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R: Welcome to Chinese Studio. Wo Shi Raymond.
Y: And wo shi Yajie. Its time to check out the weather.
R: So let’s get outside and kiss the sun.
Y: Or let the sun kiss you here are the key words of the day. 
 
Key words of the day
The forecast says it’ll be colder tomorrow. 天气预报说明天降温。 -10 degrees C.  零下十度 All in today’s Chinese Studio

Y: Well Raymond, kissing the sun yet?
R: No no no, its the exact opposite. I went outside in this wonderful day expecting some sunshine.
Y: Well the forecast says it’ll be colder tomorrow.
R: Oh, ok well then I can learn this sentence and use it tomorrow. How do you say that in Chinese?
Y: tian1 qi4 yu4 bao4   shuo1   ming2 tian1 jiang4 wen1.

The forecast says it’ll be colder tomorrow. 天气预报说明天降温。
Tian1 qi4: weather
Yu4 bao4: forecast
Shuo1: say
Ming2 tian1: tomorrow
Jiang4 wen1: drop temperature, be colder

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R: Hey Yajie, how do you read this contraption?
Y: Oh you mean the degrees.
R: Yea, It says something like -10 degrees. Is that cold?
 Y: Only if you’re the artic circle, will you think that its not cold.
R: I dunno, its written in this C language.
Y: that’s Celsius. This is how you say it is -10 degrees C.

Ling2 xia4 shi2 du4  零下十度

Ling2: zero degree Celsius
Xia4: below,
Ling2 xia4: below zero
Shi2: ten
Du4: degree Celsius
 
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Y: Brr. cold cold cold.
R: Its ok, I ‘m from the northern hemisphere so this is a cake walk.
Y: Good then you can tell me how to say it is “-10 degrees C” in Chinese.
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