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天气预报

Tiānqì yùbào
The Weather Forecast · 98 words · ~2 min
每天měitiān晚上wǎnshangdōukàn天气tiānqì预报yùbào
Every evening, I watch the weather forecast.
昨天zuótiān电视diànshìshuō明天míngtiānyǒuhuìhěnlěng
Yesterday the TV said, "Tomorrow there will be rain, and it will be very cold."
今天jīntiān早上zǎoshang出门chūménde时候shíhoutiānshìyīnde穿chuānlehěnduō衣服yīfu
This morning when I left home, the sky was overcast, so I put on a lot of clothes.
但是dànshì中午zhōngwǔ没有méiyǒu下雨xiàyǔtiānqíngleháihěn
But at noon it didn't rain — the sky turned sunny, and it was even hot!
穿chuāndetàiduōzǒu一点儿yìdiǎnrjiùdexiǎng说话shuōhuà
I was wearing too much; after walking just a little I was so hot I didn't even want to talk.
xiàozhexiǎng天气tiānqì预报yùbào有时候yǒushíhouhuìcuò
I smiled and thought: sometimes the weather forecast can be wrong too.
明天míngtiānháihuìkàn天气tiānqì预报yùbào但是dànshìyào看看kànkantiān
Tomorrow I will still watch the weather forecast, but I will also take a look at the sky myself!
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Key words 生词

预报yùbàoforecast
yīnovercast
qíngsunny; clear
lěngcold
hot
cuòwrong

Grammar note 语法点

会 (prediction)

会 before an adjective or verb can mean "will (probably)": 明天会很冷。

明天会很冷。 — Tomorrow it will be very cold.
Adjective + 得 + result

得 after an adjective shows how far it goes: 热得不想说话 (so hot that ...).

我热得不想说话。 — I was so hot that I didn't want to talk.

Check yourself 小测验

1. What did the weather forecast say about today?
2. What was the weather actually like at noon?
3. What does the narrator decide to do from now on?