Learn Weather Expressions in English - Visual Vocabulary Lesson

英语词汇 - 学怎样用英语表达天气 - 搭配视觉效果讲解

Hi, I’m Gina.

嗨，我是Gina。

Welcome to Oxford Online English!

欢迎来到Oxford Online English！

In this lesson, you’ll learn words and phrases to talk about the weather in English.

在本节课，您将学会一些英语单词和短语来谈论天气。

After you watch, don’t forget to check out our website: Oxford Online English dot com.

在您观看本视频之后，不要忘了看下我们的网站： Oxford Online English dot com.

In the video description, you can find a link to the full page of this lesson.

在视频内容描述中，您也能找到 完整的本节课程的链接。

Try the quiz and test your vocabulary skills!

尝试测试您的词汇技能！

Ready for the lesson?

准备好上课了吗？

Let’s go!

开始吧！

It’s sunny.

天气晴朗。

The sun is shining.

艳阳高照。

It’s bright.

阳光明媚。

It’s humid.

潮湿。

The air feels heavy.

空气闷热。

It’s sticky.

湿热。

It’s too hot.

太炎热了。

There’s a heatwave.

有热浪。

To talk about the weather in English, you often use ‘it’ plus an adjective.

用英语谈论天气， 您通常要用“it”加一个形容词。

Before, you heard some examples, including ‘it’s sunny’, ‘it’s humid’ and

之前，您听过一些例子，包括 “it’s sunny”。“it’s humid”以及

‘it’s too hot.’

“it’s too hot.”

You can use ‘be’ in different forms to talk about the past or the future.

您能用不同形式的“be” 来谈论过去或将来。

For example ‘It was sunny yesterday.’

例如“It was sunny yesterday.”/昨天天气晴朗。

‘It will be sunny tomorrow.’

“It will be sunny tomorrow.”/明天天气晴朗。

‘It has been sunny recently.’

"It has been sunny recently."/最近都天气晴朗。

You also heard ‘There’s a heatwave.’

您也听说过“There’s a heatwave.”/有热浪。

This is another common pattern to talk about the weather: use ‘there is’ or ‘there

这是另一种谈论天气的句型： 使用“there is”或

are’, plus a noun.

“there are”，加一个名词。

There’s a strong wind.

风很大。

It’s windy.

刮风了。

There’s a gentle breeze.

微风。

There’s a thunderstorm.

有雷雨。

There’s a lot of lightning.

很多闪电。

Sometimes, you use ‘it’ with a continuous verb to talk about the weather.

有时，您可以用“it”搭配一个动词进行式 来谈论天气。

It’s raining hard.

雨下很大。

It’s pouring down.

雨倾盆而下。

It’s hailing.

下冰雹了。

It’s snowing lightly.

雪下得很小。

It’s snowing heavily.

雪下得很大。

It’s raining lightly.

雨很小了。

It’s a little wet outside.

外面有点湿。

If you use a continuous verb, you can also make it past.

如果您使用动词进行式，您也可以 造过去式的句子。

For example ‘It was raining hard all day yesterday.’

例如，“It was raining hard all day yesterday.”

‘It was snowing lightly when we left.’

“It was snowing lightly when we left.”

To talk about the future, you *can* use a future continuous verb, but it’s more common

谈论未来，您*can* 用一个 动词的未来进行式，但更常见的是

to use ‘will’ or ‘going to’ plus an infinitive.

使用“will”或“going to”加一个动词不定式。

For example ‘It’s going to pour down soon.’

例如“It’s going to pour down soon.”

‘They say it will snow heavily at the weekend.’

“They say it will snow heavily at the weekend.”

It’s overcast.

阴天。

There’s a lot of cloud.

多云。

It’s a grey day.

天气很糟糕。

There’s one more common pattern.

再来一个常见的结构。

You can use ‘it’s a … day’, and add an adjective before ‘day’.

您能使用“it’s a … day”， 然后在“day”前面加一个形容词。

You heard ‘it’s a grey day’.

您听过了“it’s a grey day”。

You could also say ‘It’s a cloudy day’, or ‘It’s a bright day.’

您也能说“It’s a cloudy day”， 或者“It’s a bright day.”

The forest is misty in the morning.

早上森林薄雾笼罩。

It’s a foggy day.

雾天。

There’s some fog, but it’s not too thick.

有很多雾，但不太厚。

‘Fog’ and ‘mist’ are similar, but not the same.

