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Winter in Beijing

běi
jīng
de
dōng
tiān
hěn
lěng

dàn
shì
hěn
měi


shàng
yǎn
jìu
kě

xiǎng
xiàng

xiē
huà
miàn

xiàng
shì
bèi
xuě
fù
gài
de

jīn
chéng
de
wū
dǐng

huò
zhě
shì
tiān
tán
dè
miàn
de
báo
shuāng

yòu
huò
zhě
shì
zài
yǒng
rù
rén
qún
hé
chē
líu
shàng
bān
zhī
qián
de

bēi
rè
dòu
jiāng


The Beijing winter is cold, but it is also beautiful. Close your eyes and try to picture the snow-covered roofs of the Forbidden City; or a light frost blanketing the rustic grounds of the Temple of Heaven, or people braving the winds for a bowl of steaming hot soybean milk before heading off to work amid a steady stream of taxis and bicycles.

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tiān

yuè
lái
yuè
lěng
le

wǒ
yào
qù
mǎi

jiàn
guò
dōng
de

fú


Lili: It is getting cold. I'm going to buy some winter clothes.

mài
kè

wǒ
hé



qù
bā

wǒ
zhèng
xiǎng
mǎi

jiàn
yǔ
róng
fú
ne


Mike: I'll go with you. I was just thinking of buying a down-padded anorak.




wǒ
yào
mǎi
de
dōng

西
kě
bù
shǎo
ne

dà


máo


wéi
jīn

shǒu
tào
děng
děng


Lili: I have quite a lot of things to buy: a coat, wool sweater, scarf and gloves.

mài
kè

xiàn
zài
zǎo
wǎn
wēn
chà
hěn
dà

rén
men
hěn
róng

gǎn
mào


Mike:  Temperature differences between day and night are big now. It's easy to catch a cold.




shì
de

wǒ
men
yào
zhù

bǎo
nuǎn

hái
yào
zēng
jiā
hù
wài
huó
dòng


Lili: Yes, which is why we should wrap up warm. At the same time, we should do more outdoor activities.

mài
kè

běi
jīng
de
dōng
tiān
jīng
cháng
xià
xuě
bā


Mike: It often snows in winter in Beijing, doesn't it?




shì
de

děng
xià
xuě
zhī
hòu
wǒ
men


qù
huá
xuě
līu
bīng
bā


Lili: Yes, it does. We should go skiing and ice-skating together when it snows.

mài
kè

hǎo
de

bù
guò
wǒ
hěn
pà
lěng

xiàn
zài
wū


tài
lěng
le


Mike: OK, but I am quite afraid of the cold. Even in the room now, it is too cold.




guò

tiān
chéng

jìu
tǒng

gōng
nuǎn
le

dào
shí
wū


huì
hěn
nuǎn
hé


Lili: The city's central heating will be turned on in a few days. Things will be much warmer then.

mài
kè

tài
hǎo
le

duì
le


men
zài
dōng


huān
chī
shí
me


Mike:  That's good to know! By the way, what kind of food do you like to eat in the winter?




wǒ
men

huān
chī
shuàn
huǒ
guō

kě

qū
hán
bǎo
nuǎn


Lili: We like the meat and vegetable hotpot. It really helps us to keep warm.

mài
kè

tīng
shàng
qù
bù
cuò

wǒ

dìng
yào
pǐn
cháng

xià


Mike: That sounds delicious. I must taste it.

 

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bǎo
nuǎn

to keep warm

hù
wài

outdoors

huó
dòng

activity

huá
xuě

to ski; skiing

līu
bīng

to skate; skating

gōng
nuǎn

central heating

shuàn
huǒ
guō

meat and vegetable hotpot

qū
hán

to keep warm


fú

clothes

yǔ
róng
fú

down-padded anorak

dà


coat

máo


wool sweater

wéi
jīn

scarf

shǒu
tào

gloves

wēn
chà

temperature difference

pǐn
cháng

to taste

 

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duì
le


men
zài
dōng


huān
chī
shí
me


What kind of food do you like to eat in the winter?

You may use the expression to ask about the hot food in winter.

xiàn
zài
zǎo
wǎn
wēn
chà
hěn
dà

rén
men
hěn
róng

gǎn
mào


Temperature differences between day and night are big now. It's easy to catch a cold.

The sentence can be used to describe the weather condition.
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