我们可以用“What's…like?”和“How's…?”来询问天气情况。例如:
What's the weather like tomorrow? 明天的天气怎么样?
What's the weather today? 今天天气怎样?
What's the weather like? 天气怎样?
It's going to rain. 明天有雨。
How's the weather today? 今天的天气怎么样?
It's very hot. 很热。
正在下雨吗?
肯定和否定的一般疑问句都常常用来谈论天气。例如:
Is it going to rain this afternoon? 今天下午会下雨吗?
Yes, I think so. 是的,我想会。
Isn't it cold? 很冷吧?
Yes, it is. 是的,很冷。
It's hot today, isn't it? 今天闷热,是不是?
Yes, it certainly is. It's hot and humid. 是的,确实是很闷热。
Is it raining? 正在下雨吗?
Yes, it is. It's raining very hard. 是的,雨下得很大。
今天天气真好!
表达天气好时,我们还可以用到这些句子:
It's a nice/beautiful/great day today, isn't it?
It feels like spring today.
看样子下雨了。
如果雨下得很大,你可以这样表达“瓢泼大雨”:
It's raining cats and dogs.
It's pouring rivers from the sky.
听,雷声!
谈论雷电时,你可能会用到这些句子:
See the lightning!
There is too much thunder and lightning.
Hurry, lightning can kill.
No more thunder.
The lightning has quit.
外面冷死了!
表达天气寒冷,下面这些句子也是必备的:
It's a bit nippy today.
There is a real nip in the air today.
It's brass monkey weather today. You'd better wrap up warm!
Tomorrow is supposed to be mind-numbingly cold. I need to get out my heavy winter jacket.
外面有风。
The wind has dropped a little.
The wind really chills me to the bone.
The wind is bone-chilling.
The wind just cuts right through you.
A:What's it like out?
外面天气如何?
B:It's miserable out.
糟透了。
A:How's the weather?
天气怎样?
B:It's ten below. (-10 degrees)
有零下十度。
A:Do you have rain?
你们那里下雨吗?
B:We haven't had a drop of rain for weeks.
我们这儿已经几周没下雨了。
A:What's the temperature there?
那儿温度如何?
B:It's 22 degrees Celsius.
(摄氏)22度。
A:It's snowing here, what's it doing there?
我们这里正下雪,你们那里如何?
B:It's pouring outside. (Raining heavily)
下着倾盆大雨呢。
A:Beautiful day, huh?
天气不错吧?
B:We couldn't ask for a better day than this.
是啊,好得不能再好了。
A:What's the weather forecast?
天气预报怎么说?
B:They're calling for blue skies all week.
他们说整个一周都是晴天。
晴天 sunshine fine
多云 cloudy
阴天 overcast sky or cloudy sky
小雨 flurry spit sprinkle
中雨 middle rain
大雨 heavy rain
暴雨 rainstorm
台风 typhoon
龙卷风 cyclone tornado
雾 brume fog mist reek
雪 grue or snow
霜 frost or hoarfrost
冰雹 hail or hailstone
晴朗 clear
潮湿 humidity
干旱 drought
另外,在表示温度时,用below zero表示零下温度,温度用基数词+degree(s)+单位词(centigrade摄氏或Fahrenheit华氏)表示。
thirty-six degrees centigrade 或36℃ 摄氏36度
four degrees below zero centigrade 或-4℃ 摄氏零下4度
不过,这里的单位词在人们都很清楚是什么度量制度时,可以省略,比如:
It's seven degrees below zero.今天是零下七度。(摄氏)