pour
mǎn
满 full
Fú
浮 float

Questions to think about:

xiǎo péng yǒu men zài zuò shén mē？
1.小朋友们在做什么？
what are the kids doing?
wèi shén me zhè gè qiú ná bù chū lái
2. 为什么这个球拿不出来？
Why couldn't the ball get out?
zuì hòu， qiú shì zěn me ná chū lái de？
3. 最后，球是怎么拿出来的？
Finally, how did they get the ball out?

Chinese radical (san dian sui)

氵is a radical. It means water. It is called 三点水(sān diǎn shuǐ )Chinese characters can be formed with a radical on the left and another element word on the right. Radicals gives meaning to the character, and the element part helps you to pronounce it.

Look at the text and write down all characters that has the 氵radical and find out their pinyin and meaning.

洞氵+ 同

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Chinese Conjunction: If ... Then...

2/6/2013

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rǔ guǒ jìu
如果…就… If…then…

Example:
Rú guǒ xià yu, wǒ jìu bù néng tī zú qíu
如果下雨，我就不能踢足球。
If it rains, then I can’t play soccer.

Exercise with the following phrases:

mǎi dàn gāo, mǎi qiǎo kē lì
买蛋糕，买巧克力
buy cake, buy chocolate

If I buy cake, then I can't buy chocolate

bù xué xí, wán yóu xì
不学习，玩游戏
don’t study, play game

If I don't study, then I can't play game