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1 Talking About Weather In England, people don’t usually talk very much. You can go on a bus, or on a train, and everyone sits looking out lf the window. When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing—the weather. In no country other than England, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day! Day may break as a warm spring morning. An hour or so later black clouds may have appeared from nowhere and the rain may be pouring down. At midday conditions may be really wintry with the temperature down by about eight degrees or more centigrade. And then, in the late afternoon the sky will clear, the sun will begin to shine, and for an hour or two before darkness falls, it will be summer. So when you meet someone in England, you can say, “Nice weather for the time of year!” “But it was a little cold yesterday,”someone may answer. “But it will get a bit warmer later!”you can say. Talk like this, and the English will think, “How friendly you are!” 谈论天气 在英国，人们很少交谈过多。你坐在一辆公共汽车上或一列火车上时，可以看到，每个人都坐在那里看着窗户外面。 当你遇到英国人时，他们经常会说到一件事情——天气。据说，只有在英国，人们才能在一天中经历四季的变化。天亮时也许是和煦的春天早晨。大约一个小时之后。也许天空就突然阴云密布，大雨倾盆。中午可能就到了冬天，气温下降八摄氏度或更多。然后，下午晚些时候天空变晴，阳光开始照耀；在天黑之前一两个小时，气候就像夏天一样。因而，当你在英国遇到一个人时，你可以讲；“这正是一年中的好天气呀！” “可昨天有点儿冷，”有人会回答。 “不过以后会暖和起来的！”你可以回答。像这样说话。英国人就会认为：“你太友好了！” 参考译文 词汇 weather 天气 window 窗 warm 暖和的 wintry 冬天 Centigrade 摄氏温度的 friendly 友好的 1 听全文录音，判断正（T）误（F） 1. Most Englishmen are good talkers. 2. Every day, English people experience four seasons. 3. Weather is a common topic in England. 4. If one doesn’t talk about weather, he is considered to be rude in England. 2. 听录音，补全下列段落 When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing –the weather. In no country other than England, it has been said, can one 1 four seasons in the course of a 2 d