Unit Two Clear or Cloudy英語聽力教程(高教社)第三版

UnitTwo

ClearorCloudy?

2021/5/91PartIGettingReady

A.

Thefollowingwordsandphraseswillappearinthisunit.Allofthemarerelatedtoweatherandsomearefrequentlyusedinweatherforecast.Listencarefullyandstudythedefinitions.1.

freezingpoint:

冰點(diǎn)2.

relativehumidity:

相對濕度3.

calm:

平靜的，安寧的4.

barometricpressure:

大氣壓5.

widelyscattered:

分散的，散開的6.

shower:

陣雨，陣雪2021/5/92PartIGettingReady7.

lows:低點(diǎn)，低溫點(diǎn)cf:highs8.

variable:

可變化的9.

thunderstorm:

雷雨10.

gale:

大風(fēng)℃=

degree(s)centigrade/celsius℉=

degree(s)Fahrenteit

C=

5(F-32)/9F=9C/5+322021/5/93B.Youaregoingtohearfivestatementsabouttemperature.WritedownallthedegreesinbothCentigrade(C)andFahrenheit(F).

2021/5/941.The

freezingpointofwateris

0℃or

32

℉.2.The

boilingpointofwateris

100

℃or

212

℉.3.The

normalbodytemperatureis

37

℃or

98.6

℉.4.Thetempertureonawarmspringdayis

15℃or

59

℉.5.Thetempertureonahotsummer’sdayis

35

℃or95

℉.2021/5/95AweatherforecastisgivenseveraltimesadayonTVandontheradio.Themanwhopredictsweatherconditionsiscalledtheweatherman.InmostEnglishspeakingcountries,theweathermanusuallyspeakswithapersonalandfriendlytone.Heactsasifheischattingwithafriendaboutwhattheweatherwillbelike.2021/5/96C.Youaregoingtohearareportonweatheraroundtheworld.Completethefollowingtable.

2021/5/97CityCountryTimeWeatherTemperature℃NewYorkUSA7:10a.m.Sunny30AuclandNewZealand11:10a.m.Cloudy7BeijingChina7:10p.m.Clear19CalcuttaIndia4:40p.m.Rainy33HonoluluUSA1:00a.m.Windy30MelbourneAustralia9:10p.m.Clear102021/5/98MexicocityMexico5:10a.m.Rainy24MoscowRussia2:10p.m.Sunny26ParisFrance12:10p.m.Clear27SanFranciscoUSA3:10a.m.Cloudy21SaoPauloBrazil8:10a.m.Rainy142021/5/99PartIIWeatherReports

AnotherimportantreasonwhypeopletalkabouttheweatherinBritainisthatit’ssounpredictable.Youcannevertellwhattheweather’sgoingtobelikefromonedaytothenext.Youmaylistentotheweatherforecastonradio,TV,ortelephone.Butoftentheweatherchangefasterthantheweathermancanpredict.Butstillmanypeoplehaveformedahabitoflisteningtotheweatherforecastinthemorning.

2021/5/910PartIIWeatherReportsA.YouaregoingtohearaweatherreportfortheUK.Writedownallthewordsthattheweathermanusestodescribetheweather.2021/5/911Southwestcool,warm,sunshineAroundLondon＆Southeastdry,cloudyMidlandscloudy,showersNorthWalesfogpatchesSouthWaleswindyNortheastcloudy,rain,heavyrainScotlandsleet,snowNorthernIrelandrain,verycold2021/5/912B.YouaregoingtohearaNationalWeatherServiceforecastfortheChicago,Illinoisarea.Payspecialattentiontothetemperatures.Fillinthefollowingchartwithinformationabouttemperaturesfromthereport.Notethatwherethereisadash(—),thereisnothingtowrite.Allthetimeperiodsmentionedinthereporthavebeenfilledinforyou.

2021/5/913TimeTemperature(℉)10p.m.Lakefront:76Midway:76O’Hare:74LowsHighsTonightLower70s--Tomorrow--Upper80s2021/5/914TomorrownightMiddle60s--Tuesday--Around90WednesdayThursdayFridayUpper60s90to95C.

Nowtrythis:listentoamoreauthenticversionoftheweatherreport.Paymoreattentiontotheotherfeaturesoftheweather.Takenotesonthechartbelow.Notethatwherethereisadash(—)，thereisnothingtowrite.

