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　　天气状况

　　01 What's the weather forecast for tomorrow?

　　明天天气怎么样？

　　常用单词

　　forecast ['fɔ:kɑ:st] n. 预报，预言

　　tomorrow [tə'mɒrəʊ] n. 明天

　　学学这样说

　　1. How is the weather today? 今天的天气如何？

　　2. What do you think of the weather today? 你觉得今天的天气如何？

　　3. What's the weather like today? 今天的天气如何？

　　4. What will the weather be like tomorrow? 明天可能是什么天气？

　　应用对话

　　Steven: Julia, what's the weather forecast for tomorrow?

　　Julia: It says a storm may come tomorrow.

　　史蒂文：茱莉娅，明天天气怎么样？

　　茱莉娅：天气预报说明天可能会有一场暴风雨。

　　02 Do you think it will rain tomorrow?

　　你认为明天会下雨吗？

　　常用单词

　　rain [reɪn] v. 下雨

　　学学这样说

　　1. How long will the rainy season last? 雨季会持续多久？

　　2. Do you think it will be fine tomorrow? 你觉得明天会是好天气吗？

　　3. How is the weather there? 你那里天气如何？

　　4. Do you think it will snow? 你认为会下雪吗？

　　补充短语

　　rainy season 雨季

　　03 The snow is three inches deep.

　　雪积了3英寸厚。

　　常用单词

　　snow [snəʊ] n. 雪，雪花

　　inch [ɪntʃ] n. 英寸，少量

　　学学这样说

　　1. It's snowing, but I'm sure it'll stop soon. 下雪了，不过我肯定一会儿就会停。

　　2. The ground is white with snow. 大地雪白一片。

　　3. There is a severe snowstorm this morning. 今天早上有暴风雪。

　　4. It's snowing heavily outside. 外面正在下大雪。

　　5. It began to snow. 开始下雪了。

　　6. It's going to snow tomorrow. 明天要下雪。

　　补充短语

　　be white with snow 雪白一片

　　04 But it's supposed to get windy again this afternoon.

　　但是今天下午可能又要刮风了。

　　解析 ▲ be supposed to意思是“应该，被期望”，表示一种推断或希望，后面跟动词原形。

　　学学这样说

　　1. It's been windy all morning. 整个早上都有风。

　　2. No one knows that the storm arose during the night. 没有人知道夜里起风暴了。

　　3. The wind starts to blow. 开始起风了。

　　4. The wind is coming up. 开始起风了。

　　5. My father told me that the gale blustered all day. 爸爸告诉我大风刮了一整天。

　　5. The wind is blowing from the south. 正在刮南风。

　　补充短语

　　start to do sth 开始做某事

　　come up 上升，出现

　　05 The wind is going down.

　　风变小了。

　　常用单词

　　wind [wɪnd] n. 风

　　学学这样说

　　1. There's a light air today. 今天风力一级。

　　2. There is a light breeze today. 今天风力二级。

　　3. There's going to be a gentle/moderate/ fresh/ strong breeze tomorrow.

　　明天风力三/四/五/六级。

　　4. I love having this cool breeze across my face. 我喜欢这凉风拂过脸庞的感觉。

　　5. There's heavy wind today. 今天风很大。

　　6. There's hardly a breath of air. 几乎没有一丝风。

　　7. The wind is blowing hard. 风很大。

　　补充短语

　　a light air 风力一级

　　a light breeze 风力二级

　　06 It looks as if it is going to rain.

　　看来要下雨了。

　　解析 ▲ as if意思是“好像”，在句中充当连词，后面跟句子。

　　学学这样说

　　1. The weather seems to be rainy. 似乎要下雨了。

　　2. I am afraid a storm is brewing. 恐怕暴风雨要来了。

　　3. The sky became suddenly overcast with clouds. 天空突然乌云密布。

　　4. I like the cold and rainy weather. 我喜欢这寒冷而多雨的天气。

　　5. The rain will be over soon. 雨就快停了。

　　补充短语

　　thunder storm 暴风雨

　　become overcast with 布满……

　　07 It was raining cats and dogs yesterday.

　　昨天下着倾盆大雨。

　　语法TIPS

　　据说在17世纪的英格兰，每当下大雨的时候，一些城市的街道就会水流成河，飘浮着大量的死猫死狗，就好像是从天上下来的。因此rain cats and dogs就表示雨下得特别大。

