Dialogue 4

A:The weather in Beijing is just beautiful!
北京的天气真是好极了！
B:Autumn is the best season in Beijing, you know.
您知道吧，秋季是北京最好的时候。
A:Yes, I can see. The summer heat is over, and the winter cold is still far away.
是啊，看得出来。夏天的酷热过去了，冬天的严寒还早呢。
B:What is the weather like in Washington at this time of this year?
每年这个时候华盛顿的天气怎么样？
A:Autumn is also very nice in Washington.
华盛顿的秋天也很好。
B:Is it very cold in winter there?
那儿冬天很冷吗？
A:No, it isn’t. But sometimes it snows a lot in winter.
不是很冷。可是冬天有时候下很大的雪。
B:Does it rain a lot in summer there?
那儿夏天雨多吗？
A:Oh yes! Sometimes it rains very heavily. How about here in Beijing?
哦，是啊！有时候雨下得可厉害啦。北京这儿怎么样？
B:There’s a lot of rain in summer, but it seldom rains in Autumn.
这儿夏天雨水很多。可是秋天很少下雨。
A:I feel it’s rather dry here.
我觉得这里比较干燥。
B:That’s true. Many people from the south don’t like the weather here.
您说得对，许多南方人不喜欢这儿的天气。
A:Are you from the south?
您是南方人吗？
B:No,I’m from the north. I was born in Beijing, actually.
我不是，我是北方人。我就是在北京生的。
A:I see. So this is your hometown?
啊，这么说这儿是您老家了？
B:That’s right.
是的。