大龙：今天真热啊！
铃美：是啊！
我看天气预报说今天最高温度是38度。
大龙：你家乡的夏天也这么热吗？
铃美：我家乡在日本中部，那儿的夏天比西安的夏天更热。
大龙：不会吧？
！
铃美：真的！
日本中部的夏天一般都是40度左右。
大龙；
那太热了！
我家在美国东北部，那儿比日本中部凉快，一般是28度左右。
听说日本的冬天很冷，是吗？
铃美：不是的，日本中部没有西安冷。
大龙：大概多少度？
铃美：大概5度，但是西安的最低气温是零下3度。
你家呢？
冬天也很冷吗？
大龙：我家的冬天冷极了！
最低温度零下26度，风很大，雪也很大。
铃美：那么冷啊……
大龙
：不过我不怕冷。冬天
的时候，我和朋友会去郊区滑雪，特别好玩儿。铃美
：这么说你最喜欢的是冬天了？大龙
：不，我最喜欢的还是夏天。虽然
天气很热，但是可以去海边冲浪、游泳、晒太阳，也不用穿很多的衣服。铃美
：我最喜欢春天。春天
天气很暖和，不冷也不热。在日本
，春天还可以去赏花。大龙：
赏什么花？铃美：
赏樱花，在日本这是很重要的一个活动。每年三月
和四月，都是赏樱花的好时候。大龙：听
起来很有意思，那你明年春天回日本赏花吗？铃美：不用
回日本，在中国也可以。大龙：真的
吗？铃美：中国
那么大，每个地方气候也不一样。现在西北很
热，可是东北和西南的城市就很凉快；冬天的时候
，南方的很多城市就很暖和。春天北方的
城市都还比较冷，但是南方的城市已经开花了。我知道中国
有个城市每年春天都有漂亮的樱花，到时候我们一起去赏花。大龙：好啊
！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 铃美 | Líng měi | Suzumi (a name) |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 预报 | yù bào | forecast |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 温度 | wēn dù | temperature |
| 度 | dù | degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 家乡 | jiā xiāng | hometown / native place |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 这么 | zhè me | so much / this much / how much? |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 日本 | Rì běn | Japan |
| 中 | zhōng | middle; center |
| 部 | bù | ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board |
| 那儿 | nà r | there |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 西安 | Xī ān | Xi'an, a major city in Shaanxi Province, China. |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed |
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | approximately |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 了 | le | modal particle (emphasis) |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 东北 | dōng běi | northeast |
| 凉快 | liáng kuai | pleasantly cool (weather etc) / (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) |
| 冬天 | dōng tiān | winter |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 不是 | bù shì | no / not |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 大概 | dà gài | roughly / probably / about |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much?; how many? / what number? |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 气温 | qì wēn | air temperature |
| 零下 | líng xià | below zero (esp. temperature) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 极了 | jí le | extremely / exceedingly |
| 风 | fēng | wind / news / style / custom / manner |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 雪 | xuě | snow |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 怕 | pà | to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 郊区 | jiāo qū | suburban district; outskirts; suburbs |
| 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 好玩儿 | hǎo wán r | erhua |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 海边 | hǎi biān | coast; seaside; seashore; beach |
| 冲浪 | chōng làng | to surf |
| 游泳 | yóu yǒng | swimming |
| 晒太阳 | shài tài yáng | to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun |
| 不用 | bù yòng | need not |
| 穿 | chuān | to wear / to put on / to dress |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes |
| 春天 | chūn tiān | spring (season) |
| 暖和 | nuǎn huo | warm / nice and warm |
| 赏 | shǎng | to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / to appreciate (beauty) |
| 花 | huā | flower / blossom / fancy pattern |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 樱花 | yīng huā | oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 活动 | huó dòng | (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 三月 | Sān yuè | March / third month (of the lunar year) |
| 四月 | Sì yuè | April / fourth month (of the lunar year) |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì si | interesting / meaningful / enjoyable / fun |
| 明年 | míng nián | next year |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 气候 | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 西北 | Xī běi | Northwest China |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River |
| 北方 | běi fāng | north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | comparatively / relatively / quite |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 开花 | kāi huā | to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |