适合练习英语口语的新编话题之恐怖的天气(Terrible-Weather).doc

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本来计划好要外出，可是遇上了坏天气，哪儿也去不成了，心情是不是超郁闷？英语中怎么来表达各种坏天气、恐怖的天气呢？答案就在下面哦！

Must Words
shower阵雨
snow下雪
heavy wind大风
sleet雨夹雪
cloudy then rainy阴转雨
spot零星小雨
snowfall降雪量
foggy有雾的
snowy多雪的
cloudy wind阴时有风
storm风暴
light rain小雨
mist薄雾
lightning闪电
drought干旱
forecast预报
cats and dogs猛烈地
windy有风的
drifting snow票匾雪
rain下雨
moderate rain中雨
Thick fog浓雾
freeze冰冻
flood洪水
blow刮风
stormy有风暴的
rainy多雨的，下雨的
damp多雨的

Must Expressions

Theme 1

It's supposed to rain today.今天可能会下雨。
The weather is terrible.天气真糟糕。
It's rather cold and windy today.今天很冷风又大。
The weather forecast says it is going to rain tomorrow.天气预报
说明天有雨。
It rains a lot here in summer.返里的夏天经常下雨。
It is raining cats and dogs．正在下倾盆大雨。

Theme 2

It is blowing hard.风刮得很大。
It is a windy day.今天风很大。
I think there will be a strong wind.我想可能要刮大风了。

Theme 3

It is snowing heavily.正在下大雪。
The snow won't last long.雪不会持续太久。
The average snowfall each year is about three feet.每年平均降雪量大约三英尺。

Theme 4

It's very foggy.雾很大。
The fog is beginning to lift.雾正在散去。

Hot Dialogue
Hot Words

terrible a．糟糕的 following a．接下来的 make it成功做到
cancel v．取消 cloudy a．阴天的 weather forecast天气预报
disaster n．灾难 barbecue n．烧烤

今天是周五，本来Susie和她的好朋友们约好周末一起去野外烧烤，可
是天气从昨天开始骤变，可能要影响她们的出行计划了。

Susie:：Terrible weather, isn't it?
Linda：Yes，the rain is setting in again. But it's not so heavy; maybe it will stop soon.
Susie:：But it supposed to get cloudy and windy again this afternoon.
Linda：Really? It can't be that bad.
Susie：I think the rain is going to last all day long. Have you heard the weather forecast?
Linda：No，what does it say?
Susie： It is said a storm may come in the following days.
Linda：Oh，disaster!
Susie：And it may get colder.
Linda：What about our barbecue this weekend? Shall we cancel it?
Susie：We have to put off, I guess.
Linda：What will it be after the storm?
Susie：We'll have fine weather for the next few days.
Linda：That's good. Actually, I don't set store by weather forecast.
Susie：But most of the time they are right,aren't they?
Linda：Yes, I hope we can make it next weekend.

热词酷评

Set in 开始
set in用来表示“开始发生”或“出现”，如：Evening was setting in as I hit the road.当我上路时，夜幕降临了。与set相关的常用搭配还有侧多，如：set about（开始，出发），set off（发生，引起），set out（：着手，开始旅程），set up（组装，建立）等等。

Be supposed to 应该
Be supposed to这是固定搭配，用来表示认为某事的可能性。如：You're supposed to get there at ten o'clock.你应该10点到那儿。还可以表示“被期望；猜想会”，如：You are supposed to sing professionally.犬家期望你唱得专业点。

Put off 推迟
put off表示延期，如：The meeting will be put off until Friday.这次会议将推迟到星期五召开。
还可以用来表示“推迟，延期”的单词还有defer、delay以及postpone 等。如：I'm going to postpone the trip.我将要推迟旅行。The meeting is delayed by the bad weather.天气不好，所以会议推迟了。

Set store by 重视
set store by表示“重视”，set还可以替换为lay,如：To set/lay store by information is to pay attention to the future.重视信息就是重视未来。set great store by意为“很相信，非常重视”set little store by意为“不重视”相似表达还有attach importance to以及think much of o