Rainy Britain 阴雨的英国 1
Severe June Weather 严峻的六月天 Rainy Britain 阴雨的英国 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文, 然后完成练习 : Britain is famous around the world for its rainy weather, but many parts of the country this June are experiencing much more rain than they have ever seen before. Torrential downpours have caused rivers to burst their banks, roads have been closed and many people have been evacuated from their homes because of the floods. The worst hit area seems to be the north of England. There have even been fatalities as people got stuck in the rain or were washed away by the floodwaters. Flood warnings have been issued in many parts of the UK and it is said that over a month's worth of rain has fallen in just the last couple of days. The rain has also caused chaos at some of Britain's famous June events. The Glastonbury festival is a four-day-long outdoor music festival and while it is traditionally quite rainy and muddy there, this year was particularly bad. Everyone was wearing wellies and there have been many pictures in the newspapers of people covered from head to toe in mud. It rained throughout the festival and with more than 170,000 revellers walking around and camping on the grounds, it didn't take long for the site to turn into a mud bath. June also sees the start of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. The start of play on the first day was delayed by half an hour or so because of the rain and had to be halted again mid-afternoon for a couple of hours. There are no floods in the London region though, just frequent showers. So while the British would like to have glorious sunshine during the summer months, the rain continues to fall in most areas. People in Britain are used to having unpredictable weather cold rainy summer days and warmer winter months. However this amount of rain and devastation is even more unexpected. People can only hope that the rain will stop soon and the sun will come out, so they can eventually start to enjoy a nicer summer. 2
Glossary 词汇表 torrential downpours 暴雨 ; 倾盆大雨 evacuated 疏散 to burst their banks 决堤 floods 洪水 worst hit 首打击最严重的 fatalities 死亡 ( 事故 ) washed away 被冲走 a month's worth 够用 ( 值 ) 一个月的 muddy 泥泞的 revellers 喜欢凑热闹的人 delayed 被拖延 frequent showers 经常性的阵雨 unpredictable 难预测的 issued 发布 chaos 混乱 wellies 惠灵顿长靴 a mud bath 泥澡 halted 停顿 ; 停止 glorious sunshine 灿烂的阳光 devastation 毁灭性的破坏 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. Britain is famous for its sunny weather. True / False 2. Many people have had to leave their houses because their homes are flooded. True / False 3. The weather is much worse in the north of England than in the south. True / False 4. The Glastonbury festival is a tennis tournament. True / False 5. Rain did not affect the first day at Wimbledon at all. True / False 3
2. Rainy Expressions 阴雨词汇 Look at the expressions below. They are all different ways of saying it's raining. However some expressions mean it's raining hard and some mean it's not raining very much at all. Put the correct expression in the correct column on the table does the expression mean 'heavy rain' or 'light rain'? 下列词语都和下雨有关, 不过有些词表示大雨或暴雨, 有些则表示小雨或毛毛雨 你能判断出哪些句子表示大雨, 哪些表示小雨吗? 确定后完成下面的句子分类练习 : Heavy Rain Light Rain It's pouring down. It's drizzling. It's spitting. It's chucking it down. Now rearrange these sentences using the rain expressions so they make sense. 现在再来看看下面这些语序被打乱的句子, 请你把它们重新组合成通顺的句子 : 1. pouring outside really It's down. 2. rain It's with spitting. garden the the washing bring You'd in from better. 3. soaking I'm. there out it chucking down It's. 4. an need think may I umbrella I. day drizzling been It's all. 4
3. Weather idioms 天气成语 There are lots of idioms in English based around the weather. See if you can match the idioms on the left to their literal meanings on the right. 英语中有很多和天气相关的成语 试试看, 能不能把左边的成语和右边对应的字面意思相搭配. 1. Come rain or shine. a. A little bit ill. Not very well. 2. Take a raincheck. b. Whatever happens. Nothing will stop you from doing something. 3. Under the weather. c. When things go wrong they go really wrong. 4. It never rains but it pours. d. To not do something now, but you might do it later. Now complete the sentences putting the correct expression from above in the gaps. 现在, 请你用上面的成语来完成下列句子填空练习. 1. I'll be at your party tomorrow. 2. I'll have to. I can't come this week because I'm busy at work. 3. I'm not going to work today I feel a bit. 4. I'm having such a bad day my train was late, then I lost my mobile phone, my English class was cancelled and I had an argument with my friend.. 5
4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with rain in the puzzle below. There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (g), vertically (i) or diagonally (m) 请在下面的字谜游戏中, 找出与下雨有关的英语单词来 共有 10 个单词, 其组成方式可能以水平的 (g) 垂直的 (i) 或对角的 (m) 形式出现 f l o o m e a d m u m d d o w n p o u r e m o l r a i g e x e i s n u m a w e a t w o z u i m d i e w e l e e z h u u p n a s e p a n l f g m m q t m u r t u e l k b u c h k u m h p j a i r f h s h o w e d q a l e d a f l o d r a r u n l s o n j f l o o d s k l i s h o w e r s f l o a e downpour floods mud showers wellies rain umbrella weather drizzle chaos 6
Answers 答案 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. Britain is famous for its sunny weather. False 2. Many people have had to leave their houses because their homes are flooded. True 3. The weather is much worse in the north of England than in the south. True 4. The Glastonbury festival is a tennis tournament. False 5. Rain did not affect the first day at Wimbledon at all. False 2. Rainy Expressions 阴雨词汇 Look at the expressions below. They are all different ways of saying it's raining. However some expressions mean it's raining hard and some mean it's not raining very much at all. Put the correct expression in the correct column on the table does the expression mean 'heavy rain' or 'light rain'? 下列词语都和下雨有关, 不过有些词表示大雨或暴雨, 有些则表示小雨或毛毛雨 你能判断出哪些句子表示大雨, 哪些表示小雨吗? 确定后完成下面的句子分类练习 : Heavy Rain It's pouring down. It's chucking it down. Light Rain It's drizzling. It's spitting. Now rearrange these sentences using the rain expressions so they make sense. 现在再来看看下面这些语序被打乱的句子, 请你把它们重新组合成通顺的句子 : 1. It's really pouring down outside. 2. It's spitting with rain. You'd better bring the washing in from the garden. 3. I'm soaking. It's chucking it down out there. 4. I think I may need an umbrella. It's been drizzling all day. 3. Weather idioms 天气成语 There are lots of idioms in English based around the weather. See if you can match the idioms on the left to their literal meanings on the right. 英语中有很多和天气相关的成语 试试看, 能不能把左边的成语和右边对应的字面意思相搭配. 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. c Now complete the sentences putting the correct expression from above in the gaps. 现在, 请你用上面的成语来完成下列句子填空练习. 1. Come rain or shine, I'll be at your party tomorrow. 2. I'll have to take a raincheck. I can't come this week because I'm busy at work. 3. I'm not going to work today I feel a bit under the weather. 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 d d o w n p o u r m r i u a w z d i e e z u n a l m t e l b c h i r h e e a r l s o f l o o d s l s h o w e r s a 4. I'm having such a bad day my train was late, then I lost my mobile phone, my English class was cancelled and I had an argument with my friend. It never rains but it pours. 7