(14)-3.1 Marine Weather航海英語(yǔ)海乘服務(wù)英語(yǔ)

CloudHighcloudMiddlecloudLowcloudCloudscanbedividedintogroupsmainlybasedontheheightofthecloud'sbaseabovetheEarth'ssurface.Thebaseofahighcloudabovethesurfacecanbeanywherefrom6,000-18,000minthetropicsto3,000-8,000minthepolarregion.Cirrus卷云

Cirrostratus卷層云

Cirrocumulus卷積云

Cirruscloudsarethin,wispy（成束的）

cloudsblownbyhighwindsintolongstreamers（彩色長(zhǎng)帶）.Theyareconsidered“highclouds”formingabove6,000m(20,000ft).Cirruscloudsusuallymoveacrosstheskyfromwesttoeast.Theygenerallymeanfairtopleasant（晴朗的）weather.Cirrostratuscloudsarethin,sheetlike（像薄片一樣的）highcloudsthatoftencovertheentiresky.Theyaresothinthatthesunandmooncanbeseenthroughthem.Cirrocumuluscloudsappearassmall,roundedwhitepuffs（一縷）.Thesmallripplesinthecirrocumulussometimesresemble（類似）thescalesofafish.Askywithcirrocumuluscloudsissometimesreferredtoasa“mackerelsky（魚鱗天）”.1.Cloudsareclassifiedaccordingtotheir_______.A．SizeB．moisturecontentC．a(chǎn)ltitudeandhowtheyareFormedD．locationinafront解析：云是根據(jù)高度和如何形成而進(jìn)行分類。moisture

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濕量；水分（含量）altitude英[??lt?tju:d]美[??lt?tu:d]n.高度，海拔高度;高位，高等;[天]地平緯度;[數(shù)]頂垂線

習(xí)題C2.Highclouds,composedofsmallwhiteflakesorscalyglobularmasses,andoftenbandedtogethertoforma“mackerelsky”,wouldbeclassifiedas_______.cirrusB.cirrocumulusC.altostratusD.cumulonimbus解析：高云，伴有白色小薄片或多鱗球狀團(tuán)，通常結(jié)合起來形成“魚鱗天”，應(yīng)歸類為_______。

Flakes英[fle?ks]美[fle?ks]n.雪花;小薄片(flake的名詞復(fù)數(shù));（尤指）碎片;古怪的人scaly英[?ske?li]美[?skeli]adj.鱗片狀;（動(dòng)物）多鱗的;（皮膚）干燥粗糙的globular英[?gl?bj?l?(r)]美[?glɑ:bj?l?(r)]adj.球形;球狀的;球粒狀mass英[m?s]美[m?s]n.大量，大