时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:流利美国口语


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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.


3. The air is stuffy 6.


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.



1 scorching
adj. 灼热的
  • 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
2 monsoon
n.季雨,季风,大雨
  • 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。
3 muggy
adj.闷热的;adv.(天气)闷热而潮湿地;n.(天气)闷热而潮湿
  • 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。
4 frigid
adj.寒冷的,凛冽的;冷淡的;拘禁的
  • 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。
5 overcast
adj.阴天的,阴暗的,愁闷的;v.遮盖,(使)变暗,包边缝;n.覆盖,阴天
  • 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。
6 stuffy
adj.不透气的,闷热的
  • 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。
7 stifling
a.令人窒息的
  • The weather is stifling. It looks like rain. 今天太闷热,光景是要下雨。
  • We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed. 我们在那间关着窗户的热屋子里,简直透不过气来。
8 chilly
adj.凉快的,寒冷的
  • I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
  • I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后,寒气逼人。
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