“Fog”和“mist”意思是相近的， 但是并非一样的。

Do you know the difference?

您知道区别吗？

Fog is basically cloud which is at ground level.

“Fog”基本上是一种在地面水平高度的云。

Mist is caused by water droplets in the air.

“Mist”因空气中小滴的水而形成。

They’re similar, but fog is generally thicker and lasts longer.

他们是类似的，但是“fog”通常是很浓的 并可以延伸得很长。

Mist is thinner and normally disappears fast.

“Mist”是比较薄的，并通常会迅速消失。

Many places are misty in the morning, but the mist disappears as the sun comes up.

在早上，很多地方都会“mist”笼罩，但是 当太阳升起，“mist” 会消失。

There are some light clouds.

有一些淡的云。

It doesn’t look like rain.

看上去不像要下雨的样子。

If you hear ‘it looks like rain’, what will the sky look like?

如果您听到“it looks like rain”， 天空看上去像是要什么的样子？

‘It looks like rain’ means that it’s likely to rain very soon.

“It looks like rain”意思是 l看上去很快要下雨了。

So, the sky is probably overcast, with lots of heavy, dark clouds.

这样，天空很阴，乌云密布。

There isn’t a cloud in the sky.

万里无云。

It’s perfectly clear.

天空晴朗。

If you describe the weather as ‘clear’, you mean that there are few or no clouds.

如果您描述天气是“clear”， 您的意思是说云很少或无云。

You *also* mean that the air is clear: there’s no mist, or fog, or haze, or anything similar.

您的意思*also*是空气清新： 没有mist或fog、或阴霾、或其他类似的东西。

If it’s clear, you can see a long way.

如果天空晴朗，您能看得很远。

It’s icy.

冰冷的天气。

The river has frozen over.

河流全部结冰了。

If you live somewhere cold, rivers, lakes and other bodies of water might freeze over.

如果您生活在寒冷的地方，有可能结冰的 河流、湖泊和其他的水体。

‘Freeze over’ means they freeze on top, but there’s still liquid underneath.

“Freeze over”意思是水体上面部分结冰， 但是冰层下面仍然有液体。

If it’s really cold, the river might freeze solid.

如果真的很冷，河流可能会冻结。

If the river has frozen solid, the whole thing is ice; there’s no liquid water.

如果河流冻结，整条河流都是冰， 没有流动的水。

There’s a blizzard – you can hardly see ten metres!

有暴风雪 – 您很难看到十米远的距离！

A blizzard is a kind of storm.

暴风雪是风暴的一种。

To count as a blizzard, you need heavy snow and strong winds at the same time.

判断一场暴风雪，需要同时有下很大的雪和刮强风。

The recent rain has caused severe flooding in some areas.

最近下的雨在几个地区造成洪水泛滥。

The floods have caused millions of euros of damage.

洪水造成几百万欧元的损失。

Heavy rain can cause floods – or flooding.

大雨能形成 floods 或 flooding.

‘Flooding’ is a gerund, but it’s often used as a plain noun.

“Flooding”是一个动名词，但常被当作 普通名词使用。

In the sentences you saw, you could say ‘floods’ or ‘flooding’.

在您看到的句子中，您可以说“floods”或“flooding”。

The hurricane is approaching the coast.

飓风正在接近海岸。

It is predicted that the typhoon will make landfall in the next 24 hours.

根据预测，台风会在24小时内登陆。

The storm will bring gale force winds, with gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour.

暴风雨会带来很强的风并伴随着 速度高达每小时80公里的狂风。

There are different words for strong winds and storms.

有不同的词应用于强风和暴风雨。

A gale is defined by the wind force on the Beaufort scale.

强风是以蒲福氏风级里风的强度来定义的。

There are different definitions, but anything above a specific strength is a gale.

有不同的定义，但任何高于一个 特定强度的风就是强风。

What about hurricanes and typhoons?

那飓风和台风呢？

Do you know the difference?

您知道差别吗？

Hurricanes and typhoons are both powerful tropical storms, but they start in different

飓风和台风两者都是强大的热带暴风雨， 但他们形成在不同的

places.

地方。

Hurricanes form in the Atlantic Ocean, while typhoons form in the Pacific.

飓风形成在大西洋，而台风则形成在太平洋。

That’s all.

就这样。

Thanks for watching!

感谢观看！