西方人見面，無論是熟悉的還是不熟悉的，首先都要談論天氣。因此，學會用地道的英語表達天氣將會使你的交際錦上添花。

　　[典型表達]

　　What’s the weather like today? 今天天氣怎么樣?

　　What’s the weather going to be like at the weekend?

　　周末天氣會怎么樣呢?

　　It’s fine / cloudy / rainy today. 今天天氣不錯/多云/有雨。

　　It’s getting cold / warm in two days. 兩天后要變冷/ 暖和。

　　It’s rather warm / cold / hot today, isn’t it?

　　今天很暖和/冷/熱，是嗎?

　　It’s a beautiful day today. 今天天氣很好。

　　― Beautiful day, isn’t it? 天氣不錯，不是嗎?

　　― Yes, it is. 是的。

　　Hopefully tomorrow will turn out fine. 希望明天是個好天氣。

　　[案例探究]

　　― It’s a beautiful day today.

　　― ______

　　― My goodness. It’s only May.

　　A. And the temperature is not high.

　　B. The weather forecast says it’s fine and going to be 26 degrees.

　　C. It’s rather warm today, isn’t it?

　　D. Is that true?

　　答案與解析：答案選B。本題考查表示天氣的交際用語。根據上下文語境，尤其是最后一句可知B項最恰當。

　　[鞏固練習]

　　1. ― I wonder what the weather will be like tomorrow.

　　― ______

　　A. I don’t like the weather at this time of the year.

　　B. I don’t mind if it is going to rain tomorrow.

　　C. Didn’t you read the newspaper yourself?

　　D. Let’s listen to the weather report on the radio.

　　2. ― ______

　　― The high is twenty? four degrees centigrade and the low is eighteen degrees centigrade today.

　　A. What’s the usual temperature? B. How high is the temperature?

　　C. How is the weather today? D. How low is the temperature?

　　Key: 1-2 D C