Unit 12
Part I: Listen and Learn 1
Click on the speaker icon of each
sentence and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters are in big5
format.
-
W
zh
z
i B
n
Zh
u Pittsburgh.
I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
我住在賓州 Pittsburgh。
-
Zh
l
ti
nq
h
n h
o.
The weather here is very nice.
這裡天氣很好。
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Y
ni
n
y
u s
ge j
ji
:
ch
ti
n,
xi
ti
n,
qi
ti
n
h
d
ngti
n.
There are four seasons in a year:
Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
一年有四個季節:春天、夏天、秋天和冬天。
-
Ch
nti
n
ti
nq
h
n sh
fu.
The weather in Spring is very comfortable.
春天天氣很舒服。
-
B
l
ng
y
b
r
.
It is neither cold nor hot.
不冷也不熱。
-
Xi
ti
n
b
ji
o
r
.
It is fairly hot in Summer.
夏天比較熱。
-
Y
b
n
sh
b
sh
d
d
o
ji
sh
d
.
It is usually 80 to 90 degrees.
一般是八十度到九十度。
-
Y
ude sh
hou
ji
sh
du
d
.
Sometimes, it is more than 90 degrees.
有的時候九十多度。
-
Qi
ti
n
sh
zu
h
o de j
ji
.
Fall is the best season.
秋天是最好的季節。
-
B
ch
ng
xi
y
.
It does not rain often.
不常下雨。
-
D
ngti
n
b
ji
o
l
ng.
It is fairly cold in Winter.
冬天比較冷。
-
Y
ush
hou
xi
xu
.
It snows sometimes.
有時候下雪。
-
K
sh
xu
b
t
i d
.
But snow is not too heavy.
可是雪不太大。
-
Zh
z
i
Pittsburgh b
cu
.
It is not bad to live in Pittsburgh.
住在 Pittsburgh 不錯。
Notes:
-
'b
l
ng y
b
r
'
means 'neither cold nor hot'. The construction of 'b
...y
...'
is a commonly used one in Chinese, e.g.
'b
ku
i y
b
m
n'
[neither fast nor slow]
'b
n
n y
b
r
ngy
'
[neither difficult nor easy]
-
'd
o'
in 'b
sh
d
d
o
ji
sh
d
' indicates a range '80
degrees to 90 degrees'. More examples:
'y
ti
n d
o
li
ng ti
n'
[one to two days]
'y
ni
n d
o
s
n ni
n'
[one to three years]
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