Sentence Pattern
天气预报说,明天有雨。(Tiānqì yùbào shuō, míngtiān yǒu yǔ.)
The weather forecast says that it will rain tomorrow.
Words
1.天气(tiānqì):[n]weather
2.预报(yùbào):[n]forecast
3.明天(míngtiān):[n]tomorrow
4.雨(yǔ):[n]rain
5.倒霉(dăoméi):[adj]to be unlucky
6.怎么样(zěnmeyàng):[pron]used to inquire about something
7.昨天(zuótiān):[n]yesterday
8.晴天(qíngtiān):[n]fine day; sunny day
9.终于(zhōngyú):[adv]final
10.出(chū):[v]to go outside
11.玩儿(wánr):[v]to play
12.讨厌(tǎoyàn):[v]to dislike
Background
In the dorm Dachuan is happily packing things he is going to bring to the seaside the next day. Gao Qiang tells him a piece of bad news.
Dialogue One
Tiānqì yùbào shuō, míngtiān yǒu yǔ.
天气预报说,明天有雨。
The forecast calls for rain tomorrow.
Zhēn dǎoméi!
真倒霉!
That's such a drag!
Background
Dachuan and Gao Qiang awakened by an alarm clock on a Sunday morning. He opens his eyes and asks Gao Qiang what the weather is like.
Dialogue Two
Jīntiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng?
今天天气怎么样?
What's the weather like today?
Zuótiān tiānqì yùbào shuō, jīntiān shì qíngtiān.
昨天天气预报说,今天是晴天。
Yesterday's weather forecast said it would be sunny today.
Tàihǎo le! Zhōngyú kěyǐ chūqu wánr le.
太好了!终于可以出去玩儿了。
Terrific. I can go play outside.
Wǒ tǎoyàn tiānqì yùbào!
我讨厌天气预报!
I hate weather forecasts. They are unreliable.