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Section 07

天气
Weather

今天的阳光不是很好,如果在平时,我可能不太喜欢这样的天气。但今天不一样,马上就要到家了,我很激动,所以这天气在我看来也感觉特别亲切。

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The weather is beautiful. 天气很好。

天气好同样还可以这样表达:

● It's very nice out today. 今天外面的天气很好。

● The weather is nice out today. 今天外面的天气很好。

● It's sunny and warm today.

今天阳光灿烂,很暖和。

喜欢这种天气:

● Yeah, I love this kind of weather.

是啊,我喜欢这种天气。

有点儿挑剔了:

● It's a little too hot for my liking.

就我喜欢的天气来说,这还是有点儿太热了。

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It's really cold out. 外面真冷。

冷且恶劣的天气:

● It's freezing outside. 外面特别冷。

● The weather is nasty. 天气真恶劣。

● The weather outside is terrible. 外面的天气真糟糕。

天气确实糟糕:

● Yeah, this weather is awful. 是啊,这天气太糟了。

天冷了要多穿衣服:

● It's so cold; I'll need to get a new coat.

好冷啊,我得买件新外套了。

★ nasty ['næstɪ] adj. (天气等)非常恶劣的

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It's snowing today. 今天下雪了。

下雪啦:

● It's snowy outside. 外面下雪了。

● There's snow outside. 外面下雪了。

● It's cold and snowing today. 今天好冷,下雪了。

喜欢下雪的人:

● That's alright. I love the snow. 好啊,我喜欢雪。

● The snow is nice. 下雪挺好的。

不喜欢下雪的人:

● Snowy weather is dreadful. 下雪的天气真是糟透了。

★ dreadful ['drɛdfəl] adj. 糟透的,非常讨厌的(口语)

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It's rainy. 下雨了。

根据不同的时态表达下雨:

● It's raining outside. 外面正下雨呢。

● There's a lot of rain today. 今天下了很大的雨。

● It's going to rain. 要下雨了。

给予提醒:

● Don't forget your umbrella. 别忘了带伞啊。

● You probably shouldn't go outside today.

今天你或许不该出去。

★ umbrella [ʌm'brɛlə] n. 伞,雨伞

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The weather forecast said the storm would clear up tonight. 天气预报说暴风雨今晚就会停的。

随时注意天气预报:

● According to the forecast, the storm is going away later tonight. 根据天气预报,暴风雨今晚晚些时候就会过去的。

● The weatherman said it's supposed to stop storming tonight. 天气预报员说暴风雨今晚应该就会停了。

● The storm should clear up tonight. I heard it on the daily forecast. 暴风雨今晚应该就停了,我在每日预报上听到的。

好的消息总是让人高兴:

● That's good. I'm tired of this storm.

那太好了,我都烦死这暴风雨了。

天气预报有时候可能不准确,抱以希望吧:

● Hopefully the forecast will be right.

希望天气预报是对的。

★ forecast ['fɔrˌkæst] n. 预测,预报

★ clear up ( ) 放晴

★ according to 根据,按照,据……所说

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There's a lot of thunder and lightning. 电闪雷鸣。

这种天气很吓人的:

● The thunderstorm is really bad right now.

此刻这雷雨天气真糟糕。

● This lightning and thunder is crazy.

这闪电和雷声很疯狂。

这种天气对我们的影响:

● I know. It kept me up all night!

我知道,这让我整个晚上都没睡着。

● It's so loud. It's hard to concentrate with this weather.

声音太大了,这种天气很难集中精神。

★ thunder and lightning 电闪雷鸣

★ thunderstorm ['θʌndɚˌstɔrm] n. 雷暴,雷暴雨

★ concentrate ['kɑns n ˌtret] vi. 集中,聚集

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It's supposed to be overcast tonight. 今晚应该是阴天。

在我们看来阴天和多云没多大区别:

● It's supposed to be cloudy today.

今天应该是多云的天气。

● It won't be very sunny. There are a lot of clouds.

天气不会很晴朗的,有好多云。

● The sky will be covered in clouds all day.

天空将一整天都被云层笼罩。

阴天总比下雨好啊:

● That's not too bad. At least it isn't raining anymore.

那还不是太糟糕,至少不再下雨了。

盼望太阳:

● I wish the sun would come out! 我希望太阳出来。

就有人喜欢阴天:

● I like this weather. The sun bothers me sometimes.

我喜欢这种天气。有时候太阳也很让我烦心的。

★ overcast ['ovɚˌkæst] adj. 多云的,阴的

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The winds are very strong. 风好大啊。

有风的天气:

● It's really windy. 今天风有点儿大。

● It's windier than usual. 今天比平时风大。

能感觉到风吹:

● I agree. I feel like I'm going to fly away in it!

没错,我感觉就像要飞起来一样。

● Yeah, it pierces right through my coat.

是啊,风穿透了我的外套吹进来。

★ fly away 飞走,飞行,起飞

★ pierce [pɪrs] vi. 穿入,进入,透入

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文化穿越

不同地区的气候差别很大。美国北部,尤其是加拿大边境附近地区冬天是很冷的,而且降雪量很大,可以覆盖汽车。因此,在冬天的时候,通常北边的人会到南边避寒,佛罗里达州和加利福尼亚州都是不错的选择。北边大雪纷飞的时候,南边依然是阳光、沙滩、比基尼。不过,到了夏天,南边的人通常会到北边去避暑,佛罗里达州和加利福尼亚州的夏天是很闷热的。另外,天气这个话题一般是比较安全的,陌生人之间或者朋友之间可以随时谈论天气,是个打破沉默的好话题。 zPJbQpx9yCuc9B4tg3sTpmLFHBPZ8xOhl+sjWvKLxzYNSzwKkbI1hy40I968Gbsz

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