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谈论天气常用语

2010-05-29

中学英语之友·上 2010年3期
关键词:私事摄氏英美

1. 询问天气情况的常用套语:

Hows the weather today? 今天天气怎样?

Whats the weather like today? 今天天气怎样?

Hows the weather tomorrow? 明天天气怎样?

What was the weather like yesterday? 昨天天气怎样?

What will the weather be like tomorrow? 明天天气怎样?

Hows the weather in Beijing in summer? 夏天北京天气怎样?

Whats the weather like in London in winter? 伦敦冬天天气怎样?

Is the weather always like this? 天气老是这样吗?

Is it always as hot(cold) as this? 天气总是这样热(冷)吗?

What do you think of the weather here? 你认为这儿天气怎样?

How do you like our weather? 你认为我们这儿天气怎样?

Whats the temperature today, do you know? 今天的气温是多少,你知道吗?

What does the weather forecast(man) say? 天气预报是怎么说的?

Whats the weather forecast for tomorrow? 明天的天气预报怎么说?

Whats the average temperature in London on a summers day?

伦敦夏天的平均气温是多少?

2. 谈论天气变化的常用套语:

It looks like rain(raining). 看来要下雨了。

It looks as if its going to rain. 像要下雨了。

Its going to rain. 要下雨了。

Its beginning to rain. 开始下雨了。

Its clearing up. 天放晴了。

Its going to be fine tomorrow. 明天将是个晴天。

It seems to be clearing up. 天似乎要转晴了。

Its getting warmer (and warmer). 天气越来越暖和了。

I think therell be a storm soon. 我看很快就会有场暴风雨。

I dont think the rain would last long. 我看这雨不会下很久的。

I think the rain is going to last all day. 我看这雨会下一整天了。

Were going to have a snowfall today. 今天会下雪。

The rain is setting in. 雨下起来了。

Im so glad it has turned out fine. 我真高兴结果是个好天。

Im so sorry it has turned out wet. 真遗憾结果是个下雨天。

I hope it will keep fine. 我希望天会一直晴下去。

I hope the weather stays this way. 我希望天气总是这么好。

I hope it wont rain. 我希望天不会下雨。

The rain has stopped. 雨停了。

3. 评论天气的常用套语:

Lovely day(weather), isnt it? 天气真好,是吗?

Nice and warm today, isnt it? 今天挺暖和的,是吗?

Very hot today, isnt it? 今天很热,是吗?

Rather cold today, isnt it? 今天很冷,是吗?

Terrible weather, isnt it? 天气真糟,是吗?

Pretty warm, isnt it? 挺暖和的,是吗?

Isnt it lovely weather? 天气真好。

Isnt it a lovely day? 天气真好。

Its raining heavily. 雨下得真大。

Its much colder than (it was) yesterday. 今天比昨天冷多了。

Its rather windy today. 今天风很大。

Its quite cool here in August. 这里八月份很凉快。

What a lovely day! 天气真好。

What fine weather were having! 天气真好。

4. 表示气温的常用套语:

Its eighteen degrees Centigrade (18 ℃) today. 今天气温是摄氏18度。

Its eighteen degrees Fahrenheit (18 ℃) today. 今天气温是华氏18度。

The temperature has climbed to 35 ℃. 气温已上升到摄氏35度。

Its five above(zero). 气温是5度。

Its five below(zero). 气温是零下5度。

Its 25 degrees. 气温是25度。

The temperature will drop to twenty below. 气温将会降到零下20度。

The highest temperature during the day will be five below zero. 白天最高气温零下5度。

On a very hot day, the temperature reaches 35 ℃. 在很热的日子里,气温可达到摄氏35度。

The weather forecast says the highest temperature will be 3 degrees centigrade, and the lowest 6 degrees blow zero. 天气预报说最高气温是3度,最低气温零下6度。

According to the weather forecast, the temperature is expected to reach(hit) 40 degrees centigrade. 根据天气预报,气温可达摄氏40度。

【交际指南】

1. 英美人谈论天气,除个别情况是实实在在地了解天气情况外,其他绝大部分情况都不是为了天气而谈天气,而是为了引入新的话题。比如旅行的人们坐在车上,彼此互不认识,假若大家都默默地坐着,那未免太尴尬,而让人难受。为了打破这种僵局,人们就得找话说,但是说什么好呢? 在英美人看来,最方便也是最安全的办法,就是谈论天气。因为天气这一话题人人都可以发表见解,且不涉及他人私事(英美人视打听私事为大忌),也不至于失礼或引起误解。(另外,据说英国人尤其喜欢谈论天气,还与他们国家的多变天气有关,英国是世界上少有的几个天气异常多变的国家之一,那里往往是上午还是阳光普照,下午就会大雨淋漓,一小时前还是晴空万里,一小时后就会雾都茫茫。因此,谈论或预测天气很自然就成了英国人最经常的话题)。谈论天气不仅仅是陌生人之间为了搭腔或引入话题的惯用手段,就是熟人甚至朋友之间也常用到。

2. 简洁是口语的一大特点,因此在谈论天气时,为了简洁起见,人们常使用一些省略句。 如:

Its a lovely day, isnt it?→Lovely day, isnt it?

Its rather cold today, isnt it?→Rather cold, isnt it?

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