Unit 12
Part I: Listen and Learn 1
Click on the speaker icon of each
sentence and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters are in big5
format.
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W zh
zi Bn
Zhu Pittsburgh.
I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
我住在賓州 Pittsburgh。
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Zhl
tinq
hn ho.
The weather here is very nice.
這裡天氣很好。
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Y nin
yu s
ge jji:
chtin,
xitin,
qitin
h dngtin.
There are four seasons in a year:
Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
一年有四個季節:春天、夏天、秋天和冬天。
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Chntin
tinq
hn shfu.
The weather in Spring is very comfortable.
春天天氣很舒服。
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B lng
y b
r.
It is neither cold nor hot.
不冷也不熱。
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Xitin
bjio
r.
It is fairly hot in Summer.
夏天比較熱。
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Ybn
sh bsh
d do
jish
d.
It is usually 80 to 90 degrees.
一般是八十度到九十度。
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Yude shhou
jish
du d.
Sometimes, it is more than 90 degrees.
有的時候九十多度。
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Qitin
sh zu
ho de jji.
Fall is the best season.
秋天是最好的季節。
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B chng
xi y.
It does not rain often.
不常下雨。
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Dngtin
bjio
lng.
It is fairly cold in Winter.
冬天比較冷。
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Yushhou
xi xu.
It snows sometimes.
有時候下雪。
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Ksh
xu b
ti d.
But snow is not too heavy.
可是雪不太大。
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Zh zi
Pittsburgh bcu.
It is not bad to live in Pittsburgh.
住在 Pittsburgh 不錯。
Notes:
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'b
lng y
b r'
means 'neither cold nor hot'. The construction of 'b...y...'
is a commonly used one in Chinese, e.g.
'b
kui y
b mn'
[neither fast nor slow]
'b
nn y
b rngy'
[neither difficult nor easy]
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'do'
in 'bsh
d do
jish
d' indicates a range '80
degrees to 90 degrees'. More examples:
'y
tin do
ling tin'
[one to two days]
'y
nin do
sn nin'
[one to three years]
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