流利美国口语2.3
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：流利美国口语
W: Beautiful day, isn’t it?
M: Yes, it’s not like what the radio said at all.
W: I wish it would stay this way for the weekend.
M: As long as it doesn’t snow.
Dialogue 2.
W: The weather is terrible.
M: Yes, it was sunny and warm yesterday. But the wind is really blowing hard now.
W: I am wearing my heavy jacket.
M: I am going to put on more clothes too.
Dialogue 3.
W: What’s the weather like during summer in Korea?
M: It’s usually hot, wet and humid.
W: Then which season of the year do you like best?
M: I love the autumn weather. It’s usually bright, sunny and mild.
Dialogue 4.
W: What’s the weather going to be like tomorrow?
M: The weather forecast calls for another scorching 1 day.
W: Don’t tell me the highs will be in the 90s again.
M: Well, at least we will be a dry day with low humidity.
Dialogue 5.
W: I wonder when this wet weather will clear up?
M: Not for a while, because we are in the middle of the monsoon 2 season.
W: I am getting sick and tired of this hot, muggy 3 and gloomy weather.
M: But it beats frigid 4 weather of winter, doesn’t it? And the weatherman expects overcast 5 skies to clear up by sun rise and the winds to die down.
Exercise.
1. The weatherman predicted showers today. But it has turned out to be a fine day.
2. It’s cold today.
4. The rain has let up.
5. It’s pouring down outside.
6. The average snowfall each year is about 2 feet.
7. We are having thick fog in the early morning, but it usually drops away by the afternoon.
8. I am getting fed up with this gloomy weather.
9. They said there is 85 percent of chance of raining tomorrow.
10. W: Aren’t you hot in here? M: Yes, it’s so stifling 7 in here.
11. W: It’s rather cold, chilly 8 today, isn’t it? M: Chilly? It’s freezing.
12. I like warm, clear and sunny weather.
13. It hardly ever snows where I live.
14. How is the weather in the summer in Jinan?
15. It looks like a wonderful day.
- a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳
- a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评
- The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
- The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。
- We may expect muggy weather when the rainy season begins.雨季开始时，我们预料有闷热的天气。
- It was muggy and overcast.天气闷热潮湿，而且天色阴沉。
- The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
- She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。
- The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
- The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。
- It's really hot and stuffy in here.这里实在太热太闷了。
- It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帐篷里很闷热，我们感到空气都是潮的。