2021/5/915TimeWeatherDescriptionHumidityWindBarometricPressure10p.m.--66%Calm30.08andrisingTonightCloudy,widelyScatteredshowers--Lightandvariable--TomorrowSunny,warm--Southwinds,5-10milesperhour--TomorrownightFair------TuesdaySunny,hotHumid----2021/5/916TimeWeatherDescriptionHumidityWindBarometricPressureThursdayFair------FridayCloudy,thunderstorms------PartIIIAtabusstopA.

Youaregoingtohearaconversationbetweenamanandawoman.Theyaretalkingabouttheweather.Thefollowingvocabularyisusedintheconversation.Guessthemeaningwhenyouhearthesewordsandexpressions.Whileyoulisten,don'tforgettoaddmorekeywordsinthenotescolumn.Theywillbeveryhelpfulforthenextsection.2021/5/9171.endedupwith以……結(jié)束；結(jié)果是…2.comingdownhard使勁下3.

Attorney律師4.offthelobby在大廳側(cè)面5.stopin/by順便拜訪6.donut/doughnutshop面餅店7.boy：exclamation,usedtoexpressfeelingsofsurprise,pleasure,pain,etc.2021/5/918B.Youaregoingtoheartheconversationagain.Answerthefollowingquestionswiththehelpofthenotes.

1.Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?Ittakesplaceatabusstop.2.Whattimeofthedayisit?Itislateafternoonorearlyevening.

3.Whatseasonoftheyearisit?Itisinthewinter.

4.Whatistherelationshipbetweenthespeakers?Theyarestrangers.

2021/5/9195.Howlonghasthewomanbeenwaiting?Shehasbeenwaitingfortenminutesorso.

6.Whatdidtheweathermensaythatmorning?Theysaidthattherewouldbelightrain.7.Wheredidthemanwork?Heworkedinatravelagency.

8.Whatistheiropinionofweatherreports?Theydon'tbelievethereports.2021/5/920C.Nowtrythis:listentoamoreauthenticversionoftheconversationanddecidewhetherthestatementsaftertheconversationareTrueorFalse.

1.(F)2.(T)3.(T)4.(F)5.(T)6.(F)7.(F)8.(F)9.(F)10.(F)2021/5/921PartIVMoreaboutthetopic:

WeatherLanguage

AstheweatherinBritainissounpredictable,Britishpeopleseemtobeobsessedwithtalkingabouttheweather.Thereforeyoumayheartheweatherlanguagefromtimetotimeineverydaylife.ListentoapassageabouthowthetopicofweatherinfluencestheEnglishlanguage.FillintheblankswiththephrasesinColumnA.ThentrytoguessthemeaningandmatchColumnAwithColumnB.

2021/5/922Britishpeoplearefamousforalwaystalkingabouttheweather,buttheweatheralsoaffectsthewaywespeakandthephrasesweuse.AsmorewinterweatherbatterstheUK,thisweek’sTakeAwaydemonstrateshowtheBritishobsessionwithweatherhasinfluencedourlanguage.ThereturnofsnowstormstotheUKprovesthatwhenitcomestobadweatheritneverrainsbutitpours.Thepolicehavewarnedthatunnecessaryroadtravelisnotrecommendedbutsomemotoristshavethrowncautiontothewindandmadetheirjourneysanyway,claimingthatit’sallastorminteacup.2021/5/923Thosewhosecarsarestuckinthesnowmayconsiderthemselvestobetwistinginthewind.Thereareproblemstooforlocalcouncilswhoarerunningoutofsandandgritfortheroads,havingnotsavedenoughsuppliesforarainyday.Howeverit’sanillwind

thatblowsnobodyanygoodandbreakdownserviceswillbeseeinganincreaseinbusinessatthistimeofyear.Andeverycloudhasasilverliningforplumberstooasthecoldweatherbringsburstandfrozenpipesinhomesandbusinesses.

2021/5/924Whathasbecomeapparentfromthecoldsnapisthatseasonalweatherforecastingisnotaprecisescience.TheUKMeteorologicalOfficepredictedthatthiswinterwouldbemildandwarmsothebadweathercamelikeaboltfromtheblue,defyingpredictions.It’snowonderthenthatmanypeoplearefeelingundertheweatherwithflusandcoldsanever-presentdanger,especiallyfortheveryoldandveryyoung.Thebestthingtodothenistowrapupwarm,stayathomeandweatherthestormandhopefullyinafewweekseverythingwillbeasrightasrain.

