流利美国口语2.3

（单词翻译）

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 scorching¹ 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 monsoon² season.

W: I am getting sick and tired of this hot, muggy³ and gloomy weather.

M: But it beats frigid⁴ weather of winter, doesn’t it? And the weatherman expects overcast⁵ 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 stuffy⁶.

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 stifling⁷ in here.

11. W: It’s rather cold, chilly⁸ 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.