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 xuěfirst snow of winter
积雪jīxuěaccumulated snow
广场guǎngchǎngsquare
duīto pile
雪人xuěrénsnowman
打雪仗dǎxuězhàngto have a snowball fight
平时píngshíordinarily, usually
只能zhǐnéngonly to be able
等到děngdàoonce...
huàto melt
pāito take a picture
发给fāgěito send to
下雪天xiàxuětiānsnowy days
huáslippery
注意zhùyìto be mindful of

Supplementary Vocabulary

积累jīlěito accumulate
平面píngmiànplane
打仗dǎzhàngto fight a battle
鸡血jīxuěchicken blood

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