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今天天气怎么样？

What’s the weather like today?

Name: ________________ Date: ________

晚上wǎnshang八bā点diǎn，明浩mínghào给gěi佳佳jiājiā打电话dǎdiànhuà。

“喂wèi，佳佳jiājiā！广州guǎngzhōu今天jīntiān天气tiānqì怎么样zěnmeyàng？”

“热rè，太tài热rè了le！我wǒ不想bùxiǎng出去chūqù。北京běijīng呢？”

“北京běijīng很hěn冷lěng，风fēng也yě很hěn大dà。我wǒ也yě不想bùxiǎng出去chūqù。”

佳佳jiājiā说shuō：“我wǒ真zhēn想xiǎng去qù天气tiānqì冷lěng的de地方dìfang。”

明浩mínghào说shuō：“我wǒ真zhēn想xiǎng去qù天气tiānqì热rè的de地方dìfang！”

两liǎng个gè人rén都dōu笑xiào了le。

佳佳jiājiā说shuō：“明天míngtiān我wǒ去qù北京běijīng！”

明浩mínghào说shuō：“好hǎo，我wǒ去qù广州guǎngzhōu！”

第二天dì’èrtiān晚上wǎnshang八bā点diǎn，明浩mínghào又yòu给gěi佳佳jiājiā打电话dǎdiànhuà。

“佳佳jiājiā，我wǒ到dào广州guǎngzhōu了le！可是kěshì，今天jīntiān下雨xiàyǔ了le。你nǐ那儿nàr呢ne？”

“我wǒ在zài北京běijīng，在zài你nǐ家门口jiāménkǒu。太tài冷lěng了le！你nǐ在zài哪儿nǎr？”

“我wǒ也yě在zài你nǐ家jiā门口ménkǒu。”

两liǎng个gè人rén都dōu不bù说话shuōhuà了le。

过guò了le一会儿yíhuìr，他们tāmen一起yìqǐ说shuō：“我wǒ想xiǎng回家huíjiā！”

Key words

Eight in the evening, and Minghao phones Jiajia.

“Hello, Jiajia! What’s the weather like in Guangzhou today?”

“Hot, far too hot! I don’t want to go out. What about Beijing?”

“Beijing’s cold, and it’s really windy too. I don’t want to go out either.”

Jiajia says, “I’d love to go somewhere cold.”

Minghao says, “I’d love to go somewhere hot!”

They both laugh.

Jiajia says, “Tomorrow I’ll go to Beijing!”

Minghao says, “OK, and I’ll go to Guangzhou!”

The next evening at eight, Minghao phones Jiajia again.

“Jiajia, I’m in Guangzhou! But it’s raining today. What’s it like where you are?”

“I’m in Beijing, outside your door. It’s freezing! Where are you?”

“I’m outside your door too.”

Neither of them says anything.

After a moment, they say together: “I want to go home!”