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Yajie: \u5927\u5bb6\u597d. This is Yajie. Welcome to the Chinese Studio.
Cam: \u5927\u5bb6\u597d(dajia hao). This is Cam. Time flies. Again it comes to the end if the week. Time for us to review what we’ve learned this week.
Yajie: Yes. First let’s check Sentences in the week.
 
***************Sentences in the week<\/strong>
This week we’ve mainly focused on the weather. \u5929\u6c14 , weather. \u9884\u62a5, forecast.  \u4eca\u5929\u6bd4\u6628\u5929\u70ed\u3002Today’s hotter than yesterday. \u70ed, hot. \u51b7, cold. \u51c9\u5feb, cool. \u522e\u98ce, to blow. \u4e0b\u96e8, to rain. \u4e0b\u96ea, to snow.
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Yajie: \u4eca\u5929\u7684\u5929\u6c14\u9884\u62a5\u4f60\u542c\u4e86\u5417\uff1fDid you hear today’s weather report?
Cam: \u4eca\u5929\u7684\u5929\u6c14\u9884\u62a5\u4f60\u542c\u4e86\u5417\uff1f(j\u012bnti\u0101n de ti\u0101nqì yùbào n\u01d0 t\u012bng le ma?)
Yajie: \u4eca\u5929 means today. J-i-n, \u4eca, the first tone; t-i-a-n, \u5929, also the first tone. Together it’s\u4eca\u5929j\u012bnti\u0101n.
Cam: \u4eca\u5929j\u012bnti\u0101n. And tomorrow is \u660e\u5929, right?
Yajie: Yes. \u5929\u6c14 means weather. T-i-an, the first tone, \u6c14, qi, the fourth tone.
Cam: \u5929\u6c14 (ti\u0101nqì).
Yajie: \u9884\u62a5, forecast. \u9884, y-u, the fourth tone; and \u62a5, b-a-o, also the fourth tone. \u9884\u62a5.
Cam: \u9884\u62a5(yùbào).
Yajie: \u542c, t-i-n-g, the first tone. \u542c.
Cam: \u542c(t\u012bng).
Yajie: As we mentio<\/em>ned before, \u4e86 suggests the completion of an action and \u5417 is a question mark. The answer to the question could be yes or no. If it’s positive, you could say \u542c\u4e86.
Cam: \u542c\u4e86. Today’s high is 30 degrees, actually.
Yajie: Good. In Chinese it means: \u4eca\u5929\u6700\u9ad8\u6c14\u6e29\u4e09\u5341\u5ea6.
Cam: \u4eca\u5929\u6700\u9ad8\u6c14\u6e29\u4e09\u5341\u5ea6.<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (1)<\/p>\n

Yajie: \u70ed, hot. R-e, the fourth tone.
Cam: \u70ed (rè).
Yajie: \u6bd4is similar to the English word “than”.
Cam: \u6bd4 (b\u01d0).
Yajie:\u4eca\u5929\u6bd4\u6628\u5929\u70ed. Today is hotter than yesterday.
Cam: \u4eca\u5929\u6bd4\u6628\u5929\u70ed. (j\u012bnti\u0101n b\u01d0 zuóti\u0101n rè).
Yajie: \u51b7, l-\u011b-n-g, the third tone, cold.
Cam: \u51b7 (l\u011bng).
Yajie: Cool in Chinese is \u51c9\u5feb.
Cam: \u51c9\u5feb(liángkuai). \u51c9\u5feb(liángkuai) is normally used to describe the weather in autumn.
Yajie: For example,\u8fd9\u513f\u7684\u79cb\u5929\u771f\u51c9\u5feb\uff01It’s cool here in autumn.
Cam: \u8fd9\u513f\u7684\u79cb\u5929\u771f\u51c9\u5feb\uff01(zhèr de qi\u016bti\u0101n zh\u0113n liángkuai).<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (2)<\/p>\n

Yajie: \u522e, g-u-a, the first tone, means to blow
Cam: \u522e(gu\u0101).
Yajie: \u98ce, feng, the first tone, wind.
Cam: \u98ce (f\u0113ng).
Yajie: \u522e\u98ce.
Cam: \u522e\u98ce(gu\u0101 f\u0113ng).
Yajie: So in Chinese “Today it’s windy” is \u4eca\u5929\u522e\u98ce\u3002
Cam: \u4eca\u5929\u522e\u98ce (j\u012bnti\u0101n gu\u0101f\u0113ng)..
Yajie: Then how do you say “It’s often windy during the spring in Beijing?”
Cam: \u6625\u5929\u5317\u4eac\u7ecf\u5e38\u522e\u98ce (ch\u016bnti\u0101n B\u011bij\u012bng j\u012bngcháng gu\u0101f\u0113ng).
Yajie: very good. And also we learned “It rains a lot during the summer in Shanghai” it’s \u590f\u5929\u4e0a\u6d77\u7ecf\u5e38\u4e0b\u96e8\u3002
Cam: \u590f\u5929\u4e0a\u6d77\u7ecf\u5e38\u4e0b\u96e8 (xiàti\u0101n Shàngh\u01cei j\u012bngchaáng xià y\u01d4)\u3002
Yajie: \u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\u51ac\u5929\u4e0b\u5f88\u5927\u7684\u96ea\u3002It snows heavily in Harbin in the winter.
Cam: \u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\u51ac\u5929\u4e0b\u5f88\u5927\u7684\u96ea (H\u0101érb\u012bn de d\u014dngti\u0101n xià h\u011bn dà de xu\u011b)\u3002<\/p>\n

*************** Sentences in the week
This week we’ve talked a<\/em>bout the weather. \u522e\u98ce, to blow. \u6625\u5929\u5317\u4eac\u7ecf\u5e38\u522e\u98ce\u3002It’s often windy during the spring in Beijing. \u4e0b\u96e8, to rain. \u590f\u5929\u4e0a\u6d77\u7ecf\u5e38\u4e0b\u96e8\u3002It rains a lot during the summer in Shanghai. \u4e0b\u96ea, to snow. \u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\u7684\u51ac\u5929\u4e0b\u5f88\u5927\u7684\u96ea\u3002It snows heavily in Harbin in the winter. 
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