今天的天气 Talking About the Weather in Chinese

今天jīntiān天气tiānqì很hěn好hǎo，不bù冷lěng也yě不bú热rè。

The weather is great today — not cold and not hot.

昨天zuótiān下雨xià yǔ，今天jīntiān不bú下xià了le。

It rained yesterday, but today it has stopped.

我wǒ和hé妈妈māma出去chūqù走一走zǒu yi zǒu。

My mom and I go out for a walk.

外面wàimiàn人rén很hěn多duō，大家dàjiā都dōu在zài玩儿wánr。

There are lots of people outside, all having fun.

我wǒ爱ài今天jīntiān的de天气tiānqì！

I love today's weather!

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Key words 生词

天气tiānqìweather

冷lěngcold

热rèhot

下雨xià yǔto rain

出去chūqùto go out

外面wàimiànoutside

不 A 也不 B — neither A nor B

A tidy pattern for two negatives: 不冷也不热 (neither cold nor hot), 不大也不小 (neither big nor small).

今天不冷也不热。 — Today is neither cold nor hot.

1. What is the weather like today?

2. What was the weather yesterday?

3. Who goes out for a walk with the writer?

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