新托福听力专题之气象篇
http://www.canachieve.com.cn 发布日期:2009-06-10
天气预报每天都离不了,尤其是在天气多变的季节和城市里。它的实用性不言而喻,如果到了国外看不懂天气预报,还真是挺麻烦的。那新托福的听力部分会不会考气象方面的知识呢?我也不知道。防患于未然,多准备一点总没坏处。看到最近论坛里有许多分类总结的帖子,我也给大家总结一下气象方面的常识。
首先是一则天气预报,大家多读读,了解一下天气预报的写法。
Weather Forecast
Let’s take a look at the weather in Shanxi Province for the next 24 hours. Taiyuan would be cloudy at the time with the temperature from eighteen to twenty-eight. A strong wind would reach Datong, which could cause much rain, The temperature would be sixteen to twenty-six. Yangquan would be sunny with the highest temperature of thirty degree. Linfen would be windy and its temperature would be twenty-three to thirty-two. We would have a sunny and hot day in Yuncheng. Its temperature would stay between twenty-eight to thirty-four.
另附一些十分常用的气象用语:
天气预报 weather forecast
虹 rainbow
雨点 raindrops
雨季 rainy season
甘霖 welcome rain
小雨 light rain
阵雨 shower
毛毛雨 drizzle, fine rain
大雨 heavy rain
地形雨 local rains
反常天气 freakish weather 气旋 cyclone
低气压 low-pressure
高气压 high-pressure
气压 barometric pressure
冰 ice
阴天 cloudy day
冰点 freezing point
雪花 snow flake
晴 clear
锋面 frontal edge
冷峰 cold front
海啸 tidal wave
山崩 landslide
火山地震volcanic earthquake
风级 wind scale
龙卷风 tornado
恒风 constant wind
微风 breeze、gentle breeze
逆风 headwind
无风 calm
轻风 light breeze
信风 trade wind
和风 moderate breeze
清风 fresh breeze
大风 gale
强风 strong breeze
西北风 northwester
疾风 near gale、gusty wind
狂风 squall 、 storm
烈风 strong gale
暴风 violent storm
东北信风 northeast trades
飓风 hurricane
东南风 southeaster
东北风 northeaster
北风 north wind
东风 east wind
顺风 favorable wind
西南风 southwester
台风 typhoon
闷热天气 muggy weather
雨量 rainfall
间歇雨 intermittent rain
雹 hail
雷 thunder
滂沱大雨 downpour
炎热 scorching heat
风眼 eye of a storm
零度 zero
零度以下 subzero
气团 air mass
闪电 lightning
雾 fog
凉 cool
霜 frost
雪堆 snowdrift
露 dew
寒冷 chilly
冰柱 icicle
平静 calm
微波 rippled
微浪 smooth wavelets
细浪 light seas
热浪 heat wave
小浪 moderate seas
中浪 rough seas
大浪 very rough seas
强浪 high seas
狂浪 monster waves
巨浪 very high seas
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