北京的蓝天
Is the air in Beijing better now?
Name: ________________ Date: ________
你知道吗？十多年前，北京的天很多时候不是蓝的，是白的。很多人在家里，不想去外边。
二零一三年以后，北京做了很多工作。很多工厂不在北京了。现在，北京的很多车是电动车。天冷的时候，很多人家里也不烧煤了。现在的北京，人们能看见很好看的天。
现在，空气里不好的东西是二零一三年的三分之一。一年里，有两百九十天空气很好。
你那里的天，今天好看吗？
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年 | nián | year |
| 前 | qián | front; ahead |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 多 | duō | many; much |
| 时候 | shíhou | time; moment; when |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 去 | qù | to go |
| 外边 | wàibian | outside |
| 做 | zuò | to do |
| 工作 | gōngzuò | work; job; to work |
| 现在 | xiànzài | now; at present |
| 车 | chē | car; vehicle |
English (for the teacher)
Did you know? Ten-odd years ago, Beijing’s sky was often not blue but white. Many people stayed home and didn’t want to go outside.
After 2013, Beijing did a lot. Many factories left Beijing. Now many of Beijing’s cars are electric. And in the cold months, many homes stopped burning coal. In Beijing now, people can see a beautiful sky.
Now the bad stuff in the air is a third of what it was in 2013. Two hundred and ninety days a year have good air.
Where you live, does the sky look good today?