西方人见面，无论是熟悉的还是不熟悉的，首先都要谈论天气。因此，学会用地道的英语表达天气将会使你的交际锦上添花。

　　[典型表达]

　　What’s the weather like today? 今天天气怎么样?

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

　　周末天气会怎么样呢?

　　It’s fine / cloudy / rainy today. 今天天气不错/多云/有雨。

　　It’s getting cold / warm in two days. 两天后要变冷/ 暖和。

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

　　今天很暖和/冷/热，是吗?

　　It’s a beautiful day today. 今天天气很好。

　　― Beautiful day, isn’t it? 天气不错，不是吗?

　　― Yes, it is. 是的。

　　Hopefully tomorrow will turn out fine. 希望明天是个好天气。

　　[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?

　　答案与解析：答案选B。本题考查表示天气的交际用语。根据上下文语境，尤其是最后一句可知B项最恰当。

　　[巩固练习]

　　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