Hoping for a sunny weekend

Open Class Chinese - Daily Mandarin-

晴朗的天气让人想去野餐，言而毛毛细雨挽着雨伞感觉很浪漫。不同的天气带给人不同的感觉，你会喜欢什么样的天气呢?

Sunny weather makes people want to go on a picnic, and an umbrella under a drizzling rain feels truly romantic. Different weather gives people different feelings, what kind of weather do you like?

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是不是每个人都喜欢晴空万里的天气? 当然不是，我就喜欢阴天，尤其是下着濛濛细雨的天气，感觉很浪漫，可这样的天气对我们今天的主角王华来说有些烦心，因为他周末很想出去野餐，他非常渴望能有一个好天气。好吧! 我们看看他到底有多渴望。

Hi Everyone! Welcome to Happy School Online for Mandarin learning.

Does everyone enjoy a clear sunny weather? Of course not, I like cloudy days, especially the drizzly kind of days. Those days are romantic but that weather is annoying for our today’s main character Wang Hua. He wanted to go on a weekend picnic so he was really hoping for some good weather. Alright, let’s see how bad he wanted the picnic.

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Wang Hua and David are discussing about this weeks weather, they are looking for a sunny day for the picnic.

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大卫，明天是周末，你打算做什么？

dà wèi ，míng tiān shì zhōu mò ，nǐ dǎ suàn zuò shén me ？

David, tomorrow is the weekend, what are you going to do?

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明天天气怎么样？

míng tiān tiān qì zěn me yàng ？

How is the weather tomorrow?

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天气预报说，明天有雨。

tiān qì yùbào shuō ，míng tiān yǒu yǔ 。

There is rain tomorrow, according to the weather forecast,

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那后天呢？

nàhòu tiān ne ？

What about the day after tomorrow?

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后天是小雨，不过会刮大风。

hòu tiān shìxiǎo yǔ ，búguò huìguā dàfēng 。

The day after tomorrow will only drizzle, but will be very windy.

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唉，周末不能出去玩了，

ai ，zhōu mò bù néng chū qùwán le ，

Sigh, can’t go out on weekends,

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这天气，一会儿阴，一会儿晴。

zhètiān qì ，yí huì ér yīn ，yí huì ér qíng 。

That day will be at times cloudy, at times sunny.

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是啊，昨天又是打雷又是闪电的，好可怕。

shìa ，zuótiān yòu shì dǎléi yòu shì shǎn diàn de ，hǎo kě pà 。

Yes. It was thunder and lightning yesterday, so horrible.

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希望下个周末天气晴朗。

xīwàng xiàge zhōu mòtiān qìqíng lǎng 。

Hopefully the weather will be fine next weekend.

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明天 [ míng tiān ] (n)

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Tomorrow

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你明天有空吗？

nǐ míng tiān yǒu kòng ma ？

Are you free tomorrow?

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周末 [ zhōu mò ] (n)

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Weekend

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这个周末我要去爬山。

zhè ge zhōu mò wǒ yào qù pá shān 。

I'm going hiking this weekend.

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天气 [ tiān qì ] (n)

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Weather

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今天的天气不太好。

jīn tiān de tiān qì bú tài hǎo 。

Today's weather is not good.

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雨 [ yǔ ] (n)

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Rain

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外面下雨了吗？

wài miàn xià yǔ le ma ？

Is it rainning outside?

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后天 [ hòu tiān ] (n)

The day after tomorrow

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后天是我的生日。

hòu tiān shì wǒ de shēng rì 。

The day after tomorrow is my birthday.

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刮大风 [ guā dà fēng ] (vp)

Strong wind

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外面正在刮大风。

wài miàn zhèng zài guā dà fēng 。

The wind is blowing hard outside.

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阴 [ yīn ] (adj)

Cloudy

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今早天气多云时阴。

zǎo shang tiān qì duō yún shí yīn 。

It was mostly cloudy this morning.

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晴 [ qíng ] (adj)

Sunny, fine

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今天是晴天。

jīn tiān shì qíng tiān。

It's a sunny day.

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打雷 [ dǎ léi ]

Thunder

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当打雷时，天空中响起一声巨响。

dāng dǎ léi shí, tiān kōng zhōng xiǎng qǐ yī shēng jù xiǎng.

When it thundered, there was a loud bang in the sky.

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