Global Warming
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ID: 0548
Upper Intermediate
Some contacts of ours (ex-girlfriends and cops) are writing with reports of unseasonably hot weather in Beijing. We like getting these emails, partly because it's nice to keep in touch with old flames, and partly out of schadenfreude. But warmer weather isn't just a Beijing phenomenon, and there's a lot of talk about global warming in urban Chinese society these days. Here's a podcast about how to join a discussion about it in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 全球气候变暖 | quánqiú qìhòu biànnuǎn | global warming | |
| 气象 | qìxiàng | meteorology | |
| 温室效应 | wēnshì xiàoyìng | greenhouse effect | |
| 绕口 | ràokǒu | tongue-twister |
现在天气完全不正常热死了
xiànzài 现在tiānqì 天气wánquán 完全bù 不zhèngcháng 正常rèsǐ le 热死了
The weather now is totally abnormal. It's so hot!
你不知道这是全球气候变暖现象以后会越来越热的
nǐ 你bù 不zhīdào 知道zhè 这shì 是quánqiú qìhòu biànnuǎn 全球气候变暖xiànxiàng 现象yǐhòu 以后huì 会yuèláiyuè 越来越rè 热de 的
Don't you know this is the global warming phenomenon? It's going to get hotter and hotter.
啊哟一听这些气象专有名词我就烦你能不能不说一会儿是温室效应一会儿是全球气候变暖怎么都这么绕口
āyō 啊哟yī 一tīng 听zhèxiē 这些qìxiàng 气象zhuānyǒu míngcí 专有名词wǒ 我jiù 就fán 烦nǐ 你néng bu néng 能不能bù 不shuō 说yīhuìr5 一会儿shì 是wēnshì xiàoyìng 温室效应yīhuìr5 一会儿shì 是quánqiú qìhòu biànnuǎn 全球气候变暖zěnme 怎么dōu 都zhème 这么ràokǒu 绕口
Ugh! As soon as I hear those technical weather terms, I just get annoyed. Can you not talk about it? First it's the greenhouse effect, then it's global warming. How come they're such a mouthful to say?
你怎么光注意这个温室效应的后果可是很严重的你有没有看过戈尔拍的纪录片全球气温每升高零点一度对人类来说都是灾难
nǐ 你zěnme 怎么guāng 光zhùyì 注意zhège 这个wēnshì xiàoyìng 温室效应de 的hòuguǒ 后果kěshì 可是hěn 很yánzhòng 严重de 的nǐ 你yǒu mei yǒu 有没有kàn guo 看过Gēěr 戈尔pāi 拍de 的jìlùpiàn 纪录片quánqiú 全球qìwēn 气温měi 每shēnggāo 升高líng diǎn yī dù 零点一度duì 对rénlèi 人类láishuō 来说dōu 都shì 是zāinàn 灾难
How can you only pay attention to that? The consequences of the greenhouse effect are very grave. Have you seen Al Gore's documentary? For every 0.1 degree the earth's temperature rises, it's a calamity for the human race.
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