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Extreme Weather and Pollution

Extreme Weather and Pollution
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ID: 1838 Upper Intermediate
The weather has been a ghastly roller coaster of weirdness in recent years, and in China, many are taking a closer look at pollution. Specifically, we're talking about fine particulate matter. Listen in to learn more about this very timely issue.
John,Dilu
Extreme Weather and Pollution
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
鬼天气 guǐ tiānqì bad weather
忽冷忽热 hūlěnghūrè sudden temperature change
极端 jíduān extreme
频繁 pínfán frequent
天啊这是什么鬼天气周一16度周二19度周三25度周四7度周五就直接降到零度了还让不让人活啊
tiān a 天啊zhè 这shì 是shénme 什么guǐ tiānqì 鬼天气zhōuyī 周一shíliù dù 16度zhōuèr 周二shíjiǔ dù 19度zhōusān 周三èrshíwǔ dù 25度zhōusì 周四qī dù 7度zhōuwǔ 周五jiù 就zhíjiē 直接jiàng 降dào 到língdù 零度le 了hái 还ràng 让bùràng 不让rén 人huó 活a 啊
My God, what kind of awful weather is this? It was 16 degrees on Monday, 19 on Tuesday, 25 on Wednesday, 7 on Thursday, and then dropped straight down to zero on Friday. How can we live like this?
呵呵难怪今天报纸上说本周气温就像坐过山车说得还挺形象的
hēhē 呵呵nánguài 难怪jīntiān 今天bàozhǐ 报纸shang 上shuō 说běnzhōu 本周qìwēn 气温jiù xiàng 就像zuò 坐guòshānchē 过山车shuō 说de 得hái 还tǐng 挺xíngxiàng 形象de 的
Ha ha, no wonder today's paper compares this week's weather to riding a rollercoaster. That's a pretty vivid description.
哎忽冷忽热的难受死了我觉得今年从年初到年尾没几天是正常的极端天气来得越来越频繁了
āi 哎hūlěnghūrè 忽冷忽热de 的nánshòu 难受sǐ le 死了wǒ 我juéde 觉得jīnnián 今年cóng 从nián chū 年初dào 到niánwěi 年尾méijǐtiān 没几天shì 是zhèngcháng 正常de 的jíduān 极端tiānqì 天气lái 来de 得yuèláiyuè 越来越pínfán 频繁le 了
Agh! These sudden temperature changes are unbearable. I feel like there haven't been more than a few normal days of weather the entire year. Extreme weather is becoming more and more common.
不过跟北京的兄弟姐妹们一比我们还算幸运了顶多加衣服的速度快点儿你看看北京PM2.5监测数据都爆表了属于极重度污染
bùguò 不过gēn 跟Běijīng 北京de 的xiōngdìjiěmèi 兄弟姐妹men 们yī bǐ 一比wǒmen 我们hái 还suàn 算xìngyùn 幸运le 了dǐngduō 顶多jiā 加yīfu 衣服de 的sùdù 速度kuài 快diǎnr 点儿nǐ 你kàn kan 看看Běijīng 北京PM èrdiǎnwǔ PM2.5jiāncè 监测shùjù 数据dōu 都bàobiǎo 爆表le 了shǔyú 属于jí zhòngdù 极重度wūrǎn 污染
But we're still lucky compared to those living in Beijing; at worst, we just have to be quick about bundling up. Look at Beijing, though: their PM2.5 data is off the charts, classifying it as extremely severe pollution.
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