Lesson 53An interesting climate 有趣的氣候

Listen to the tape then answer this question. What is the favourite subject of conversation in England?
    聽錄音，然后回答問題。在英國歡迎的話題是什么？
    HANS: Where do you come from?
    JIM: I come from England.
    HANS: What's the climate like in your
     country?
    JIM: It's mild,
     but it's not always pleasant.
    JIM: The weather's often cold
     in North and windy in the East.
     It's often wet in the West
     and sometimes warm in the south.
    HANS: Which seasons do you like best?
    JIM: I like spring and summer.
     The days are long and the night
     are short.
     The sun rises early and sets late.
    JIM: I don't like autumn and winter.
     The days are short
     and the nights are long.
     The sun rises late
     and set early.
     Our climate is not very good,
     but it's certainly interesting.
     It's our favourite subject
     of conversation.
    New Word and expressions 生詞和短語
     mild
    adj. 溫和的，溫暖的
     always
    adv. 總是
     north
    n. 北方
     east
    n. 東方
     wet
    adj. 潮濕的
     west
    n. 西方
     south
    n. 南方
     season
    n. 季節(jié)
     best
    adv. 最
     night
    n. 夜晚
     rise
    v. 升起
     early
    adv. 早
     set
    v. （太陽）落下去
     late
    adv. 晚，遲
     interesting
    adj. 有趣的，有意思的
     subject
    n. 話題
     conversation
    n. 談話
    參考譯文
    漢斯：你是哪國人？
    吉姆：我是英國人。
    漢斯：你們國家的氣候怎么樣？
    吉姆：氣候溫和，但也不總是宜人的。
    吉姆：北部的天氣常常寒冷，
     東部則常常利風(fēng)。
     西部常下雨，南部有時(shí)則很暖和。
    漢斯：你最喜歡哪些季節(jié)？
    吉姆：我最喜歡春季和夏季。
     因?yàn)榇藭r(shí)白天短而夜晚長，
     太陽升得遲而落得早。
     雖然我們國家的氣候并不很好，
     但又確實(shí)很有意思。
     天氣是我們最喜歡談?wù)摰脑掝}。