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Chapter 3 Weather and Climate Unit 5 Weather and Climate Unit 5 Weather and Climate 学习要点 1.热爱某工作：I am passionate about the weather… 2.程度比较：I do (get nervous), but not as much as in the early days. 3.谈克服紧张：If I think there is a lot to say, I sometimes speak too fast, which makes me nervous, so I do exercises to calm myself down. 4.表达选择：1 would say challenging rather than hard. Unit 5 Weather and Climate 学习要点 5.谈学习的紧张：There is a lot of information to absorb in a relatively short period of time—that is probably the hardest part. absorption n．（被）吸引，吸收 be absorbed in被…吸引住，专注于，聚精会神（干某事） She is absorbed in her job. 6.谈工作的愉悦：I consider myself lucky to have found a job which is enjoyable. 7.谈天气变化：The British weather is always changing, and is never the same two days running. Unit 5 Weather and Climate Language points: Dialogue 1 P51 I joined BBC Weather Centre in June 1992 and did my first live broadcast about six months later. 我是在1992年6月的时候加入BBC气象中心的，并且大约6个月后就播报了我生平第一次的现场广播。 live adj．现场直播的；并未录音、拍片或记录的 Lively 生动活泼的 Lovely 可爱的 Unit 5 Weather and Climate Language points: Dialogue 1 P51 I am passionate about the weather, and the challenge of presenting weather information to the public, especially in times of severe weather, in a coherent and pleasant style, was the principal motivation． 我热心关注气象方面，而且将天气消息播报给公众，特别在严酷的天气时能有条不紊地以一种令人愉悦的风格播报是种挑战。这种挑战就是我想从事这份工作的动机。 1)passionate adj.由热情产生的或具有热情特征的； Present…to … 把….呈现 coherent adj.条理分明的 Unit 5 Weather and Climate Dialogue 2 P52 Overnight into the 16th September 2004 we saw the winds strengthen over the northwest of the U.K． 我们可以看到在2004年9月16日的前晚在英国西北地区风力有所加强。 strengthen是一个动词，由名词strength+后缀“en”构成 darken使变黑； soften使变软 Unit 5 Weather and Climate Language points: Dialogue 2 P52 It was a different story in the southeast of the U.K., clearer skies and much lighter winds allowed temperatures to drop well into single figures resulting in a touch of ground frost in some rural areas． 在英国的东南部则是另一种情