三、谈论天气 (Talking about the weather)
1.概说:天气的变化会对人们的生活、工作或活动产生一定的影响,是人们经常谈论的话题,更是英国人对话时少不了的内容。
2.常用表达法:
a.What's the weather like today?
How is the weather in...?
Is it always as hot/cold...as this?
Is the weather always like this?
What's the temperature (today...)?
What does the weather forecast say?
b.It looks like/as if it's going to rain...
It's getting cold/ warm...
It's sunny/ windy...
It's rather cold/ hot...today,isn't it?
A lovely day,isn't it? Lovely weather,isn't it?
It's a beautiful/terrible/fine...day today.
四、购物 (Shopping)
1.概说:
购物也是听力测试中常见的话题,它主要是指购物者与营业员之间的对话,通常涉及到招呼顾客、货物的贵贱、物品质量的好坏、尺寸的大小、颜色种类如何、顾客满意与否等。
2.常用表达法:
a.What can I do for you?
Anything I can do for you?
May/ Can I help you?
b.I'd like/ I want...
How much is it?/ How much,please?
That's too dear/ expensive,I'm afraid.
How much would you like it to be?
I'll bring the price down to...
That's fine.I'll take it.
c.How many/ much do you want?
What color/ size/ kind do you want?
Do you have any other kind/ size/ color...?