时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:大学体验英语听说教程


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Unit 14  It’s so cold!


Vocabulary Task
Answers/Script 1

In Honolulu, it’s sunny, warm, and comfortable.


In Manila, it is cloudy today. There is some drizzle 2, but it is not very rainy.


In Aspen, Colorado, it’s snowy. The sky is clear.


There are no clouds. It looks cold.


In Sao Paulo, there is a storm. It is rainy and windy. There is thunder and lightning.


In Jakarta, it’s hot. The temperature on the thermometer 3 is 34


Listening Task
1 First Listening
Answers

1.     wind, thunder, lightning


2.     weather, warm, jacket


3.     snow, night, skiing 4


4.     raining, wet, clouds, sunny


2 Second Listening
Answers

1.     T


2.     F.  The thermometer says 28. It’s warm out.


3.     T


4.     F  The weather forecast said it would. (Note: weather forecasts can be wrong, but the forecast said it would rain.)


Script

1. A:    Wow! Can you hear the wind?


    B:    Yeah, listen to that rain!


    A:    And, the thunder and lightning. This is a bad storm.


2. A:    What’s the weather like today? Do I need a jacket?


    B:    I think it’s warm out. Let me check the temperature. The thermometer says 28.


    A:    Great! I don’t ned a jacket.


3. A:    Look! It’s snowing. It’s snowing hard.


    B:    I love snow. I hope it snows all night.


    A:    Yeah, then we can go skiing.


4. A:    Do you have an umbrella? I don’t want to get wet.


    B:    What? It’s not raining. The sky is clear. There are no clouds.


    A:    It’s sunny now, but it is going to rain later this afternoon. I heard it on the news.


Real World Listening
1 Predict 5
2 Get the main ideas
Answers

Mexico today: warm, sunny, great, nice breeze 6, the weather’s perfect, beautiful


Mexico tomorrow: hurricane 7, strong winds, heavy rain


Canada today: Terrible, cold, rained in the morning, getting colder


Canada tomorrow: snow, big storm


Script

Mark:          Hi, Paul. It’s me.


Paul:           Hi, Mark How’s your trip?


Mark:          Great. I’m having a great time. The weather is perfect. Every day is warm, sunny, great. I sleep   late, go to the beach. How’s it there?


Paul:           Well, it’s terrible, actually. It’s cold and it rained this morning. It’s getting colder. It’s supposed to snow tomorrow. A big storm.


Mark:          Too bad! You should be here with me.


Paul:           I don’t know. Maybe.


Mark:          What do you mean, maybe?


Paul:           Did you hear the weather report today?


Mark:          No, why?


Paul:           You need to. So you can get ready.


Mark:          Ready for what?


Paul:           Ready for the hurricane.


Mark:          Hurricane?


Paul:           Yeah, I saw it on TV this morning. A hurricane is coming. There will be lots of strong winds tomorrow, and heavy rain. It’s a big hurricane, and it’s coming up the coast of Mexico.


Mark:          Hurricane? I can’t believe it. Well, today is sunny and warm. And that’s all I care about. Nice breeze. Beautiful weather. I’m going to the beach. I’ll worry about the hurricane later.


Paul:           Okay. I’ll talk to you later. But be careful.


Mark:          I’ll can you tomorrow. Bye.



1 script
n.剧本,广播稿;文字体系;笔迹,手迹
  • It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
  • The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。
2 drizzle
v.下毛毛雨;n.毛毛雨,蒙蒙细雨
  • The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小,最后变成了毛毛雨。
  • Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨,今天果然下起来了。
3 thermometer
n.温度计,寒暑表
  • She put the thermometer in his mouth.她把体温表放入他口中。
  • The thermometer fell to zero last night.寒暑表昨夜降至零度。
4 skiing
n.滑雪运动
  • I'm a complete novice at skiing. 滑雪我完全是个新手。
  • to go skiing 去滑雪
5 predict
v.预知,预言,预报
  • It's hard to predict how things will turn out.很难预测事情会变成怎么样。
  • I cannot predict when to meet her again.我无法预测什么时候会再见到她。
6 breeze
n.微风;轻而易举的事;vi.来去匆匆,急速走
  • A little breeze is blowing in from the window.微风从窗户里吹进来。
  • The clouds are pale and a light breeze is blowing.云淡风轻。
7 hurricane
n.飓风,暴风,暴风雨
  • The hurricane destroyed the whole village.飓风把整个村子都毁掉了。
  • A hurricane struck the city.飓风袭击了该城市。
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