【素材】Unit 1 Lesson 2 文本 谈论天气常用语（冀教）.doc

谈论天气常用语Cultural Notes (文化背景)1. 西方人，特别是英国人，见面时常常把天气作为话题。一方面十天气的好坏对人们的生活影响很大，另一方面则是由于天气是一个中性话题，可避免一些敏感话题。谈论天气不仅能活跃气氛、打破冷场，还可以借此引出新的话题。2. 在谈论温度时，中国人习惯用摄氏（C），欧美人习惯用华氏（F），请注意它们之间的区别。摄氏的零度相当于华氏的32度。3. 英美人在谈论天气时常常使用一些程度副词来体现感情色彩，如：beautifully,terribly, awfully, bitterly, extremely, horribly或dreadfully等。 Idiomatic Sentences(功能套语)1.Its sunny/rainy/cloudy. 今天是晴天/雨天/阴天。2.Lovely weather,isnt it? 天气真好，是吗？3.It looks like rain. 看起来要下雨。4.Its raining cats and dogs. 正是瓢泼大雨。5.It seems to be cleaning up. 天似乎要转晴。6.Its blowing hard. 风刮得很大。7.Its snowing heavily. 正在下大雪。8.The snow wont last long. 雪不会持续太久。9.Its very foggy. 雾很大。10.The fog is beginning to lift. 正在收雾。11.Its thundering and lightening. 雷电交加。12.Whats the weather like today? 今天天气怎么样？13.Whats the weather report for tomorrow? 天气预报明天怎么样？ 14.Its quite different from the weather report. 这和天气预报相差很大。15.Its rather changeable. 天气变化无常。16.Whats the temperature? 温度是多少？17.Its two below zero. 零下二度。18.The temperature has dropped a lot today. 今天温度低多了。Model Dialogues(典型示范)Dick: What a nice day today!Mike: Yes. Did you listen to the weather report on the radio?Dick: Yes, its going to be dry and sunny for the next two days.Mike: Thats good. I think Ill wash my dirty clothes tomorrow. Whats the weather going to be like at the weekend?Dick: They say its going to be wet and windy.Mike: Then wed better stay inside, doing some reading.Dick: It sounds a good idea.Communication Practice(实战演练)1. Choose the best answer:1) -_ that day? -Its fine but a little cloudy.A. Whats the weather like B. How is the weather likeC. Whats the weatherD. How is it like2) - Whats the weather like today? -_A. Its summer now.B. I like spring best.C. Its cloudy.D. No, it isnt.3) -What a nice day! -_A. Yes, a nice weather.B. Yes, its nice, isnt it?C. Its a pleasure.D. Yes, youre all right.4) - How is the weather today? -_A. It