2012年ESL之日常生活 17 A Weather Forecast

 

A Weather Forecast 

Colleen: Shh! I want to hear the weather forecast for this week. 

Jerry: What’s so important about this week? 

Colleen: Shh! 

Radio Announcer: Tomorrow, this warm front will move out and a cold front will move in, bringing with it windy conditions with a chance of thunderstorms. 

Colleen: Yeah! 

Radio Announcer: On Tuesday, things will clear up in the morning and we’ll have sunny skies... 

Colleen: Uh! 

Radio Announcer: But it will be chilly¹ in the afternoon and the skies will be overcast². There’ll be a chance of precipitation in the evening, with very high levels of humidity. 

Colleen: Yeah! 

Radio Announcer: On Friday, the temperature will drop sharply and we’ll be lucky if we reach 20 degrees. 

Colleen: Oh, yeah! 

Jerry: What was all that about? 

Colleen: If the weather is nice this weekend, my in-laws plan to drive up to spend a few days at our house. 

Jerry: [laughs] Oh, I see. 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。

2 overcast   

adj.阴天的，阴暗的，愁闷的；v.遮盖，（使）变暗，包边缝；n.覆盖，阴天

参考例句：

• The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
• The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。