{"id":10838,"date":"2019-11-20T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-158-seasons-and-weather-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T15:21:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:21:25","slug":"lesson-158-seasons-and-weather-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/lesson-158-seasons-and-weather-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 158 Seasons and Weather (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Cam: Welcome to Chinese Studio everyone, wo shi Cam. <br \/>  YJ: wo shi Yajie. Cam, you are going to learn all a<em><\/em>bout keeping warm in today&#8217;s show.<br \/>  Cam: And I need it, Yajie.&nbsp; I was sick so often last winter, because I wasn&#8217;t dressed properly.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; Let&#8217;s hear Key Words of the Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day<\/strong> <br \/>  to rain\u4e0b\u96e8\uff0cto snow \u4e0b\u96ea&nbsp;\uff0chotpot\u706b\u9505\uff0c&nbsp; Can you turn up the heat, please? \u8bf7\u628a\u6696\u6c14\u5f00\u5927\u4e00\u70b9\uff0c\u597d\u5417\uff1fAll in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Cam:&nbsp; The winter is famous for bringing rain in my hometown of Vancouver&#8230; how do I say rain in Chinese?<br \/>  Yajie: it&rsquo;s yu3. <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; yu3. Then how do I say the rain like in &ldquo;it rains a lot&rdquo;? <br \/>  YJ\uff1a I see. you can say \u4e0b\u96e8 ( xi&agrave; y\u01d4).<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; xi&agrave; y\u01d4.<br \/>  YJ: xia4 means to fall, <br \/>  Cam: xia4<br \/>  YJ: yu3 means the rain.<br \/>  Cam: yu3. <br \/>  YJ: \u4e0b\u96e8 ( xi&agrave; y\u01d4).<br \/>  Cam: \u4e0b\u96e8 ( xi&agrave; y\u01d4).to rain. It rains a lot in my hometown. <br \/>  YJ: But in Beijing, we see snow a little more often.&nbsp; Snow is xue3.<br \/>  Cam: xue3. <br \/>  YJ: When it snows, it&rsquo;s very beautiful. <br \/>  Cam: yes, so can I say &ldquo;xia4 xue4&rdquo; which means the snow falling. <br \/>  YJ: surely you can. &ldquo;xia4 xue4&ldquo;\u4e0b\u96ea<br \/>  Cam: xia4 xue4. to snow. <\/p>\n<p>  Conversation1:<br \/>  1.A\uff1a\u770b\u6837\u5b50\u597d\u50cf\u5feb\u8981\u4e0b\u96e8\u4e86<br \/>  B\uff1a\u522b\u5fd8\u4e86\u5e26\u4f1e\uff0c\u5929\u6c14\u9884\u62a5\u4e5f\u8bf4\u4eca\u5929\u4f1a\u4e0b\u96e8\u3002<\/p>\n<p>2. A\uff1a\u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u4e0b\u96e8\u8fd8\u662f\u4e0b\u96ea\uff1f<br \/>  B\uff1a\u6211\u559c\u6b22\u4e0b\u96ea\uff0c\u56e0\u4e3a\u53ef\u4ee5\u4e0d\u7528\u5e26\u4f1e\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Then Yajie I&rsquo;d like to know what I should eat to keep warm in the winter. <br \/>  YJ: the first choice would be \u706b\u9505. <br \/>  Cam: What is that?<br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s hotpot. In Chinese is huo3 guo1.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; huo3 guo1.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; huo3 means fire, <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; huo3 <br \/>  YJ: guo1 means pot.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; guo1.<br \/>  YJ:  There are many varieties of hotpot. For the traditio<em><\/em>nal one in Beijing,  the pot is made of brass with a wide outer rim around a chimney in  which the charcoal burns to heat the soup. <br \/>  Cam: Sounds interesting. How exactly should I eat it? <br \/>  YJ:  When the soup is boiling, you dip slices of raw meat in the soup wher  it quickly boils, and then put them into a kind of sauce like sesame  sauce, soy sauce, chili oil, and vinegar. <br \/>  Cam: what kind of meat can it be? <br \/>  YJ: The meat can be beef, mutton, chicken, fish, prawn, lots of things but not pork if you are in an Islamic restaurant. <br \/>  Cam: I see. How a<em><\/em>bout vegetables?<br \/>  YJ: You can put mushrooms or bean curd, which can be cooked quickly. Of course you can try whatever you like. <br \/>  Cam: Sounds fantastic! Shall we go for it after work?<br \/>  YJ: Why not!<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<br \/>  A: \u51ac\u5929\u5e94\u8be5\u5403\u70b9\u4ec0\u4e48\u5462\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u4e00\u5b9a\u8981\u5403\u706b\u9505\u3002 <br \/>  A: \u6211\u559c\u6b22\u5403\u706b\u9505\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Cam:&nbsp; Yajie\uff0cI often get into taxi cabs or offices, and they are so cold!&nbsp; How do I tell them to turn up the heat??<br \/>  YJ: you can say qing1 ba3 nuan3 qi4 kai1 da4 yi4 dian3, hao3 ma1? \u8bf7\u628a\u6696\u6c14\u5f00\u5927\u4e00\u70b9\uff0c\u597d\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  Cam: qing1 ba3 nuan3 qi4 kai1 da4 yi4 dian3, hao3 ma1? <br \/>  YJ: qing3 means please, <br \/>  Cam: qing3 please,<br \/>  YJ: nuan3 qi4 means the heat,<br \/>  Cam: nuan3 qi4, <br \/>  YJ: kai1 da4 means to turn up,<br \/>  Cam: kai1 da4. <br \/>  YJ: yi4 dian3, a little bit,&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: yi4 dian3,<br \/>  YJ: hao3 ma, is it ok? It shows your politeness. <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; hao3 ma<br \/>  YJ: \u8bf7\u628a\u6696\u6c14\u5f00\u5927\u4e00\u70b9\uff0c\u597d\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  Cam: qing1 ba3 nuan3 qi4 kai1 da4 yi4 dian3, hao3 ma1? Can you turn up the heat, please?<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<br \/>  &nbsp;<br \/>  1 A: \u8fd9\u592a\u51b7\u4e86\uff0c\u8bf7\u628a\u6696\u6c14\u5f00\u5927\u4e00\u70b9\uff0c\u597d\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u597d\u7684\uff0c\u6ca1\u95ee\u9898\u3002<br \/>  2 A: \u6211\u6015\u51b7\uff0c\u8bf7\u628a\u6696\u6c14\u5f00\u5927\u4e00\u70b9\uff0c\u597d\u5417\uff1f <br \/>  B: \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u8fd9\u5df2\u7ecf\u662f\u6700\u5927\u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Key Words Reminder<\/strong> <br \/>  to rain\u4e0b\u96e8\uff0cto snow\u4e0b\u96ea\uff0chotpot\u706b\u9505\uff0c&nbsp; Can you turn up the heat, please? \u8bf7\u628a\u6696\u6c14\u5f00\u5927\u4e00\u70b9\uff0c\u597d\u5417\uff1fAll in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-196055138\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam: Welcome to Chinese Studio everyone, wo shi Cam.<br \/>\n  YJ: wo shi Yajie. Cam, you are going to learn all about keeping warm in today&#8217;s show.<br \/>\n  Cam: And I need it, Yajie.&nbsp; I was sick so often last winter, because I wasn&#8217;t dressed properly.<br \/>\n  YJ:&nbsp; Let&#8217;s hear Key Words of the Day.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-10838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":232,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}