第十一课 对话二 这里的天气很糟糕！ The weather here is awful!
Learning Objectives:
1. How to chat weather （A 找 B 聊天，最后他们聊到了天气。）
2. 又 & 再
3. 能
4. 四季- 春夏秋冬
5. Subject + Adj 是 Adj, 可是... (北京 好是好，可是..... )
课文
(Gao Wenzhong is chatting with Bai Ying’ai online
高文中在网上找白英爱聊天。
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小高：英爱，纽约那么好玩儿，你怎么在网上，没出去？
小白：这儿的天气非常糟糕。
高文中：怎么了？
小白：昨天下大雨，今天又下雨了。
小高：这个周末这儿天气很好，你快一点儿回来吧。
小白：这个周末纽约也会暖和一点儿。
我下个星期有个面试，还不能回去。
小高：我在加州找了一个工作，你也去吧。
加州冬天不冷，夏天不热，春天和秋天更舒服。
小白：加州好是好，可是我更喜欢纽约。
Gao Wenzhong: Ying’ai, New York is so much fun. How come you’re online and not
out and about?
Bai Ying’ai: The weather here is awful.
Gao Wenzhong: How come?
Bai Ying’ai: Yesterday it poured. It rained again today.
Gao Wenzhong: The weather here is great this weekend. You’d better come back as soon as you
can.
Bai Ying’ai: It’s going to be warmer in New York this weekend. Next week I have an interview. I can’t
come back just yet.
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Gao Wenzhong: I found a job in California. Go with me. It’s not cold in the winter in California, or
hot in the summer. Spring and fall are even more comfortable.
Bai Ying’ai: California is great, but I like New York more.
生词：
1. 那么 nàme pr (indicating degree) so, such
2. 好玩儿 hǎowánr adj fun, amusing, interesting
3. 出去 chū qu vc to go out
4. 非常 fēicháng adv very, extremely, exceedingly
5. 糟糕 zāogāo adj in a terrible mess; how terrible
6. 下雨 xià yǔ vo to rain
7. 面试 miànshì v/n to interview; interview
8.又 yòu adv again
9. 回去 huí qu vc to go back; to return
10. 冬天 dōngtiān n winter
11. 夏天 xiàtiān n summer
12. 热 rè adj hot
13. 春天 chūntiān n spring
14. 秋天 qiūtiān n autumn; fall
15. 舒服 shūfu adj comfortable Proper Nouns
16. 加州 Jiāzhōu California
17 佛州 fózhōu Florida
语法：
1. The Adverb 又 (yòu, again)
又 (yòu, again) indicates recurrence of an action.
1) 昨天早上下雪，今天早上又下雪了。
2) (It snowed yesterday morning. It snowed again this morning.)
3) 妈妈上个星期给我打电话，这个星期又给我打电话了。
4) (My mom called me last weekend. She called me again this weekend.)
5) 他昨天复习了第八课的语法，今天又复习了。
6) (He reviewed the grammar in Lesson Eight yesterday, and he reviewed it
again today.)
**Both 又 (yòu, again) and 再 (zài, again) indicate repetition of an action, but in a
sentence with 又 (yòu, again), usually both the original action and the repetition
occurred in the past, whereas 再 (zài, again) indicates an anticipated repetition of an
action in general.
我上个周末去跳舞了，昨天我又去跳舞了。(past)
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(I went dancing last weekend. Yesterday I went dancing again.)
我昨天去跳舞了，我想明天晚上再去跳舞。(future)
(I went dancing yesterday. I’m thinking of going dancing again tomorrow night
2. Adj/ V +是 (shì) + Adj / V, + 可是/但是 … (kěshì/dànshì…)
Sentences in this pattern usually imply that the speaker accepts the validity of
a certain point of view but wishes to offer an alternative perspective or
emphasize a different aspect of the matter.
1) A: 滑冰难不难？Huá bīng nán bu nán? (Is ice skating diffi cult?) B: 滑冰难
是难，可是很有意思。Huá bīng nán shì nán, kěshì hěn yǒu yìsi. (It is diffi
cult, but it is very interesting.)
2) A: 在高速公路上开车，你紧张吗？ (Do you get nervous driving on the
highway?)
3) B: 紧张是紧张，可是也很好玩儿。. (I do get nervous, but I fi nd it a lot of
fun, too.)
4) A:明天学校开会，你去不去？ (There is a meeting at school tomorrow. Will
you go?)
B: 我去是去，可是会晚一点儿。. (I’ll go, but I will be a little bit late.)
5) A:你喜欢这张照片吗？Nı xıhuan zhè zhāng zhàopiàn ma? (Do you like this
picture?)
B:喜欢是喜欢，可是这张照片太小了。
(I like it, but this picture is too small.)
**This pattern can be used only when the adjective or verb in it has already
been mentioned,
