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Weather
English speakers love to talk about the weather. It is a way of breaking the ice (starting aconversation). People talk about the weather on the phone and in person. Friends and familytalk about the weather before they discuss what's new. Co-workers talk about the weatherbefore starting a hard day of work. Even strangers discuss the weather.一般來說,美國人見面都會(huì)喜歡談?wù)撎鞖?,這也是“破冰”的一種方式,朋友之間,家人之間,同事之間,甚至是陌生人之間都會(huì)不時(shí)談?wù)摰教鞖?。所以說學(xué)會(huì)一些天氣的表達(dá)方式,你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)交流更加輕松簡單了。
首先我們來看看關(guān)于天氣的一些常規(guī)的提問,最基本的問說今天天氣怎么樣:
What is the weather like today?今天的天氣怎么樣?
What do you think of the weather here?你覺得這里的天氣怎么樣?
What's it like out?外面天氣怎么樣?
還有一種最簡單的問法,How's the weather?
關(guān)于回答,我們可以看看以下回答:
It is snow.
It is snowing.
It is snowy.
It is rain.
It is raining.
It is rainy.
It is sun.
It is sunny.
The sun is shining.
很明顯,每種回答方式第一種都是錯(cuò)誤的,snow,rain sun這些都是名詞。在表達(dá)天氣怎么樣時(shí),應(yīng)該用一個(gè)形容詞或者是現(xiàn)在分詞表正在進(jìn)行。
但是如果我們想問別人未來的某一個(gè)時(shí)間會(huì)不會(huì)出太陽或是會(huì)不會(huì)下雨,例如我想問人家星期一會(huì)下雨嗎?像這種情況我們就可以說,
"Is it supposed to rain on Monday?"
這里用到了一個(gè)be suppose to的片語,這種講法是美國人最喜歡的.
再比方說,如果我們假設(shè)明天有什么活動(dòng),我們常常會(huì)要求別人先看看明天會(huì)不會(huì)出太陽或下雨,這種情況美國人會(huì)說:
"Why don't you check and see if it's sunny tomorrow?"(你何不看看明天會(huì)不會(huì)出太陽呢?)
這里把see if it's sunny改成see if it's going to rain就變成了看看會(huì)不會(huì)下雨.
然后我們來看看另外一種問法--反問
A beautiful day,isn't it?今天天氣真好,不是嗎?
Cold this morning,isn't it?今天早晨真冷,是不是?
這種問法一般來說就是為了“破冰”,其實(shí)天氣怎么樣你已經(jīng)知道了,只是為了和對(duì)方有個(gè)共同話題可以談?wù)摱?。在這兩句話中,都是省略了主詞和聯(lián)系動(dòng)詞It is。原句應(yīng)該是It is a beautiful day/It is cold thismorning.
再來說說It's a beautiful day. (今天天氣很好)這句話。美國人都是怎么形容天氣很好的呢?通常他們會(huì)用beautiful, nice或是lovely來形容.其中我最常聽到的就是, "It's a beautiful/nice/lovely day."反之如果是天氣很糟下大雨呢?你可以用"It's nasty."來形容.
今天節(jié)目就到這里,下期我們繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)關(guān)于天氣的說法!