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Chinese Title: \u66b4\u98ce\u96ea\u5df2\u81f415\u4eba\u6b7b 2000\u822a\u73ed\u5ef6\u8bef\u53d6\u6d88
In the spirit of the holiday season, which is winding to a blissfully overweight close, I give you an article a<\/em>bout something you may or may not have just struggled through if you flew home for the holidays (which I did).
Reading Mandarin Chinese News: Reading Materials for Advanced LearnersThis is a wildly factual article a<\/em>bout the co<\/em>ngestion caused by the snow storms a week or so ago. Not a lot of excitement here, mostly a tallying up of what a big fat mess the American aviation system becomes during the annual Christmas hysteria.
Lots and lots of proper nouns in here, including lots of U.S. states, some cities and even a couple of basketball team names. Probably the most fun you’ll have reading this is trying to decipher the list of Chinese names for U.S. states (read the characters out loud quickly and see if you can guess – example: \u5f17\u5409\u5c3c\u4e9a\u5dde fo ji ni ya = Virginia). You can always tell you’re reading a U.S. state name because the character \u5dde appears at the tail end of each state.
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\u66b4\u98ce – bào f\u0113ng – Blizzard
\u9020\u6210 – zào chéng – To cause, bring a<\/em>bout
\u4e25\u5bd2 – yán hán – Severe winter
\u8b66\u544a – j\u01d0ng gào – Warning (typically official one, issued by police or govt.)
\u51db\u51bd – l\u01d0n liè – Biting cold
\u6784\u6210 – gòu chéng – To constitute
\u5a01\u80c1 – w\u0113i xié – Threat
\u6c14\u8c61\u90e8\u95e8 – qì xiàng bù mén – Weather service
\u6210\u5343\u4e0a\u4e07 – chéng qi\u0101n shàng wàn – Tens of thousands
\u63a8\u8fdf – tu\u012b chí – To postpone
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This Christmas season, America is suffering through a blizzard, which has already caused at least 15 deaths and the delay or cancellation of 2000 flights.
According to reports, the snowstorm and bitter cold has caused deaths in states including Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Many regions issued warnings reminding people not to go outside, because the biting cold, howling winds, low temperatures and dangerous traffic co<\/em>nditions compose a threat to pedestrians. The weather department said that severe snow will soon appear in America’s northeastern New England area, with snowfall in Maine reaching 18 inches (a<\/em>bout 45 centimeters). As a result, many people’s Christmas travel plans will be effected.
Currently, 200,000 homes have already experienced electrical outages, and tens of thousands of travelers have been detained. [Also due to snow] in Indianapolis, the NBA postpo<\/em>ned Wednesday night’s Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls basketball game.
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