太热了 Too Hot! — HSK 1 Reading

今天jīntiān天气tiānqì太tài热rè了le！

The weather today is way too hot!

我wǒ不bù想xiǎng工作gōngzuò，我wǒ想xiǎng喝hē水shuǐ。

I don't want to work — I just want to drink water.

我wǒ喝hē了le三sān杯bēi水shuǐ，吃chī了le一yí个gè大dà苹果píngguǒ。

I drank three cups of water and ate a big apple.

我wǒ的de狗gǒu很hěn热rè，不bù想xiǎng吃chī东西dōngxi。

My dog is hot too and doesn't want to eat anything.

下午xiàwǔ我们wǒmen不bú去qù商店shāngdiàn，在zài家jiā看kàn电影diànyǐng。

In the afternoon we won't go to the shop — we'll watch a movie at home.

明天míngtiān天气tiānqì怎么样zěnmeyàng？我wǒ想xiǎng明天míngtiān不bú太tài热rè！

What will the weather be like tomorrow? I think it won't be too hot!

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Key words 生词

太tàitoo, excessively

热rèhot

水shuǐwater

苹果píngguǒapple

电影diànyǐngmovie

怎么样zěnmeyànghow, how about

太 + adjective + 了

太…了 wraps around an adjective to say something is excessive — "way too…". It works for complaints and for strong praise.

今天天气太热了！ — The weather today is way too hot!

想 + verb

想 before a verb means "want to / would like to"; 不想 means you don't feel like doing it.

我不想工作，我想喝水。 — I don't want to work; I want to drink water.

verb + 了 (completed action)

了 right after a verb shows the action is finished, often with an amount after it.

我喝了三杯水。 — I drank three cups of water.

1. How many cups of water did the speaker drink?

2. What does the dog not want to do?

3. What will they do in the afternoon?