今天的這段對話,在討論天氣,
天氣變化無常很難預測,你所在城市的天氣怎么樣
來聽今天的講解:
beginner
A: i went shopping without my umbrella yesterday morning.
昨天早上我沒帶傘去購物。
B: yesterday morning was beautiful i thought the sunning was going to continue.
昨天早上很美,我以為太陽會繼續(xù)曬下去。
A: so did i. that's why i didn't take my umbrella.i got cold in the rain in the afternoon.it was raining cats and dogs.
我也是。這就是我為什么不帶傘的原因。我在下午的雨里著涼了。雨下得很大。
B: i know. i could not believe it when i got hit by that storm.it was pouring with rain all afternoon.
我知道。當我被暴風雨襲擊時,我簡直不敢相信。整個下午都在下傾盆大雨。
A: we really have some mysable weather sometime.i wish i would live somewhere which were sunning all year round.
有時我們真的會有一些神秘的天氣。我希望我能住在一年四季都在曬太陽的地方。
B: if it was sunning all year round there would be drought.you probably would not like it either.
如果一年四季都在曬太陽,就會有干旱。你可能也不喜歡。
A: i guess you are right. maybe i just wish the weather could be a little more predictable.
我想你是對的。也許我只是希望天氣能更容易預測一點。
B: the weather forecasters are not good at predicting the weather would be like.our weather is so changeable.
天氣預報員不善于預測天氣。我們的天氣變化無常。
intermediate
A: what's the weather like in your city?
你所在城市的天氣怎么樣?
B: in the summer it gets very hot.the temperture is between often 37 and 40 centigrade.when it is hot we often get rains.the winters are drier.
夏天變得很熱。溫度通常在37到40攝氏度之間。熱的時候我們經(jīng)常下雨。冬天更干燥。
A: the summer tempreture ususally often reaches about 20 or25 in my city.the rain falls mostly in the winter.and we often get snow.
在我的城市里,夏天的氣溫通常達到20或25度左右。雨主要在冬天下。我們經(jīng)常下雪。
B: what are the temperatures in winter? in my city it is about 15 or 20 degrees.
冬天的溫度是多少?在我所在的城市大約是15或20度。
A: in winter temperture often falls to zero at night temperture can be below that.the streets are often icing in the morning.with high such tempertures you must get some thunderstorms.
冬天的氣溫經(jīng)常在晚上降到零度。氣溫可能低于零度。早上街道上經(jīng)常結(jié)冰。氣溫這么高,一定會有雷雨。
B: yeah, we do. in the middle of summer there can be found storms every day ususally in the afternoon. i heard your city has a lot of fog, is that true?
是的,我們知道。在仲夏,每天下午都會有暴風雨。我聽說你的城市有很多霧,是真的嗎?
A: we do have a few fog days in winter.but i would not say we have a lot of fogs.the sky are usually clearly in your city, are they?
我們冬天確實有幾天霧。但我不會說我們有很多霧。你們城市的天空通常很晴朗,是嗎?
B: yes, they are. like i said we have thunderstorms.but each one usually last a few hours.then the skys are clear again.
是的。就像我說的,我們有雷雨。但每次通常持續(xù)幾個小時。然后天空又晴朗了。
A: have you ever had snow in your city?
你所在的城市下過雪嗎?
B: my grandmother said there was snow once when she was a child.but my parents and i never see it outside of my city.
我的祖母說她小時候有一次下雪,但我和父母從來沒有在城外看到過。
A: the river in my city sometime freeze over.people go ice-skating on it.on summer people go boating on the river.but few people go swimming because it is not very clean.
我所在城市的河流有時會結(jié)冰。人們在上面滑冰。夏天人們在河上劃船。但很少有人去游泳,因為河水不太干凈。
B: as you know, my city is on the coast.the water is also not clean.but people still go swimming all year around.i perfer to sand bath on the beach when the weather is hot in sunning.
如你所知,我的城市在海邊。水也不干凈。但人們?nèi)匀蝗甓既ビ斡?。我喜歡在陽光明媚的天氣熱的時候在海灘上洗沙浴。