Unit 12

Part I: Listen and Learn 4

Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters are in big5 format.
  1. N zhdo bu zhdo Bijng xitin r bu r?

  2. Do you know if summer in Beijing is hot or not?
    你知道不知道北京夏天熱不熱?
     
  3. W b ti qngch.

  4. I am not clear.
    我不太清楚。

    W miyou zi Bijng zh gu.
    I didn not live in Beijing.
    我沒有在北京住過。

    W tngshu xitin b ti r.
    I heard that summer is not too hot.
    我聽說夏天不太熱。
     

  5. Ybn sh dusho d?

  6. What's the temperature generally?
    一般是多少度?
     
  7. Ybn sh snsh d zuyu.

  8. It is generally around 30 degrees.
    一般是三十度左右。
     
  9. Sh shsh snsh d, du bu du?

  10. It is 30 degrees by Centigrade, is it correct?
    是攝氏三十度,對不對?
     
  11. Du, hush jish d zuyu.

  12. Right, it is around 90 degrees by Ferenheit.
    對,華氏九十度左右。
     
  13. Dngtin ydng hn lng ba?

  14. It must be very cold in winter.
    冬天一定很冷吧?
     
  15. Shde. Dngtin jngchng xi xue.

  16. Yes. It often snows in winter.
    是的,冬天經常下雪。

    Yude shhu xu hn d.
    Sometimes snow is very heavy.
    有的時候雪很大。
     

  17. Bijng rn jil yu miyou nunq?

  18. Do people in Beijing have heating at home?
    北京人家裡有沒有暖氣?
     
  19. Yu.

  20. (Yes, they) have.
    有。
     

Notes:
  1. 'miyou...gu' in 'miyou zi Bijng zh gu' is an important construction in Chinese. It means somebody does not have experience of doing something. This construction will be explained in detail later.
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