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Part 1: Comprehension Questions

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今天天气怎么样?
Jīntiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng?
How is the weather today?
今天下雪了,真冷。
Jīntiān xiàxuě le, zhēn lěng.
It's snowing today, it's really cold.
今天有多少度?
Jīntiān yǒu duōshǎo dù?
What is the temperature today?
今天有零下10度。
Jīntiān yǒu língxià shí dù.
It is 10 degrees below zero today.
为什么 A 让 B 进房间?
Wèishéme A ràng B jìn fángjiān?
Why does A ask B to enter the room?
因为外面很冷,而且 B 穿得太少了。
Yīnwèi wàimiàn hěn lěng, érqiě B chuān de tài shǎo le.
Because it's very cold outside, and B is wearing too little.

Part 2: Full Text

在家门口
A:下雪了,今天真冷。
B:有零下10度吧?
A:是啊,你穿得太少了,我们进房间吧。
B:好吧。

Part 3: Sentence Analysis

在家门口
zài jiā ménkǒu
在(at) 家(home) 门口(doorway)
At the door of the house
了,今天真冷。
xiàxuě le, jīntiān zhēn lěng.
下(to fall) 雪(snow) 了(particle), 今天(today) 真(really) 冷(cold).
It's snowing; it's really cold today.
有零下10吧?
yǒu língxià shí dù ba?
有(is/has) 零下(below zero) 10(ten) 度(degrees) 吧(particle)?
Is it 10 degrees below zero?
是啊,你穿得太少了,我们房间吧。
shì a, nǐ chuān de tài shǎo le, wǒmen jìn fángjiān ba.
是啊(yes), 你(you) 穿(wear) 得(particle) 太(too) 少(little) 了(particle), 我们(we) 进(enter) 房间(room) 吧(particle).
Yes, you are wearing too little; let's go into the room.
好吧。
hǎo ba.
好(good/okay) 吧(particle).
Okay.

Part 4: Vocabulary

Noun
Chinese Pinyin English
xuě snow
Number
Chinese Pinyin English
líng zero
Measure Word
Chinese Pinyin English
degree (temperature, angle, etc.)
Verb
Chinese Pinyin English
穿
chuān to wear; to put on
jìn to enter; to go into

Part 5: Practice

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穿
1. 老师请我们 ( ) 教室。
(Lǎoshī qǐng wǒmen ( ) jiàoshì.)
老师请我们进教室。
Lǎoshī qǐng wǒmen jìn jiàoshì.
The teacher invited us to enter the classroom.
2. 外面下 ( ) 了,我们不出去了。
(Wàimiàn xià ( ) le, wǒmen bù chūqù le.)
外面下雪了,我们不出去了。
Wàimiàn xiàxuě le, wǒmen bù chūqù le.
It's snowing outside, we are not going out.
3. 今天三十五 ( ),非常热。
(Jīntiān sānshíwǔ ( ), fēicháng rè.)
今天三十五度,非常热。
Jīntiān sānshíwǔ dù, fēicháng rè.
It is 35 degrees today, very hot.
4. 现在的气温是 ( ) 下五度。
(Xiànzài de qìwēn shì ( ) xià wǔ dù.)
现在的气温是零下五度。
Xiànzài de qìwēn shì língxià wǔ dù.
The current temperature is five degrees below zero.
5. 外面冷,快 ( ) 衣服。
(Wàimiàn lěng, kuài ( ) yīfu.)
外面冷,快穿衣服。
Wàimiàn lěng, kuài chuān yīfu.
It's cold outside, hurry up and put on clothes.

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