Julie早教说丨和孩子谈论北京的沙尘暴

本周一北京城被一场沙尘暴所笼罩。一开始，就像我告诉我的孩子们的那样，这就像又一个“坏天气”。然后我的孩子注意到空气是黄色的，这就是我们第一次遇到沙尘暴的原因。

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Beijing woke up to a sandstorm this Monday. At first, it looked like just another “bad air day,” as I tell my kids. Then my oldest noticed that the air is yellow, and that’s how we clued into our first sandstorm.

据《中国日报》报道，来自蒙古南部的沙尘向南移动，笼罩着我们的街道，直到北京发布黄色警报，这是近十年来第二严重的特大沙尘

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According to China Daily, dust from southern Mongolia traveled south, blanketing our streets until Beijing issued a yellow alert, the second-lowest severity level and the strongest in nearly a decade.

北京迎来10年第二大沙尘

但如何向孩子们解释呢？CoolKidFacts.com 网站说“沙尘暴是在有大风的时候造成的。风会神奇地把成堆的沙子吹起来，然后把它们越吹越远。

这就是它如何从蒙古吹到北京的，“它们很壮观。携带尘埃的云层可能很大，高达305米以上，风速至少40公里。”

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But how to explain it to kids? CoolKidFacts.com says “A sandstorm is caused when there is lots and lots of wind.

The wind whips up heaps of sand if by magic and carries it away for [kilometers and kilometers],” (and that’s how it got from Mongolia to Beijing).

“They can be quite something to see. The clouds that carry the dust can be huge, and rise to over 305 meters, with wind speeds of at least 40 kilometers.”

尽管这对孩子们来说似乎是个警告，但这次沙尘暴，是提醒他们风向快速变化，以及如何正确佩戴口罩来保护肺部的好时机。

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Although it might seem alarming to kids, a sandstorm is a good time to remind them how quickly winds can change and how to protect their lungs by wearing masks properly.

小朋友们千万不要在外面玩，把你的空气过滤器开到最大，在室内从事娱乐活动，直到空气变得更清新，沙子消退后才可以出门。