a 今天真热。

　　b yes, it’s over 30 degrees. 

　　b 是的，今天超过了30度。

　　a i prefer it when it’s cooler.  but today’s too hot.

　　a 我喜欢凉爽一些的天气。但是今天太热了。

　　b with all the traffic, it’s difficult to breathe.

　　b 车辆还这么多，简直无法呼吸。

　　a i know.  maybe you should take it easy today. 

　　a 我知道。也许你今天应该放松一下。

　　b yes.  i think i’ll have a lazy day.  it’s too hot to do anything.

　　b 是的。我想今天偷个懒。今天太热了，什么也做不了。

　　notes   注释

　　1    you can use really / really to emphasise something, e.g. it’s really hot today. / it’s really hot today; i’m really tired. / i’m really tired.

　　你可以用really /确实来强调某事，例如：it’s really hot today. / 今天确实太热了; i’m really tired. / 我真的太累了。

　　2    remember prefer / prefer, e.g. i prefer it when it’s cooler. / i prefer it when it’s cooler; i prefer cool weather to hot weather. / i prefer cool weather to hot weather.

　　记住prefer /更喜欢：i prefer it when it’s cooler. / 我更喜欢凉爽的天气；             i prefer cool weather to hot weather. / 跟炎热的天气比起来，我更喜欢凉爽的天气。

　　3    you can use it’s difficult to . . . / it’s difficult to . . . when you want to describe something which is hard to do, e.g.  it’s so hot / it’s so hot; it’s difficult to breathe/ it’s difficult to breathe; for western people, it’s difficult to read chinese writing. / for western people, it’s difficult to read chinese writing.

　　你可以用it’s difficult to . . . /  . . .很难 来描述很难做的事情，例如：it’s so hot / 太热了；it’s difficult to breathe. /连呼吸都很难； for western people, it’s difficult to read chinese writing. / 对西方人来说，汉字很难读。