Unit 01
Weather Forecast

海外生活/日常溝通
Overseas life/Daily communication

BRAIN STORM

Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.

What was the weather forecast for yesterday? What was the weather forecast for today?

VOCABULARY

Repeat  these  sentences  after  your  teacher.

1. forecast (v.) 預報
The weather forecast says it will rain today.
天氣預報說今天會下雨。 

2. calling for (v.) 預測
There is a calling for scattered showers.
預測會有零星陣雨。 

3. mixed bag (n.) 雜集
The weather is a mixed bag of sunny and rainy.
天氣晴朗多雨。 

4. cloud cover  (n.) 雲層
There is a cloud cover in Utah.
猶他州有雲層。

5. scattered (v.) 散布的
Rains are scattered in North and South.
北部和南部都散佈著降雨。

6. showers (n.) 陣雨
I heard there will be rain showers.
聽說會有陣雨。  

7. cold front (n.) 冷鋒
There is a cold front coming in.
冷鋒來了。 

8. isolated  (adj.) 單獨的
We live an isolated life.
我們過著孤獨的生活。 

Dialogue

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

…And now, let’s go to Kenny Williams for today’s weather forecast.
… 現在,我們把話筒轉交給今天的天氣預報員Kenny Williams。

Thank you Bill, and good morning Salt Lake City!
謝謝Bill,鹽湖城的觀眾,早上好!

What’s the weather looking like today, Kenny?
肯尼,今天天氣怎麼樣? 

Well, it’s a bit of a mixed bag in Utah today. We’ve got heavy cloud cover here in Northern Utah and we’re calling for scattered showers throughout the day, with a day-time high of forty-five degrees. Now, if we move down to the south of the state, we can see that a cold front is moving in. We can expect clear skies, but it will be quite cold, with temperatures hovering around the thirty degree mark.
嗯,今天猶他州的天氣比較複雜。猶他州北部多雲天氣且有時有陣雨,白天最高氣溫在45華氏度。再來看一下猶他州的南部,有冷空氣正在逼近。預計天氣晴好但會有點冷,氣溫盤旋在三十華氏度左右。

It’s a chilly day folks, so don’t forget your coats! What about tomorrow, Kenny? Do you have good news for us?
大家,今天很冷啊,所以不要忘記穿上你的外套!那明天的天氣怎麼樣呢,Kenny?有好消息帶給我們嗎?

Well, it’ll be a rainy day for Northern Utah; we can expect some isolated downpours in the morning. Winds will be coming in from the northeast, with gusts reaching twenty-three miles per hour. Salt Lake City can expect the rain to turn to sleet in the evening. Things are looking a bit better for the South; we‘ll see cloudy skies with a chance of showers. Later in the day, we can expect partly-cloudy skies, with a forecast high of thirty-eight degrees.
嗯,猶他州北部將會有降雨,且預計早上可能會出現短時強降雨。 預計出現東北風,風速大約二十三英里每小時。 鹽湖城地區晚間會由雨轉雨夾雪。 南部地區的天氣會比較好一些,多雲天氣但可能會有陣雨。 晚些時候局部地區多雲,氣溫將在三十八華氏度以上。

You heard it folks! It’s gonna be a cold one!
大家聽到了! 這將是很冷的一天!

That’s right, Bill. We will have more later on today on the six o’clock news. That’s the weather forecast for this morning.
沒錯,Bill。 我們會在今天晚些的六點新聞中給大家帶來更多資訊。 今天的早間天氣就是這樣。

Grammar

動詞”look”也已用於描述一個人或事物目前的外貌。

The verb “look” can be used to describe a person or thing‘s current appearance.

1.Your dress looks so pretty today!

2. What happened to you? You look terrible.

3. This food looks really tasty!

4. You look upset. Is something wrong?

5. How do I look? Does this dress make me look fat?

DISCUSSION

Make a conversation with your teacher.

1.Why do you think weather forecast updates are important?