氣候
1. Britain's favorable climate
英國有利的氣候條件:
Britain has a maritime climate-winters are not too cold and summers are not too hot. It has a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year. The temperature varies within a small range.
英國屬于海洋性氣候:冬季不過于寒冷,夏季不過于炎熱。全年有穩(wěn)定可靠的降雨量,氣溫變化幅度小。
2.The factors that influence the climate in Britain:
影響英國氣候的因素:
1)The surrounding waters tend to balance the seasonal differences by heating up the land in winter and cooling it off in summer;
環(huán)繞四周的海水。冬天,海水可使島內(nèi)氣溫升高,夏天則使氣溫降低,從而起到平衡季節(jié)溫差的作用;
2)The prevailing south-west winds or the Westerlies blow over the country all the year round bringing warm and wet air in winter and keeping the temperatures moderate;
一年四季盛行的西南風和西風在冬季從大西洋帶來溫暖、潮濕的空氣,使氣溫適宜;
3)The North Atlantic Drift passes the western coast of the British Isles and warms them.
北大西洋暖流流經(jīng)不列顛群島西海岸,使氣候變暖。
3.Rainfall
降雨量:
Britainhas a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year. The average annual rainfall in Britain is over 1,000mm. There is a water surplus in the north and west, and a water deficit in the south and east.
英國全年降雨量穩(wěn)定,平均降雨量超過1000毫米。 英國北部、西部雨量較多,但是南部、東部有所缺乏。