这个冬天，北半球的人们在寒冷的天气中发抖，南半球的人们却迎来了79年以来的最高气温，47.3度。
中国很多地方都冷得下雪了。
美国也因为大雪，很多飞机都停飞了。
澳大利亚却特别热。
由于上午10点气温已经超过40度，连板球比赛都暂停了。
你的城市天气怎么样？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 冬天 | dōng tiān | winter |
| 北半球 | běi bàn qiú | the Northern Hemisphere |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 寒冷 | hán lěng | cold (climate) / frigid / very cold |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 发抖 | fā dǒu | to tremble / to shake / to shiver |
| 南半球 | nán bàn qiú | the Southern Hemisphere |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 迎 | yíng | to welcome; to meet / to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 以来 | yǐ lái | since (used after a specified time or event) |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 气温 | qì wēn | air temperature |
| 度 | dù | degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 下 | xià | to decline / to go down |
| 雪 | xuě | snow |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 飞机 | fēi jī | airplane |
| 停 | tíng | to stop / to halt |
| 飞 | fēi | to fly |
| 澳大利亚 | Ào dà lì yà | Australia |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 由于 | yóu yú | due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because |
| 上午 | shàng wǔ | morning |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 连 | lián | continuously / in succession / including / even |
| 板球 | bǎn qiú | cricket (ball game) |
| 比赛 | bǐ sài | competition (sports etc) / match |
| 暂停 | zàn tíng | to suspend |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |