世界气象组织（World Meteorological Organization）将每年的 3 月 23 日设立为“世界气象日 World Meteorological Day”。英国人非常乐于谈论“天气 weather”。在日常会话中，有哪些表达看似与天气有关，但实际上却是用特定的气候现象描述生活中的场景？做小测验题，学习六个和“天气”有关的英语说法。

 

1. If you are ill you can say that you are ______.

 

a) in a cloud

 

b) under the weather

 

c) riding a storm

 

d) feeling foggy

 

2. To save ______ means you save money to use in an emergency.

 

a) for a snowy week

 

b) for a stormy afternoon

 

c) for a rainy day

 

d) for a wet Wednesday

 

3. This expression means that something positive comes from a bad situation.

 

a) every cloud has a silver lining¹

 

b) every shower has an umbrella

 

c) every storm has a shelter

 

d) every puddle² has a pothole³

 

4. Very strong wind is a ______.

 

a) torrent⁴

 

b) downpour

 

c) blizzard⁵

 

d) gale⁶

 

5. This is a mixture of melting snow and freezing rain that falls from the sky.

 

a) slush

 

b) sleet⁷

 

c) hail

 

d) sludge

 

6. A small problem that has been made much bigger than it should can be called ______.

 

a) a tornado⁸ in a bathtub

 

b) a typhoon in a coffee mug

 

c) a storm in a teacup

 

d) a hurricane in a bowl

 

答案

1) b, 2) c, 3) a, 4) d, 5) b, 6) c.

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