生活英语情景口语:英国的天气

B: it's a lovely day out today, isn't it?

P: it's beautiful. Enjoy it while it lasts. It's supposed to get cold tomorrow.

B: what's the weather forecast for tomorrow?

P: it's supposed to snow early tomorrow morning and then tomorrow afternoon there's a chance of freezing rain.

B: that doesn't sound pretty.

P: do you have any plans for tomorrow?

B: well, I was going to drive to Birmingham to see some friends.

 

P: you might want to change your plans. With the cold and wet weather that we're supposed to have tomorrow, the roads are going to be rather slippery.

B: I suppose I should. I don't like driving in dangerous weather conditions. Do you have any plans for tomorrow?

P: I just have to go to class tomorrow afternoon.

B: if you're lucky, it'll get cancelled and you can have a snow day!

P: if that happens, then I'll invite you over and we can drink hot cocoa and watch movies.

B: that sounds like fun.

P: hey, look outside! It's started to drizzle¹!

B: English weather is even more predictable than I had previously² thought.
今天外面的天气真不错,是吧?
好极了.好好享受吧.明天可能会降温.
天气预报怎么说?
早上可能会下雪.中午很可能下冻雨.
这听起来可不怎么好.
你明天有什么打算吗?
恩,我原来计划开车到伯明翰去看几个朋友.

你大概要改主意了.明天天气可能潮湿阴冷,路面可能会很滑.
我想是的.我可不想在那么危险的天气状况下开车出门.你明天有什么打算?
我明天下午还要去上课呢.
如果你走运的话,也许课会取消,那样你就可以看雪景了.
如果真是那样的话.我就可以请你到我家喝杯热可可,然后看电影.
听起来真是诱惑.
嘿,快看外面!已经开始下小雨了!
英国的天气真是比我以前听说的还要好预测啊!
Slippery: difficult to hold or to stand or move on, because it is smooth, wet or polished 滑的;滑得抓不住(或站不稳、难以行走)的
slippery like a fish 滑得像条鱼似的
In places the path can be wet and slippery. 这条小径有些路段又湿又滑.
His hand was slippery with sweat. 他的手汗津津的.

Drizzle: when it is drizzling³, it is raining lightly 下毛毛雨;下蒙蒙细雨
It drizzled⁴ off and on all day.
毛毛雨已经时停时续地下了一整天.
The rain has been drizzling down for hours.
牛毛细雨已下了好几个小时了.

invite somebody over/round/around: to ask somebody to come to your home 邀请某人到家中

 

1 drizzle   

v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨

参考例句：

• The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
• Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 drizzling   

下蒙蒙细雨，下毛毛雨( drizzle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The rain has almost stopped, it's just drizzling now. 雨几乎停了，现在只是在下毛毛雨。
• It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp. 外面下着毛毛细雨，天气又冷又湿，令人难受。

4 drizzled   

下蒙蒙细雨，下毛毛雨( drizzle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The dew on the branches drizzled our hair and shoulders. 枝头上的露珠润湿了我们的头发和双肩。
• It drizzled throughout the night. 毛毛雨下了一夜。