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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Frost Warning

Watch the evening news with Missus Wang and Lan: hear the frost warning, read that minus three degrees is expected tonight, ask what happens to the tea bushes, get ready for a night without sleep, and hear that tomorrow morning is expected to be the coldest.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The Chens' sitting room in Longjing village on a March evening, the television on, Missus Wang pointing at the screen, Lan and Owen on the sofa.

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霜冻 预警！shuāngdòng yùjǐnga frost warning, word for word frost freeze advance alert
快 看 电视！ 霜冻 预警！kuài kàn diànshì! shuāngdòng yùjǐngQuick, look at the TV! A frost warning!
新闻。xīnwénthe news, word for word new hear
看 新闻 了 吗？kàn xīnwén le maHave you seen the news?
预计。yùjìexpected, word for word reckon in advance
今晚。jīnwǎntonight, word for word this evening
预计 今晚 零下 三 度。yùjì jīnwǎn língxià sān dùExpected: minus three tonight.
零下 三 度？ 茶树 怎么办？língxià sān dù? cháshù zěnmebànMinus three? What about the tea bushes?
新闻 说 今晚 有 霜。xīnwén shuō jīnwǎn yǒu shuāngThe news says there's frost tonight.
今晚 会 有 霜 吗？jīnwǎn huì yǒu shuāng maWill there be frost tonight?

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