公共英語三級(PETS3)閱讀學(xué)習(xí)筆記 Unit 5
Unit 5 Weather and Climate
Dialogues/monologues:
I am passionate about English, and the challenge of expressing English fluently and swimmingly with foreigners was the principal motivation.
1、……h(huán)aving been brought up in the countryside.
bring up: 養(yǎng)育,教養(yǎng);提出
2、Those mighty winds pulled in a band of cloud and some patchy rain through the small hours, and into the first part of the morning.
我的翻譯是:那些強勁的大風(fēng)卷起一層云彩,還有些零星的小雨下了好一會,一直持續(xù)到清晨。
請高手賜教。
3、Clearer skies and much light winds allowed temperatures to drop well into single figures resulting in a touch of grand frost in some rural areas.
清涼的天空和微風(fēng)讓溫度值降到了個位數(shù),使得很多鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)出現(xiàn)了霜。
4、The early sunshine giving away to a bit more clouds.
give away:讓步。
太陽被一小片云層遮住了。
5、There was something of a drier interlude before an active weather system moved in from the west.
6、Some of the more exposed locations saw sustained winds of 40mph with gusts of 58mph.