Intermediate - First Snow of the Winter (C1579)

A: 你那里下雪了吗?
nǐ nàlǐ xiàxuě le ma?
Is it snowing by you?
B: 没有。最近每天下雨。北京下雪了?
méiyǒu. zuìjìn měitiān xiàyǔ. Běijīng xiàxuě le?
No. It's been raining every day lately. Is it snowing in Beijing?
A: 是啊。这是今年冬天的第一场雪。
shì a. zhè shì jīnnián dōngtiān de dì yī chǎng xuě.
Yeah. Today is the first day of snow this winter.
B: 下得大不大?
xià de dà bu dà?
Is it snowing heavily?
A: 挺大的。路上已经有积雪了。
tǐng dà de. lùshàng yǐjīng yǒu jīxuě le.
It's quite heavy. It's already accumulated on the roads.
B: 好想看雪啊!
hǎo xiǎng kàn xuě a!
I really want to see snow!
A: 那你来北京吧!
nà nǐ lái Běijīng ba!
Then come to Beijing!
B: 下雪了,北京一定很冷吧?
xiàxuě le, Běijīng yīdìng hěn lěng ba?
It's snowing. It's definitely cold in Beijing then, huh?
A: 不冷。广场上好多人都在堆雪人,打雪仗呢。
bù lěng. guǎngchǎng shàng hǎo duō rén dōu zài duī xuěrén, dǎxuězhàng ne.
It's not cold. There's a lot of people in the square making snowmen and having snowball fights.
B: 哎,我平时没时间,只能周末去。
āi, wǒ píngshí méi shíjiān, zhǐnéng zhōumò qù.
Agh, I'm usually quite busy. I can only go on the weekend.
A: 等到周末,雪就化了。
děngdào zhōumò, xuě jiù huà le.
By the weekend all the snow will have melted.
B: 那你拍几张照片发给我吧!
nà nǐ pāi jǐ zhāng zhàopiàn fāgěi wǒ ba!
Then take a few pictures and send them to me!
A: 没问题。
méiwèntí.
No problem.
B: 下雪天路滑,你开车要注意安全哦!
xiàxuětiān lù huá, nǐ kāichē yào zhùyì ānquán o!
When it snows the roads get slippery. You need to remember to drive carefully!

Key Vocabulary

chǎng [measure word for occasions, performances]
第一场雪 dì yī chǎng xuě first snow of winter
积雪 jīxuě accumulated snow
广场 guǎngchǎng square
duī to pile
雪人 xuěrén snowman
打雪仗 dǎxuězhàng to have a snowball fight
平时 píngshí ordinarily, usually
只能 zhǐnéng only to be able
等到 děngdào once...
huà to melt
pāi to take a picture
发给 fāgěi to send to
下雪天 xiàxuětiān snowy days
huá slippery
注意 zhùyì to be mindful of

Supplementary Vocabulary

积累 jīlěi to accumulate
平面 píngmiàn plane
打仗 dǎzhàng to fight a battle
鸡血 jīxuě chicken blood

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