Unit 4 Talking about the weather談天氣

Conversation 1

Key Words and Phrases

park 公園

Why don't we...? 為什么我們不……呢?

idea 主意

Conversation 1

Paul: Nice day, isn't it?

好天氣，不是嗎？

Zhu Wei: Sure it is. Why don't we go to a park?

是啊，我們為什么不去公園呢？

Paul: Good idea!

好主意！

Conversation 2

Key Words and Phrases

favourite 特別喜歡

season 季節,

autumn 秋天,

best 最好的

Conversation 2

Louise: Which season do you like best?

你最喜歡什么季節？

Yany: Autumn. Autumn is the best season in Beijing.

秋天。在北京秋天是最好的季節。

Louise: I like autumn, too. Where I'm from, autumn is the best time of year.

我也喜歡秋天。在我們家鄉，秋天是一年中最好的季節。

Conversation 3

Key Words and Phrases

like 像……一樣,

hometown 家鄉 ,

warm 溫暖,

spring 春天 ,

summer 夏天 ,

as 一樣的

Conversation 3

Dou: What's the weather like in your hometown?

在你們家鄉天氣怎么樣？

Paula: Um, very nice. It's warm in spring and cool in autumn.

嗯，很好，春天很溫暖，秋天和涼爽。

Dou: Is it hot in summer?

夏天熱嗎？

Paula: Yes, it is, but not as hot as in Beijing.

是的，但是沒有北京這么熱。

Additional Useful Expressions

Vocabulary

bitterly 刺骨的

awful 極壞的,

'd better=had better 還是……好 ,

umbrella 雨傘,

temperature 溫度,

Additional Useful Expressions

Does it snow a lot in Beijing?

北京下雪多嗎？

It's bitterly cold.

天氣冷的厲害。

What an awful day!

天氣真糟啊！

It's going to rain. You'd better take an umbrella with you.

要下雨了，你最好帶上雨傘。

What will the weather be like tomorrow？

明天天氣會怎樣？

It's nice and warm out here.

外面天氣真舒服。

I hate this kind of weather.

我討厭這種天氣。

What's the temperature?

今天幾度？