2021/5/9251—(C) 2—(G) 3—(A)4—(I)5—(B) 6—(H)7—(D) 8—(K) 9—(J)10—(E) 11—(F)2021/5/926

WeatherLanguage

天氣成語throwcautiontothewind仍然冒險(xiǎn)allastorminteacup大驚小怪、小題大做betwistinginthewind孤立無援rainyday艱難的時(shí)刻anillwindthatblowsnobodyanygood沒有對人人都有害的事

(害于此者利于彼)aboltfromtheblue突如其來的事undertheweather身體不舒服weatherthestorm度過危機(jī)asrightasrain完全正常的2021/5/927

asrightasrain十分健康或正常的rainorshine原意為下雨或天晴，喻意為不論情況如何forarainyday為雨天作準(zhǔn)備，喻意相當(dāng)于成語未雨綢繆inafog在霧里，喻意為處于困難、困惑中Everycloudhasasilverlining原意為烏云也有銀邊；烏云背后有陽光喻意為黑暗中總有一絲光明；守得云開見月明2021/5/928nothavethefoggiest（idea）如墜云霧中，完全不知怎么回事Itneverrainsbutitpours.不下則已，一下傾盆。喻意相當(dāng)于成語禍不單行。Smallrainlaysgreatdust.小雨壓大塵。喻意為小的東西也可派上大用場。Afterraincomesfineweather.雨過天晴。轉(zhuǎn)喻為困難過后，勝利就會到來2021/5/929

It’sbelievedthattheweathercanleaveitsmarkonmanythingsinourlife.Tominimizeitsbadeffects,wealwaystryhardtopredictedtheweather.ButisitpossibletodosoandhowPartⅤMemoryTest:EffectsofEatherA.

Listentoapopularpoemaimedtoidentifyweatherpatterns.Fillintheblankswiththemissingwords.2021/5/9302021/5/931Redskyatnight,shepherd'sdelight;Redskyinthemorning,shepherd'swarning;Ashleafbeforetheoak,thenwewillhaveasummersoak;Oakleafbeforetheash,thesummercomeswithoutasplash;Flieswillswarmbeforeastorm;

Rainbefore7,clearby11.2021/5/932oak[?uk]n.[植]橡樹；橡木家具；橡木色soak[s?uk]n.浸；濕透；大雨splash[spl??]n.飛濺的水；污點(diǎn)；賣弄朝霞不出門；晚霞行千里。梣樹的樹葉比橡樹葉先發(fā)芽，那夏天雨水會很多。如果是橡樹葉先發(fā)芽，那夏天雨水將很少。群蠅會在暴風(fēng)雨前群集。雨過天晴。2021/5/933

B.

Nowstudytheoutlineofthepassagetalkingabouttheweatherfirst.Trytoguesswhatyouwillhearfortheblanks.Thenlistentothepassageandcompletethemissingparts.Weather

Ⅰ.Effectsofweather

A.ImpactonnatureExamples:

Palmtrees→bentdoubleinhurricaneforcewindsCars→strandedinsnowdriftsBoats→benavigateddownfloodedcitystreets2021/5/934B.responsibleformoodsExamples:changeableweather→makepeoplehardtoconcentrateCloudyskies→slowdownreflexesHighhumidity+hot/drywinds→makemanypeopleirritableandsnappy.C.LeavingmarksoncharacterExamples:Peoplefromthesameregion→similartemperaments2021/5/935Ⅱ.Whatcauseschangesintheweather?

A.

Weathersystems

movingaroundareasoftheglobeExamples:

Highsandlows

B.Humanactivity

Examples:Gasesproducedbyheavyindustry

→

changethetemperatureoftheEarth’surface,andaffectcloudformation.

2021/5/936Ⅲ.Canwepredicttheweather?

A.

Traditionalwayswithfolkwisdom

Examples:

Rhymes/popularpoems

usingpineconesandseaweedB.Today’methodsrelyingontechnology

Examples:Satellites,balloons,ships,aircraftandweathercenterswiths