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这周末我要开始大扫除，为过年做准备了。

Zhè zhōumò wǒ yào kāishǐ dàsǎochú, wèi guònián zuò zhǔnbèi le.

I'm going to start the big cleaning this weekend to prepare for the New Year.

今天的雾霾有点严重，出门要戴口罩。

Jīntiān de wùmái yǒudiǎn yánzhòng, chūmén yào dài kǒuzhào.

The smog is a bit serious today; you should wear a mask when going out.

这周真是够忙的, 是不是?

Zhè zhōu zhēnshi gòu máng de, shì bu shì?

It’s been quite the whirlwind of a week, hasn't it?

我们已经等了好久了，大概四十五分钟。

Wǒmen yǐjīng děngle hǎo jiǔle, dàgài sìshíwǔ fēnzhōng。

We've been waiting for ages, maybe forty-five minutes.

我们争取明天早上六点半前出门。

Wǒmen zhēngqǔ míngtiān zǎoshang liù diǎn bàn qián chūmén。

Let's aim to leave the house by six-thirty tomorrow morning.

我是1995年出生的，所以我刚满二十九岁。

Wǒ shì yī jiǔ jiǔ wǔ nián chūshēng de, suǒyǐ wǒ gāng mǎn èr shí jiǔ suì。

I was born in 1995, so I just turned twenty-nine.

我在这里已经等了快二十分钟了。

Wǒ zài zhèlǐ yǐjīng děngle kuài èrshí fēnzhōng le。

I've been waiting here for almost twenty minutes.

玩得开心的时候，时间过得真快。

Wán de kāixīn de shíhou, shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài.

It seems like time flies when you're having fun.

我们很接近了。

Wǒmen hěn jiējìn le.

We are very close.

我们下周找个时间聊聊吧。

Wǒmen xià zhōu zhǎo gè shíjiān liáo liáo ba.

We need to catch up sometime next week.

我大概十分钟到十五分钟后给你回电话。

Wǒ dàgài shí fēnzhōng dào shíwǔ fēnzhōng hòu gěi nǐ huí diànhuà.

I'll call you back in roughly ten to fifteen minutes.

我希望可以给你一个确切的时间，但是目前还没有定下来，至少可能需要七十二个小时。

Wǒ xīwàng kěyǐ gěi nǐ yīgè quèqiè de shíjiān, dànshì mùqián hái méiyǒu dìng xiàlái, zhìshǎo kěnéng xūyào qīshí'èr gè xiǎoshí.

I wish I could give you a definite time, but it’s still up in the air, maybe seventy-two hours minimum.

你还记得我们以前每个周末都做这件事吗？

Nǐ hái jìde wǒmen yǐqián měi ge zhōumò dōu zuò zhè jiàn shì ma?

Do you remember when we used to do this every weekend?

发生得很快。

fāshēng de hěn kuài.

It happens fast.

别忘了，这个周末夏令时要开始了。

Bié wàngle, zhège zhōumò xiàlìngshí yào kāishǐ le.

Remember that Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend.

我们的时间用完了。

Wǒmen de shíjiān yòng wán le.

We ran out of time.

这个时候的天气一般怎么样?

Zhège shíhou de tiānqì yìbān zěnmeyàng?

What's the typical weather like this time of year?

根据早上的天气预报，降雨概率在百分之六十五左右。

Gēnjù zǎoshang de tiānqì yùbào, jiàngyǔ gàilǜ zài bǎifēnzhī liùshíwǔ zuǒyòu。

The probability of rain, according to the morning forecast, is hovering around sixty-five percent.