Why Is the Sky So Dark?
ElementaryWeather
On an afternoon, a boy notices the sky suddenly turning dark and asks his mother why. She tells him a storm is coming and they get ready.
M
MingL
LiM
妈妈，天怎么突然黑了？
Māma, tiān zěnme tūrán hēi le?
Mom, why did the sky suddenly go dark?
L
要下大雨了，快变天了。
Yào xià dàyǔ le, kuài biàntiān le.
It's going to rain hard; the weather is changing fast.
M
会不会打雷呀？
Huì bù huì dǎléi ya?
Will there be thunder?
L
应该会，你听，风越来越大了。
Yīnggāi huì, nǐ tīng, fēng yuèláiyuè dà le.
Probably yes. Listen—the wind is getting stronger and stronger.
M
那我们不能出去玩了吗？
Nà wǒmen bù néng chūqù wán le ma?
So we can't go out to play anymore?
L
对，今天在家玩吧。
Duì, jīntiān zài jiā wán ba.
Right, let's play at home today.
M
好，我去关窗户。
Hǎo, wǒ qù guān chuānghu.
Okay, I'll go close the windows.
L
好孩子，谢谢你。
Hǎo háizi, xièxie nǐ.
Good boy, thank you.