情景口语会话口袋书第35期:谈论天气(1) (mp3和文本下载)

情景口语会话口袋书第35期:谈论天气(1)

1. What's the weather forecast for tomorrow?
明天天气怎样啊？

还能这样说：
How is the weather tomorrow?
What will the weather be like tomorrow?

应用解析：
broken weather 变化无常的天气；
in all weathers 不论天气如何；无论命运好坏；
make fair weather 谄媚，拍马屁；
under stress of weather 在恶劣天气的影响下

2. Nice weather, isn't it?
天气很好，不是吗？

还能这样说：
A lovely day, isn't it?
It's a fine day, isn't it?

应用解析：
make nice 拘谨，有顾虑；含蓄；
more nice than wise 因爱面子而损坏自己的实际利益；
nice looking 五官端正；
nice smell 好闻；香气

3. What's the weather like today?
今天天气怎样？

还能这样说：
How is the weather today?
What do you think of the weather today?

谚语：
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。

4. It is burning hot today.
今天天气很热。

还能这样说：
Today is a real scorcher!
It is blazing today.

应用解析：
a hot spot 困难的或危险的情况；热点；
hot stuff 第一流的人或事物；
be hot on sb. 迷恋某人，爱慕某人；
a hot potato 棘手的事

5. I got caught in the downpour.
我被大雨困住了。

还能这样说：
I was cooped up by the downpour.
I was trapped by the heavy rain.

应用解析：
be caught in (the rain , a trap) 遇（雨），陷入（圈套）；
by catches 时而；时断时续；
play catch 做传球的游戏；
catch it 受责备，挨骂，受罚

6. The rain came down in torrents.
大雨如注。

还能这样说：
What a downpour it was!
The rain fell in sheets.

谚语：
A fish rots from the head down.
上梁不正下梁歪。

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

还能这样说：
Do you think there will be snow?
Do you think it will be snowy?

应用解析：
forty snows ago 40年前；
hair snowed by age 因年老而发白的头发；
white as snow 雪白，极白；
be snowed in 被大雪封住；被花言巧语蒙蔽住；被毒品麻醉

8. The fog is making it difficult to see.
这雾让人视线不清。

还能这样说：
Fog confines visibility.
Things are obscured by the fog.

谚语：
Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.
世上无难事只要肯攀登。