Lesson 51 A pleasant climate 宜人的气候
HANS: Where do you come from?
DIMITRI: I come from Greece.
HANS: What's the climate like
in your country?
DIMITRI: It's very pleasant.
HANS: What's the weather
like in spring?
DIMITRI: It's often windy in March.
It's always warm in April
and May,
but it rains sometimes.
HANS: What's it like in summer?
DIMITRI: It's always hot
in June, July and August.
The sun shines every day.
HANS: Is it cold or warm in autumn?
DIMITRI: It's always warm
in September and October.
It's often cold in November
and it rains sometimes.
HANS: Is it very cold in winter?
DIMITRI: It's often cold
in December, January
and February.
It snows sometimes.
参考译文
汉 斯:你是哪国人?
迪米特里:我是希腊人。
汉 斯:你们的国家的气候是怎么样?
迪米特里:气候非常宜人。
汉 斯:春季的天气怎么样?
迪米特里:3月里常常刮风。
4月和5月的天气总暖洋洋的,
但有时下雨。
汉 斯:夏季的天气如何呢?
迪米特里:6月、7月和8月的天气总是炎热的
每天都出太阳。
汉 斯:秋季的天气是冷还是暖呢?
迪米特里:9月和10月总是很暖和,
11月常常就冷了,而且有时下雨。
汉 斯:冬季的天气很冷吗?
迪米特里:12月、1月和2月常常很冷,
有时还下雪。
1.Where do you come from? 你是哪国人?
问对方是什么地方人。come from表示来源或籍贯。也可说:Where are you from? 在第7课中出现过类似的句子。
2.What's the climate like in your country? 你们国家的气候怎么样?
句中like是介词,不是动词,它的宾语是 What。又如:What's the weather like in spring? climate指某一地区数年间的天气情况;weather是指某个特定的时间内晴、雨、风、雪变化。对于这类问题的回答可以是 It's very pleasant(很好)或 It rains sometimes(有时下雨)。这里的it均指天气。
3.It's often windy in March. 3月里常常刮风。
表示在某个月份里通常用介词in。类似用in的时间短语课文中还有 in April(在4月),in June(在 6月),in September(在 9月)等等。often(经常),always(总是,老是),sometimes(有时)都是课文中出现的表示非确定频度的副词。这些副词一般用来回答用how often 提问的问题。
What…(be. look, etc.) like?
我们把What…like? 这一句型用于询问事物的状况,例如天气、气候等:
What's the weather like today?
今天天气怎么样?
What's it like today?
今天怎么样?
What's the climate like in your country?
你们国家气候怎么样?
或询问人物或事物的外观或特征:
What's your brother like?
你兄弟是个什么样子?
What's your house like?
你的房子是什么样的?
许多形容词可用以回答What…like? 这样的问题,并可根据上下文给以笼统的或确切的信息。例如课文中表示天气或气候的形容词有pleasant(宜人的),windy(有风的),hot(热的),cold(冷的),warm(温暖的)等等。
1.sometimes adv.
有时,间或:
It is sometimes hot and sometimes cold.
天气时冷时热。
Sometimes he visits his aunt who lives nearby.
他有时会去看望他那住在附近的婶婶。
2.pleasant adj.
(1)令人愉快的;舒适合意的:
The climate in my hometown is always pleasant.