徐小紅
(一)
小水滴走遍了祖國(guó)的大好河山,飽覽了一年四季的美景。一路上,它有哪些奇遇呢?且聽它娓娓道來——
: I’m a water drop. I’m in the pool. I’m in the river. I’m in the lake. I’m in the ocean. I’m in the cloud. I’m in the rain. I’m in the snow. The wind blows me away. The sun dries me up.
云cloud、雨rain、雪snow、風(fēng)wind、太陽sun,這些都是名詞;
sun是專有名詞,前面一般要加the, 即the sun;
cloud是可數(shù)名詞;rain、snow、wind都是不可數(shù)名詞。
In China, different places have different kinds of weather.
snowy、icy、windy、sunny這些都是形容詞,分別由名詞snow、ice、wind、sun轉(zhuǎn)化而來。類似的詞還有cloud-cloudy、fog-foggy、storm-stormy等。
rain、wind、snow等還可以作動(dòng)詞。在日常使用中,我們要特別注意單詞的不同詞性。如:
1. It often snows in winter in Harbin.(動(dòng)詞,下雪)
2. There is a lot of snow in the sky.(不可數(shù)名詞,雪)
3. It’s snowy. / On snowy days,we can make snowmen. (形容詞,下雪的)
Weather ldioms
1. rain cats and dogs 傾盆大雨
2. chase the rainbows 做白日夢(mèng)
3. sail close to the wind 冒險(xiǎn)
4. white as snow純潔無辜
5. head in the clouds好高騖遠(yuǎn)
6. fair-weather friend泛泛之交
Exercises:
1.把下列單詞分別寫在對(duì)應(yīng)的圖片旁。
2.小小氣象播報(bào)員:根據(jù)表格內(nèi)容,將合適的單詞填在相應(yīng)的橫線上。
Hello, here is tomorrow’s weather forecast(氣象預(yù)報(bào)).
It will __________ in London. It will ?__________ in Moscow.
It will be?__________in Singapore. It will be?__________in Beijing.
It will be?__________in Sydney.
(二)
In spring, the water drop is in the cloud. He meets a swallow.
In summer, the water drop is in the rain. A little frog passes by.
In autumn, the water drop is in front of the piggy’s house.
In winter, the water drop is in the snow. He sees a polar bear.
How is the weather?或What’s the weather like?用于詢問:“天氣怎么樣?”回答是:The weather is .../It’s ...;What’s the temperature?則用于詢問確切的溫度,回答時(shí)一般用:It’s ... degrees.
包括中國(guó)在內(nèi),世界上絕大部分國(guó)家使用攝氏度(degrees centigrade)這一單位來計(jì)量溫度。美國(guó)則使用華氏度(degrees fahrenheit)。攝氏度與華氏度之間的轉(zhuǎn)換公式為:華氏度=攝氏度×1.8+32;攝氏度=(華氏度-32)÷1.8。熟練掌握加減乘除的你一定可以看出華氏度比攝氏度在數(shù)值上大了很多。因此,當(dāng)我們的溫度計(jì)明明顯示37℃,而有人跟你說:“It’s too hot! The temperature hits 98.6 degrees!”時(shí),不要驚訝哦!因?yàn)樗褂玫氖侨A氏度啦。
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