★    天氣說變就變,單字絕對不可不認識

rain下雨

sunny陽光普照的

cloudy多雲的;陰天的

windy風大的;多風的

snow下雪

typhoon颱風

weather forecast 天氣預報

 

★   The weather is clearing up. 天氣放晴了

B:The weather is clearing up.

天氣放晴了。

Z:It’s such a nice change.

這真是很棒的轉變。

B:Yeah, but I doubt it'll last.

是啊,但我懷疑這會維持多久。

Z:Let’s just hope it doesn’t get cold again.

但願不會再變冷。

 

★  It looks like we’re going to have a shower. 看起來好像要下陣雨了

P:It looks like we're going to have a shower any minute now.

看起來好像隨時要下陣雨的樣子。

C:And the sun was shining just ten minutes ago!

十分鐘前太陽還在照耀呢!

P:I know. Strange, isn't it?

我知道。很怪吧?

C:Yeah, but look at those clouds. They're so low and dark that you just know it's going to rain.

是啊,但看看這些低低的烏雲就知道要下雨了。

P:Everything seems to have a stronger smell at times like this, too.

這個時候好像每樣東西都有一種別濃的氣味。

C:Anyway, I guess we'd better take our umbrellas with us when we go out.

總之,我覺得我們出門時最好帶把傘。

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※本文節錄自《彩圖實境生活英語Just Say It(32K軟精裝+2MP3)

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