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1、SpeakingEnglishWhydotheEnglishalwaystalkabouttheweather?"Lovelyday,isn'tit!“"Bitnippytoday.“"Whatstrangeweatherwe'rehaving!“"Itdoesn'tlooklikeit'sgoingtostoprainingtoday."SomeexamplesofconversationstartersQuestions:What’stheweatherlikein…/today?Howistheweath
2、ertoday?Whatisthetemperature?Doyouthinkitwillrain?/snow?Itissubzerotoday?(-minus)Someusefulexpressions:ProverbManproposes,Goddisposes谋事在人，成事在天BadWeatherWhathorribleweather!Ican’tbelievethisweather!Theweathercan’tmakeupitsmindwhattodo.Whataday!DrawthePictureI
3、nthisactivitymemberssplitupintoseverallines.Thememberofeveryotherlinesturnsbackoppositetohispartner.Onepersonlooksatapictureofweather.Theotherpersonhasapencilandablankpieceofpaper.Thepersonwiththepicturewilltrytodescribeeverythingheseestothedrawer.Whenthedes
4、criberisfinished,comparethedrawingstotherealthing!Whoseistheclosesttotheoriginal?UNIT4TalkingabouttheWeatherThunderstorms,Thundershowers,Storm,Lightning雷暴，雷阵雨，风暴，闪电Hail冰雹Snowstorm暴风雪Snow,HeavySnow,Snowfall雪，大雪，降雪LightSnow小雪Sleet雨夹雪Weatherforecast(1)Showers,H
5、eavyShowers,Rainshower阵雨，强阵雨（从降雨强度及降雨量上）OccasionalShowers,ScatteredShowers零星阵雨（时间、空间上不连续的阵雨）IsolatedShowers局地阵雨（空间分布上比ScatteredShowers范围更小的阵雨）LightShowers小阵雨FreezingRain冻雨Drizzle,LightRain毛毛雨，小雨Weatherforecast(2)Fog雾Mist轻雾Smoke烟雾Haze霾Overcast阴SunnyInterval,N
6、oRain,Clearing多云间晴SunnyPeriod,PartlyCloudy,PartlyBright,Mild晴间多云Cloudy,MostlyCloudy多云Bright,Sunny,Fair晴（尤指白天）Fine,Clear晴Weatherforecast(3)Windy,Squall,Stormy,Chill,Gale风，狂风，暴风，寒风，大风Wet,Humid潮湿Wet,Humid潮湿Dry干燥Freezing冰冻Frost霜冻Hot炎热Cold寒冷Warm暖和（升温）Cool凉爽（降温）De
7、wPoint（露点）Humidity（湿度）Wind（风力）Visibility（能见度）Barometer（气压）AlthoughBritishpeopleliketocomplainaboutbadweather,theygenerallyputabravefaceonit.Ifsomeonecomplainsabouttoomuchrain,youmighthear:"Nevermind–it'sgoodforthegarden."Ifsomeonecomplainsthatit'stoohot,youc
8、ouldhear:"Atleastmytomatoeswillbehappy."Iftheconversationhasbeenaboutgeneralbadweather,perhapssomeonewillsay:"Well,I'veheardit'sworseinthewest.They'vehadterribleflooding."Predictingtheweather(1)
