1. It must have rained last night for the road is wet. 路面是湿的，昨晚肯定下过雨。
2. We haven't had a thunderstorm like this for months.
我们已经好几个月没遇到这样的雷雨天气了。
3. There was a shower this afternoon. 下午下了一场阵雨。
4. I got caught in the downpour. 我遇上了一场倾盆大雨。
补充短语
get caught in... 遇到……
08 Is the fog going to lift?
雾会散吗？
解析 ▲ 该句是be going to的疑问句形式，把be动词is提至句首，用来引导疑问句。
常用单词
fog [f?ɡ] n. 雾，烟雾
学学这样说
1. The sky looks cloudy. 天空看起来阴阴的。
2. It's getting cloudy. 天正在变阴。
3. The sky is overcast, and it is very sultry. 天空阴沉沉的，很闷热。
4. The fog makes it difficult to see. 这场雾让人视线不清。
09 The weather is disappointing.
天气真糟糕！
语法TIPS
该句中的disappointing是由动词disappoint加上词缀-ing构成的派生词，意思是“糟糕的，令人失望的”，通常修饰物。disappointed是disappoint加上词缀-ed构成的派生词，意思是“失望的，沮丧的”，通常修饰人。注意两者的区别。
学学这样说
1. The weather has been very changeable lately. 最近天气十分多变。
2. The weather has been like this for two weeks. 这种天气已经持续两个星期了。
3. It was humid last week! 上周的天气很潮湿。
4. What awful weather we have been having recently! 最近的天气真糟！
补充短语
last week 上周
10 It's quite different from the weather forecast.
这同天气预报所说的出入很大。
解析 ▲ be different from意思是“与……不同”，from是介词，后面跟名词、代词或者名词词组。句中的quite是副词，修饰different。
学学这样说
1. Today is a real scorcher! 今天真是个大热天！
2. It's too hot to walk. 热得没法走路。
3. It is erday. 今天比昨天冷了很多。
4. From the thermometer we know that the temperature fell to zero.
看温度计我们得知气温已经降到零度。
5. I hope the weather forecast is right. 我希望天气预报会准。
补充短语
a real scorcher 大热天
weather forecast 天气预报
11 Nice weather, isn't it?
天气很好，不是吗？
语法TIPS
该句是一个反义疑问句，它表示提问人的看法，没有把握，需要对方证实。反义疑问句有两部分，前一部分是陈述句，后一部分是疑问句，两部分的人称时态应保持一致。前面否定，后面要肯定；前面肯定，后面要否定。
常用单词
nice [na?s] adj.（天气）温暖的，宜人的
weather ['wee?(r)] n. 天气
学学这样说
1. The weather is certainly a big improvement over yesterday.
今天天气比昨天好多了。
2. The sky is bright and clear. 天空明朗清澈。
3. It's a fine day. 今天是个好天。
4. What a beautiful day ! 今天天气真好！
12 It is growing cool.
天气渐渐凉爽起来。
语法TIPS
该句用的是现在进行时态，说明该动作在近期一直在进行。
学学这样说
1. There is a beautiful rainbow in the sky. 一道美丽的彩虹悬挂在天上。
2. It's good to see the sun again. 看到太阳又出来了，真让人高兴。
3. It'll probably clear up this afternoon. 今天下午可能转晴。
4. The days are getting longer since sue.
夏天到了，白天变得越来越长。
5. It's about twenty-three degrees centigrade this morning. 今天早上大约23摄氏度
补充短语
clear up 放晴
13 Maybe tomorrow is a clear day.
没准明天是个艳阳天。
学学这样说
1. I guess we're going to have a fine day. 我想我们会有个好天气。
2. The weather is going to stay fine. 好天气会持续下去。
3. Aording to the weather forecast, it will be a fine day the day after tomorrow.
天气预报说后天是个好天气。
4. The weather forecast says the day after tomorrow will be sunny.
天气预报说后天会是晴天。
补充短语
have a fine day 有个好天气
the day after tomorrow 后天
应用对话
Steven: Yeah! But you know sometimes the weather forecast is not aurate.
Maybe tomorrow is a clear day. Who knows?
Julia: Yeah, maybe you are right!
史蒂文：是啊，不过你知道的，有时候天气预报并不准确。没准明天是个艳阳天，谁知道呢？
茱莉娅：是的，没准你说得对！