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Extreme Weather and Pollution

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ID: 1838 Upper Intermediate
The weather has been a ghastly roller coaster of weirdness in recent years, and in China, many are taking a closer look at pollution. Specifically, we're talking about fine particulate matter. Listen in to learn more about this very timely issue.
Tue Jan 03 2012 | John, Dilu
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鬼天气 guǐ tiānqì bad weather
忽冷忽热 hūlěnghūrè sudden temperature change
极端 jíduān extreme
频繁 pínfán frequent
天啊，这是什么鬼天气？周一16度，周二19度，周三25度，周四7度，周五就直接降到零度了。还让不让人活啊！
tiān a ，zhè shì shénme guǐ tiānqì ？zhōuyī shíliù dù ，zhōuèr shíjiǔ dù ，zhōusān èrshíwǔ dù ，zhōusì qī dù ，zhōuwǔ jiù zhíjiē jiàng dào língdù le 。hái ràng bùràng rén huó a ！
My God, what kind of awful weather is this? It was 16 degrees on Monday, 19 on Tuesday, 25 on Wednesday, 7 on Thursday, and then dropped straight down to zero on Friday. How can we live like this?
呵呵，难怪今天报纸上说，本周气温就像坐过山车，说得还挺形象的。
hēhē ，nánguài jīntiān bàozhǐ shang shuō ，běnzhōu qìwēn jiù xiàng zuò guòshānchē ，shuō de hái tǐng xíngxiàng de 。
Ha ha, no wonder today's paper compares this week's weather to riding a rollercoaster. That's a pretty vivid description.
哎！忽冷忽热的，难受死了。我觉得今年从年初到年尾没几天是正常的，极端天气来得越来越频繁了。
āi ！hūlěnghūrè de ，nánshòu sǐ le 。wǒ juéde jīnnián cóng nián chū dào niánwěi méijǐtiān shì zhèngcháng de ，jíduān tiānqì lái de yuèláiyuè pínfán le 。
Agh! These sudden temperature changes are unbearable. I feel like there haven't been more than a few normal days of weather the entire year. Extreme weather is becoming more and more common.
不过跟北京的兄弟姐妹们一比，我们还算幸运了，顶多加衣服的速度快点儿。你看看北京，PM2.5监测数据都爆表了，属于极重度污染。
bùguò gēn Běijīng de xiōngdìjiěmèi men yī bǐ ，wǒmen hái suàn xìngyùn le ，dǐngduō jiā yīfu de sùdù kuài diǎnr 。nǐ kàn kan Běijīng ，PM èrdiǎnwǔ jiāncè shùjù dōu bàobiǎo le ，shǔyú jí zhòngdù wūrǎn 。
But we're still lucky compared to those living in Beijing; at worst, we just have to be quick about bundling up. Look at Beijing, though: their PM2.5 data is off the charts, classifying it as extremely severe pollution.
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