用英文报天气预报

 　　北京的桑拿天又来了。虽然气温不算太高，但是空气湿度太大，让人有点喘不过气。多么盼望天气预报说最近有雨啊。今天咱们就来看看英语国家的天气预报都是怎么报的。

　　1. There will be occasional showers in southeast England, some of them perhaps heavy.

　　英格兰东南部有短时阵雨，部分地区会转成大雨。

　　2. Elsewhere is largely dry with sunny spells and just a scattering¹ of light showers, but becoming cloudier in Northern Ireland towards evening.

　　其余大部分地区为干燥晴朗的天气，局部地区有小阵雨，夜间，北爱尔兰地区云量会有所增加。

　　3. Tonight has any showers dying away to leave a dry evening with some clear periods.

　　今天夜间没有降雨，将保持干燥晴朗。

　　4. Thicker cloud with occasional rain or drizzle² will spread into some western areas during the night.

　　夜间，西部地区云量增加会导致短时小雨出现。

　　5. Saturday will be a cloudier day with outbreaks of mainly light rain in western areas, spreading slowly eastwards³, though many central and eastern areas should remain dry.

　　本周六是多云的天气，西部地区将有小雨，而且降雨会缓慢东移，不过中部大部分地区和东部部分地区仍将保持干燥天气。

　　6. From Sunday to Tuesday, it will be cloudy with occasional drizzle in western and northwestern areas, especially around coasts and hills.

　　本周日到下周二将会是多云的天气，西部和西北部地区有短时小雨，沿海和山区的降雨会比较明显。

　　7. Elsewhere is mainly dry with some sunshine, but heavy showers possible central and southeast England on Tuesday.

　　其余地区主要为干燥和晴朗的天气，不过下周二的时候，英格兰中部和东南部可能会降大雨。

1 scattering   

n.[物]散射；散乱，分散；在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的；分散在不同范围的；广泛扩散的；（选票）数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式)；散布；驱散

参考例句：

• The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒，把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 eastwards   

adj.向东方（的），朝东（的）；n.向东的方向

参考例句：

• The current sets strongly eastwards.急流迅猛东去。
• The Changjiang River rolls on eastwards.长江滚滚向东流。