Lesson 53
An interesting climate
有趣的氣候
Listen to the tape then answer this question. What is the favourite subject of conversation in England?
聽(tīng)錄音,然后回答問(wèn)題。在英國(guó)最受歡迎的話(huà)題是什么?
HANS: Where do you come from?
JIM: I come from England.
HANS: What's the climate like in your
country?
JIM: It's mild,
but it's not always pleasant.
JIM: The weather's often cold
in North and windy in the East.
It's often wet in the West
and sometimes warm in the south.
HANS: Which seasons do you like best?
JIM: I like spring and summer.
The days are long and the night
are short.
The sun rises early and sets late.
JIM: I don't like autumn and winter.
The days are short
and the nights are long.
The sun rises late
and set early.
Our climate is not very good,
but it's certainly interesting.
It's our favourite subject
of conversation.
New Word and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
mild
adj. 溫和的,溫暖的
always
adv. 總是
north
n. 北方
east
n. 東方
wet
adj. 潮濕的
west
n. 西方
south
n. 南方
season
n. 季節(jié)
best
adv. 最
night
n. 夜晚
rise
v. 升起
early
adv. 早
set
v. (太陽(yáng))落下去
late
adv. 晚,遲
interesting
adj. 有趣的,有意思的
subject
n. 話(huà)題
conversation
n. 談話(huà)
漢斯:你是哪國(guó)人?
吉姆:我是英國(guó)人。
漢斯:你們國(guó)家的氣候怎么樣?
吉姆:氣候溫和,但也不總是宜人的。
吉姆:北部的天氣常常寒冷, 東部則常常利風(fēng)。 西部常下雨,南部有時(shí)則很暖和。
漢斯:你最喜歡哪些季節(jié)?
吉姆:我最喜歡春季和夏季。 因?yàn)榇藭r(shí)白天短而夜晚長(zhǎng), 太陽(yáng)升得遲而落得早。 雖然我們國(guó)家的氣候并不很好, 但又確實(shí)很有意思。 天氣是我們最喜歡談?wù)摰脑?huà)題。