Learn Weather Expressions in English - Visual Vocabulary Lesson

Hi, I’m Gina.

嗨，我是Gina。

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歡迎來到Oxford Online English！

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

在本節課，您會學習一些英文單詞和短語來談論天氣。

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

在您看完本影片後，不要忘了到我們的網站： Oxford Online English dot com.

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

在影片內容描述中，您也能找到 本節課完整的影片連接。

Try the quiz and test your vocabulary skills!

去測試一下您的詞彙技能！

Ready for the lesson?

準備好上課了嗎？

Let’s go!

開始吧！

It’s sunny.

天氣晴朗。

The sun is shining.

艷陽高照。

It’s bright.

陽光明媚。

It’s humid.

潮濕。

The air feels heavy.

空氣悶熱。

It’s sticky.

濕熱。

It’s too hot.

太炎熱了。

There’s a heatwave.

有熱浪。

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

用英文來談論天氣， 您通常要用“it”加一個形容詞。

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

此前，您聽了一些例子，包含 “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” 來談論過去和未來。

For example ‘It was sunny yesterday.’

比如“It was sunny yesterday.”/昨天天氣晴朗。

‘It will be sunny tomorrow.’

“It will be sunny tomorrow.”/明天天氣晴朗。

‘It has been sunny recently.’

"It has been sunny recently."/最近都天氣晴朗。

You also heard ‘There’s a heatwave.’

您也聽過“There’s a heatwave.”/有熱浪。

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

這是另一種談論天氣的句型： 用“there is”或

are’, plus a noun.

“there are”，加一個名詞。

There’s a strong wind.

風很大。

It’s windy.

刮風了。

There’s a gentle breeze.

微風。

There’s a thunderstorm.

有雷雨。

There’s a lot of lightning.

很多閃電。

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

有時，您可以用“it”搭配一個動詞進行式 來談論天氣。

It’s raining hard.

雨下很大。

It’s pouring down.

雨傾盆而下。

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.

外面有點濕。

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

如果您用動詞進行式，您也可以 造過去式句子。

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

談論未來，您*can* 用一個 動詞未來進行式，但更常見的是

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

用“will”或“going to”加一個動詞不定式。

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.

陰天。

There’s a lot of cloud.

多雲。

It’s a grey day.

天氣很糟糕。

There’s one more common pattern.

再看一個常見句型結構。

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

您能用“it’s a … day”， 然後在“day”前面加一個形容詞。

You heard ‘it’s a grey day’.

您聽過了“it’s a grey day”。

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

您也能說“It’s a cloudy day”， 或“It’s a bright day.”

The forest is misty in the morning.

早上森林薄霧籠罩。

It’s a foggy day.

霧天。

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

有很多霧，但不太厚。

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

“Fog”和“mist”意思相近， 但並不一樣。

Do you know the difference?

您知道區別嗎？

Fog is basically cloud which is at ground level.

“Fog”基本上是一種在地面水平高度的雲。

Mist is caused by water droplets in the air.

“Mist”則是因空氣中小滴的水而形成。

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

他們是相似的，但“fog”通常比較濃 並可以延伸很長。

Mist is thinner and normally disappears fast.

“Mist”則比較薄，並通常會迅速消失。

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

在早上，很多地方都會“mist”籠罩，但 當太陽升起，“mist”會消失。

There are some light clouds.

有一些很淡的雲。

It doesn’t look like rain.

看上去不像要下雨的樣子。

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

如果您聽到“it looks like rain”， 天空看上去像是要下雨的樣子？

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

“It looks like rain”意思是 l看上去很快就要下雨了。

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

所以，天空陰沉，烏雲密佈。

There isn’t a cloud in the sky.

萬里無雲。

It’s perfectly clear.

天空晴朗。

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

如果您描述天氣是“clear”， 您的意思是說雲很少或無雲。

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

您的意思也是指空氣清新： 沒有mist或fog、或陰霾、或其他類似的東西。

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

如果天氣晴朗，您就能看得很遠。

It’s icy.

冰冷的天氣。

The river has frozen over.

河流全部結冰了。

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，會有可能結冰的 河流、湖泊和其他的水體。

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

“Freeze over”意思是水體上面的部分結冰， 但冰層下仍然有液體。

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

如果真的非常冷，河流會凍結。

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

如果河流凍結，整條河流都是冰， 沒有流動的水。

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

有暴風雪 – 您很難看到十公尺之外！

A blizzard is a kind of storm.

暴風雪是風暴的一種。

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

判斷一場暴風雪，需要同時有很大的雪並刮強風。

The recent rain has caused severe flooding in some areas.

最近的降雨在幾個地區造成洪水氾濫。

The floods have caused millions of euros of damage.

洪水產生幾百萬歐元的損失。

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”是一個動名詞，但常作 普通名詞用。

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

在您看到的句子中，您可以說“floods”或“flooding”。

The hurricane is approaching the coast.

颶風正在接近海岸。

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

根據預報，颱風會在24小時內登陸。

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

暴風雨會帶來很強的風並伴隨 速度高達每小時80公里的狂風。

There are different words for strong winds and storms.

有不同的詞來描述強風和暴風雨。

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

強風是以蒲福氏風級的風力等級來定義。

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

有不同的風力等級定義，但任何高於一個 特定等級的風就是強風。

What about hurricanes and typhoons?

那颶風和颱風呢？

Do you know the difference?

您知道差別嗎？

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

颶風和颱風兩者都是強大的熱帶暴風雨， 但他們形成在不同的

places.

地方。

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

颶風形成在大西洋，而颱風形成在太平洋。

That’s all.

就這樣。

Thanks for watching!

感謝觀看！