weather language

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1、WeatherLanguage天气成语ABritishObsession英国人迷恋的话题Readthetextbelowanddotheactivitythatfollows.阅读下面的短文，然后完成练习：Britishpeoplearefamousforalwaystalkingabouttheweather,buttheweatheralsoaffectsthewaywespeakandthephrasesweuse.AsmorewinterweatherbatterstheUK,thisweek’sTakeAwaydemonstrateshowtheBritish

2、obsessionwithweatherhasinfluencedourlanguage.ThereturnofsnowstormstotheUKprovesthatwhenitcomestobadweatheritneverrainsbutitpours.Thepolicehavewarnedthatunnecessaryroadtravelisnotrecommendedbutsomemotoristshavethrowncautiontothewindandmadetheirjourneysanyway,claimingthatit’sallastormintea

3、cup.Thosewhosecarsarestuckinthesnowmayconsiderthemselvestobetwistinginthewind.Thereareproblemstooforlocalcouncilswhoarerunningoutofsandandgritfortheroads,havingnotsavedenoughsuppliesforarainyday.Howeverit’sanillwindthatblowsnobodyanygoodandbreakdownserviceswillbeseeinganincreaseinbusines

4、satthistimeofyear.Andeverycloudhasasilverliningforplumberstooasthecoldweatherbringsburstandfrozenpipesinhomesandbusinesses.Whathasbecomeapparentfromthecoldsnapisthatseasonalweatherforecastingisnotaprecisescience.TheUKMeteorologicalOfficepredictedthatthiswinterwouldbemildandwarmsothebadwe

5、athercamelikeaboltfromtheblue,defyingpredictions.It’snowonderthenthatmanypeoplearefeelingundertheweatherwithflusandcoldsanever-presentdanger,especiallyfortheveryoldandveryyoung.Thebestthingtodothenistowrapupwarm,stayathomeandweatherthestormandhopefullyinafewweekseverythingwillbeasrightas

6、rain.Glossary词汇表batters（恶劣天气）困扰itneverrainsbutitpours祸不单行astorminteacup大惊小怪grit砂砾illwindthatblowsnobodyanygood有祸也有福/有人愁有人喜everycloudhasasilverlining（每一块乌云后面都有银色的一面）困难中必有希望burst爆开/裂开seasonalweatherforecasting季节天气预告boltfromtheblue突如其来的weatherthestorm渡过危机1.ReadingQuiz阅读测验influenced影响thrown

7、cautiontothewind冒险twistinginthewind孤立无援rainyday艰难的时刻/困境breakdownservices（汽车）救援服务plumbers管工coldsnap寒流MeteorologicalOfficepredicted气象局预测undertheweather身体不舒服asrightasrain万事顺利Arethesesentencestrueorfalse?Circlethecorrectanswer.以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。1.Britishpeoplearewellknown