Lesson 152 Revision of Seasons and Weather 第一百五十二课 季节与天气复习课
Cam: It’s time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day. Welcome to our weekly review show, Wo shi Cam.
YJ: We’ve learned all about weather this week, so let’s see how much you remember!
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Sentences in the week
Winter,冬天,spring,春天,summer,夏天,the fall,秋天。The winter is cold.冬天很冷。Can you turn up the heat, please?请把暖气开大一点,好吗?The summer is very hot!夏天很热 turn on the air conditioning.开空调。All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Cam: First let’s review the four seasons,
YJ: Ok, winter is dong1 tian1.
Cam: dong1 tian1.
YJ: spring is chun1 tian1.
Cam: chun1 tian1.
YJ: xia4 tian1, summer,
Cam: xia4 tian1.
YJ: and the fall is qiu1 tian1.
Cam: qiu1 tian1.
YJ: Got them all? Good. it’s winter in Beijing, and it can be very cold sometimes.
Cam: Right, that’s the reason why I can easily catch a cold. How do you say winter is very cold in Chinese?
YJ: you can say dong1 tian1 hen3 leng3.冬天很冷。
Cam: dong1 tian1 hen3 leng3.
YJ: dong1 tian1 is winter,
Cam: dong1 tian1
YJ: hen3 means very much,
Cam: hen3.
YJ: leng3 means cold,
Cam: leng3.
YJ: dong1 tian1 hen3 leng3.冬天很冷。
Cam: dong1 tian1 hen3 leng3. The winter is cold.
Conversation 1:
1.A:这里的冬天冷吗?
B:这里的冬天很冷。
Cam: Yajie, I don’t like the cold. How do I ask them to turn up the heat to keep warm?
YJ: You can say. qing1 ba3 nuan3 qi4 kai1 da4 yi4 dian3, hao3 ma1?请把暖气开大一点,好吗?
Cam: qing1 ba3 nuan3 qi4 kai1 da4 yi4 dian3, hao3 ma1?
YJ: qing3 means please,
Cam: qing3 please,
YJ: nuan3 qi4 means the heat,
Cam: nuan3 qi4,
YJ: kai1 da4 means to turn up,
Cam: kai1 da4.
YJ: yi4 dian3, a little bit,
Cam: yi4 dian3,
YJ: hao3 ma, is it ok? It shows your politeness.
Cam: hao3 ma
YJ:请把暖气开大一点,好吗?
Cam: qing1 ba3 nuan3 qi4 kai1 da4 yi4 dian3, hao3 ma1? Can you turn up the heat, please?
Conversation 2
A:这太冷了,请把暖气开大一点,好吗?
B:好的,没问题。
Cam: Yajie, how is the summer in Beijing?
YJ: it can be very hot It’s hard to get through without air conditioners.
Cam: how do you say that in Chinese?
YJ: it’s xia4 tian1 hen3 re4.夏天很热。
Cam: xia4 tian1 hen3 re4.
YJ: xia4 tian1 is summer.
Cam: xia4 tian1
YJ: hen3 re4. means very hot.
Cam: hen3 re4.
YJ: xia4 tian1 hen3 re4.
Cam: xia4 tian1 hen3 re4. The summer is very hot. Then how can I ask others to turn on the air conditioning?
YJ: you can say kai1 kong1 tiao2开空调.
Cam: kai1 kong1 tiao2
YJ: kai1 means to turn on,
Cam: kai1.
YJ: air conditioning is kong1 tiao2,
Cam: kong1 tiao2
YJ: kai1 kong1 tiao2
Cam: kai1 kong1 tiao2, turn on the air conditioning.
Conversation 3
A:夏天真的很热!
B:是啊,一定得开空调。
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Sentences in the week
Winter,冬天,spring,春天,summer,夏天,the fall,秋天。The winter is cold.冬天很冷,Can you turn up the heat, please?请把暖气开大一点,好吗?The summer is very hot!夏天很热 turn on the air conditioning.开空调。All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Cam: Time to have our question of the day.
YJ: How do you say “The summer is very hot” in Chinese?
Cam: See ya tomorrow!
Yajie: Ming tian jian.