{"id":10718,"date":"2019-11-15T14:17:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T14:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-029-weather-1\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T14:17:21","slug":"lesson-029-weather-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/lesson-029-weather-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 029 Weather (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yajie: \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d\uff0ceveryone. Thanks for joining us again on Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
Cam: \u5927\u5bb6\u65e9\u4e0a\u597d(dàji\u0101 z\u01ceoshang h\u01ceo), I’m Cam. As summer comes it’s becoming hotter and hotter here in Beijing. And sometimes we even get a mid-summer rainfall. So it’s quite im<\/em>portant to learn some key words a<\/em>bout weather.
Yajie:  Right. Let’s listen to our Key Words of the Day.<\/p>\n

************Key words of the day<\/strong>
Today we’ll learn ex<\/em>pressions a<\/em>bout weather. \u4eca\u5929\u7684\u5929\u6c14\u9884\u62a5\u4f60\u542c\u4e86\u5417\uff1f\u4eca\u5929\u6700\u9ad8\u6c14\u6e29\u591a\u5c11\u5ea6\uff1f\u6700\u4f4e\u6c14\u6e29\u591a\u5c11\u5ea6\uff1fAll in today’s Chinese Studio.\u3000
***********<\/p>\n

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\u5929.j\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. \u5929\u6c14
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.
Yajie: If it’s negative, you could say\u6ca1\u542c.
Cam: \u6ca1\u542c(mei ting).<\/p>\n

Conversations<\/p>\n

Yajie: As you heard “\u4eca\u5929\u6700\u9ad8\u6c14\u6e29\u4e09\u5341\u5ea6\u3002” which means, "Today’s high temperature is 30 degrees."
Cam: \u4eca\u5929\u6700\u9ad8\u6c14\u6e29\u4e09\u5341\u5ea6\u3002(j\u012bnti\u0101n zuìg\u0101o qìwèn s\u0101nshí dù.)
Yajie: \u4eca\u5929, today. \u6700\u9ad8, the highest.
Cam: \u6700\u9ad8(zuìg\u0101o).
Yajie: \u6700, z-u-i, , meaning the most.
Cam: \u6700 (zuì).
Yajie: \u9ad8, g-a-o , meaning high.
Cam: \u9ad8 (g\u0101o).
Yajie: \u6700\u9ad8(zuìg\u0101o).
Cam: \u6700\u9ad8(zuìg\u0101o). Then what is the low in Chinese?
Yajie: It’s\u6700\u4f4e(zuìd\u012b).
Cam: \u6700\u4f4e(zuìd\u012b).
Yajie: \u4f4e, d-i, the first tone.
Cam: \u4f4e(d\u012b).
Yajie: \u5ea6 means degree, as a measure word. \u5ea6, du, the fourth tone.
Cam: \u5ea6 (dù).<\/p>\n

Conversations<\/p>\n

Yajie: When you answer the question “\u4eca\u5929\u6700\u9ad8\u6c14\u6e29\u591a\u5c11?”, you can just answer with today’s forecast high. In this case, you can just say “\u4e09\u5341\u5ea6”.
Cam: Ok. That’s easy for me. \u4e09\u5341\u5ea6<\/p>\n

**********Key words reminder
Today we’ll learn ex<\/em>pressions a<\/em>bout weather. \u4eca\u5929\u7684\u5929\u6c14\u9884\u62a5\u4f60\u542c\u4e86\u5417\uff1fDid you hear today’s weather report? \u4eca\u5929\u6700\u9ad8\u6c14\u6e29\u591a\u5c11\u5ea6\uff1fWhat’s today’s high temperature? \u6700\u4f4e\u6c14\u6e29\u591a\u5c11\u5ea6\uff1fAnd what’s the low?<\/div>\n