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天气不听我们的

The Weather Does Not Listen

生词 · New in this passage

生气to get angry; angry
wrong; fault
王芳

今天下雨了。

It's raining today.

李强

我知道,我很生气!我们不能去看电影了。

I know, I'm so angry! We can't go see the movie now.

王芳

你在对谁生气?

Who exactly are you angry at?

李强

都是天气的错!天气不好,我们的电影没有了。

It's all the weather's fault! The weather is bad, and our movie is gone.

王芳

天气听你的吗?

Does the weather listen to you?

李强

不听。

No, it doesn't.

王芳

所以你能让天气不下雨吗?

So can you make the weather stop raining?

李强

不能。

No, I can't.

王芳

那你生气,天气知道吗?电影会回来吗?

So if you're angry, does the weather know? Does the movie come back?

李强

不知道。电影不会回来。

It doesn't know. And the movie doesn't come back.

王芳

所以这不是你的错,也不是天气的错。天气就是天气。

So this isn't your fault, and it isn't the weather's fault either. The weather is just the weather.

李强

你说的对。

You're right.

王芳

天气不是我们的,但是茶是我们的,电影也是我们的。我们在家喝茶,看电影,好吗?

The weather isn't ours to decide. The tea is ours, and the movie is ours too. Let's drink tea and watch a movie at home, okay?

李强

好。我不生气了。我们喝茶吧。

Okay. I'm not angry anymore. Let's drink tea.

看懂了吗 · Check yourself

Why is Li Qiang angry at first?

天气不好

What do the two friends do instead of going to the cinema?

喝茶

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