大学英语口语第一册4weather概要1.ppt

How is the Weather Today? Functional expressions about weather Asking About the Weather 1. What is the weather like out there?外面的天气如何？ How is the weather out there? How is the weather today? What does the weather look like? What do you think of the weather, Joe? What is the weather forecast for tomorrow? What is the weather like today? What sort of day is it? 2.Is it supposed to rain on Monday? 3.Why dont you check and see if its sunny tomorrow? 你何不看看明天会不会出太阳呢? 2. 3.Its a beautiful day. 今天天气很好。 　　老美都是怎么形容好天气的呢? 通常他们会用 beautiful，nice 或是 lovely 来形容。 其中我最常听到的就是“It‘s a beautiful/nice/lovely day.” 反之如果是天气很糟下大雨呢，你可以用 “It’s nasty. 来形容。It’s awful. Wonderful/pleasant/ fine/sunny/ Useful words and expressions Sunny, shining; warm; hot ; sweltering闷热的 ; dry; drought干旱 , clear; bright; mild; cool; freezing; frosty结霜的，严寒的；冷淡的； ; wet; humid; foggy; misty有雾的 ; windy; gale; gust; breezy; tornado旋风；龙卷风；大雷雨；暴风 , hurricane飓风，暴风 ; typhoon; rainy; stormy; lightening; downpour倾盆大雨 ; shower; storm; cloud; torrential猛烈的，汹涌的 rain; flood; thundershower; snowy; flurry；飓风 ; snow storm; blizzard猛烈的，汹涌的 ; sleetn. 雨夹雪；雨淞 ; cloudy and gray; hot and sticky粘的；粘性的 Important words and sentences Weather words If winter comes will spring be far away冬天已经来了，春天还会远吗？ 是英国诗人雪莱《西风颂》中的诗句 It’s raining cats and dogs. (Were having a heavy rain.同样也是雨下得很大)。 It’s not heat; it is the humidity It’s raining bucket倾盆而下 . It‘s burning up out there. 外面热得跟火炉似的。 We had a downpour. 我们刚遇到了一场倾盆大雨 　5. It‘s just sprinkling. 只是在下毛毛雨而已。 　　毛毛雨或是毛毛雪我们都可以用 drizzle 和 sprinkle 这两个动词来表示。Drizzle 这个字就是气象术语里下毛毛雨的意思， 而 sprinkle 虽然是撒的意思，但也常被用来形容毛毛雨，常听到的用法就是 Its drizzling. 或是 Its sprinkling. 。 　　另外还有一个说法叫 scattered rain，它指的是零零星星的降雨 We have to cancel the track and field contest because of the scattered rain. 因为零星的降雨所以我们必须取消田径赛。 atmosphere大气；空气；气氛beastly令人讨厌的blow hard刮大风breezy有微风的 clear up多云的；阴天的；阴沉的damp潮湿的 humitydownpour倾盆大雨 drought干旱 fair晴朗的；转晴的freeze结冰 gale大风 gust of wind阵风 haze薄雾 lightning闪电 mild气温适中的 nasty令人不快的，