This Week's Weather: a Chinese text with translation
A week of rain and cold, sudden snow on Thursday, and hopes for a sunny Saturday for soccer. HSK 2, 11 sentences, 147 characters. Tap a line to see the translation, tap the icon to hear it.
这个星期的天气 zhège xīngqī de tiānqì
Translation
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The weather this week has been really bad.
It rained on both Monday and Tuesday, and it was cold outside.
Wednesday was cloudy; although it didn't rain, it was still very cold.
I run every morning, but these past few days I could only exercise at home.
On Thursday morning, I opened the door and saw it was snowing outside!
All the kids from our building ran outside.
They played in the snow, laughing happily.
Today is Friday, and the sky has cleared up.
My phone says Saturday will be sunny too, and not cold.
My friends and I are planning to go out and play soccer on Saturday.
I hope my phone is right this time!
HSK 2 words in this text
- 外面wàimiànoutside
- 阴yīncloudy, overcast
- 虽然suīránalthough
- 但是dànshìbut, however
- 还是háishior; still; had better
- 每měievery
- 跑步pǎobùjog
- 运动yùndòngsport; exercise
- 打开dǎkāiopen; turn on
- 门méndoor; measure word (courses)
- 楼lóubuilding; floor
- 小孩儿xiǎoháirchild, kid
- 跑pǎorun
- 出来chūláicome out
- 笑xiàolaugh, smile
- 快乐kuàilèhappy, joyful
- 晴qíngclear, sunny
- 准备zhǔnbèiprepare; plan to
- 踢tīkick; play (soccer)
- 足球zúqiúsoccer
- 希望xīwànghope
- 次cìtime (occurrence)
Questions on the text
What was the weather like on Monday and Tuesday?
Rainy and cold.
What did the narrator see on Thursday morning?
That it was snowing.
What is he planning to do on Saturday?
Play soccer with friends.
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- Buying Clothes买衣服
- New Year at Home在家过年
- I Live Here我住在这儿
- How Do I Get to the Subway?地铁站怎么走
- At a Restaurant在饭馆
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- Where's My Phone?我的手机呢
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