　　学学这样说

　　1. It must have rained last night for the road is wet. 路面是湿的，昨晚肯定下过雨。

　　2. We haven't had a thunderstorm like this for months.

　　我们已经好几个月没遇到这样的雷雨天气了。

　　3. There was a shower this afternoon. 下午下了一场阵雨。

　　4. I got caught in the downpour. 我遇上了一场倾盆大雨。

　　补充短语

　　get caught in... 遇到……

　　08 Is the fog going to lift?

　　雾会散吗？

　　解析 ▲ 该句是be going to的疑问句形式，把be动词is提至句首，用来引导疑问句。

　　常用单词

　　fog [fɒɡ] n. 雾，烟雾

　　学学这样说

　　1. The sky looks cloudy. 天空看起来阴阴的。

　　2. It's getting cloudy. 天正在变阴。

　　3. The sky is overcast, and it is very sultry. 天空阴沉沉的，很闷热。

　　4. The fog makes it difficult to see. 这场雾让人视线不清。

　　09 The weather is disappointing.

　　天气真糟糕！

　　语法TIPS

　　该句中的disappointing是由动词disappoint加上词缀-ing构成的派生词，意思是“糟糕的，令人失望的”，通常修饰物。disappointed是disappoint加上词缀-ed构成的派生词，意思是“失望的，沮丧的”，通常修饰人。注意两者的区别。

　　学学这样说

　　1. The weather has been very changeable lately. 最近天气十分多变。

　　2. The weather has been like this for two weeks. 这种天气已经持续两个星期了。

　　3. It was humid last week! 上周的天气很潮湿。

　　4. What awful weather we have been having recently! 最近的天气真糟！

　　补充短语

　　last week 上周

　　10 It's quite different from the weather forecast.

　　这同天气预报所说的出入很大。

　　解析 ▲ be different from意思是“与……不同”，from是介词，后面跟名词、代词或者名词词组。句中的quite是副词，修饰different。

　　学学这样说

　　1. Today is a real scorcher! 今天真是个大热天！

　　2. It's too hot to walk. 热得没法走路。

　　3. It is much colder today than yesterday. 今天比昨天冷了很多。

　　4. From the thermometer we know that the temperature fell to zero.

　　看温度计我们得知气温已经降到零度。

　　5. I hope the weather forecast is right. 我希望天气预报会准。

　　补充短语

　　a real scorcher 大热天

　　weather forecast 天气预报

　　11 Nice weather, isn't it?

　　天气很好，不是吗？

　　语法TIPS

　　该句是一个反义疑问句，它表示提问人的看法，没有把握，需要对方证实。反义疑问句有两部分，前一部分是陈述句，后一部分是疑问句，两部分的人称时态应保持一致。前面否定，后面要肯定；前面肯定，后面要否定。

　　常用单词

　　nice [naɪs] adj.（天气）温暖的，宜人的

　　weather ['weðə(r)] n. 天气

　　学学这样说

　　1. The weather is certainly a big improvement over yesterday.

　　今天天气比昨天好多了。

　　2. The sky is bright and clear. 天空明朗清澈。

　　3. It's a fine day. 今天是个好天。

　　4. What a beautiful day ! 今天天气真好！

　　12 It is growing cool.

　　天气渐渐凉爽起来。

　　语法TIPS

　　该句用的是现在进行时态，说明该动作在近期一直在进行。

　　学学这样说

　　1. There is a beautiful rainbow in the sky. 一道美丽的彩虹悬挂在天上。

　　2. It's good to see the sun again. 看到太阳又出来了，真让人高兴。

　　3. It'll probably clear up this afternoon. 今天下午可能转晴。

　　4. The days are getting longer since summer has come.

　　夏天到了，白天变得越来越长。

　　5. It's about twenty-three degrees centigrade this morning. 今天早上大约23摄氏度

　　补充短语

　　clear up 放晴

　　13 Maybe tomorrow is a clear day.

　　没准明天是个艳阳天。

　　学学这样说

　　1. I guess we're going to have a fine day. 我想我们会有个好天气。

　　2. The weather is going to stay fine. 好天气会持续下去。

　　3. According to the weather forecast, it will be a fine day the day after tomorrow.

　　天气预报说后天是个好天气。

　　4. The weather forecast says the day after tomorrow will be sunny.

　　天气预报说后天会是晴天。

　　补充短语

　　have a fine day 有个好天气

　　the day after tomorrow 后天

　　应用对话

　　Steven: Yeah! But you know sometimes the weather forecast is not accurate.

　　Maybe tomorrow is a clear day. Who knows?

　　Julia: Yeah, maybe you are right!

　　史蒂文：是啊，不过你知道的，有时候天气预报并不准确。没准明天是个艳阳天，谁知道呢？

　　茱莉娅：是的，没准你说得对！ 终极英语会话