海林
春花、夏雨、秋月、冬雪,一年四季在我們身邊周而復始地巧妙變換,我們可以用中文記錄四季的美,也可以用英文聊聊繽紛的四季。今天我們就來一起學習如何用地道的英語詞匯談論季節。
Spring春天
【詞匯】 spring rains 春雨,spring vacation 春假,cultivation in the spring 春耕,early spring 初春,vernal equinox 春分,come back to life萬物復蘇,spring breeze 春風,mild天氣溫和的
【例句】
Spring is dream season; spring is life marine. 春天是夢的季節;春天是生命的海洋。
Spring, the sunlight is bright and beautiful, alive with organic season.
春天,陽光明媚燦爛,是一個充滿生機的季節。
Many flowers bloom in the spring. 春天百花盛開。
With the coming of spring, everything is fresh again. 春回大地,萬象更新。
As spring approaches, the trees begin to send forth tender buds. 春天臨近,樹上長出了嫩葉。
Roses scent the air in spring. 春天,玫瑰使空氣中溢滿香氣。
In spring, the ice-floes break up. 春天,浮冰碎裂了。
Summer 夏天
【詞匯】 summer solstice 夏至,early summer 初夏,high summer盛夏/仲夏,summer holidays暑假,summer camp 夏令營,summer time 夏令時,summer styles夏裝款式,summer house避暑別墅、夏舍,hotter and hotter越來越熱,feel the heat感覺熱,scorching hot灼熱,sweltering/sultry/stifling/sticky/muggy悶熱,sweat出汗,sun cream/sunscreen防曬霜,parasol遮陽傘,ultraviolet紫外線,sunburn曬傷
【例句】
It’s getting hotter and hotter. Summer has started. 天氣越來越熱了。夏天來了。
I can’t bear the heat. I’m melting! 我受不了這么熱了。我都快熱化了!
Summer is when the sun shines and the butterflies dance with the flowers.
夏季,陽光普照,彩蝶飛舞。
Walking on the road, the wind coming like a heat wave attacks.
走在路上,迎面的風似熱浪撲來。
Autumn / Fall 秋天
【詞匯】 autumnal equinox 秋分,autumnal 秋天的,autumn foliage秋天的紅葉,late autumn 深秋,chilly 寒冷的,falling leaves 落葉,frost 霜凍,harvest 豐收,persimmon 柿子樹,pine cone 松果
【例句】
There is a cool and refreshing breeze blowing. 颯爽秋風吹過。
I like a breeze passing through the trees. 我喜歡風吹過樹木的景象。
I think autumn is the most beautiful season in a year. 我認為秋天是一年中最美的季節。
I feel a little cool in the autumnal night. 在秋天的晚上,我感到一絲涼意。
The weather becomes colder and the days get shorter in autumn.秋天天氣轉涼,白晝漸短。
Autumn is a time of fabulous colors, reaping farm crops, and celebrations of a bounteous harvest.
秋天是一個五彩斑斕的季節,是收割莊稼的季節,是慶祝豐收的季節。
Winter 冬天
【詞匯】 snowy下雪的,snowfall降雪,snowflake雪花,feathery snowflakes羽毛似的雪花,blizzard/snowstorm暴風雪,snowman雪人,shiver /tremble顫抖、打哆嗦, skiing 滑雪,skating 溜冰
【例句】
Snowflakes are fluttering/dancing in the air. 雪花在空中飄揚/雪花在空中飛舞。
Big snowflakes are patting against the windowpane. 鵝毛大雪正撲簌簌地拍打著窗戶。
I’m frozen/stiff. 我簡直凍僵了。
The wind really chills me to the bone./ The wind is bone-chilling. 這寒風真是刺骨。
I can’t stop shivering from the cold. 我冷得不停地打哆嗦。
情景對話
A: what are the seasons like in your city? 你所在的城市每個季節的天氣如何?
B: Summers is hot and usually lasts a long time. Winters are short, but cold, wet, and windy. I love the summers in my city, but I hate the wintertime. 夏季熱,通常持續很長時間。冬季短,但是濕冷,而且有風。我喜歡這里的夏天,不喜歡冬天。
A: Does it ever rain in summer? 夏天經常下雨嗎?
B: We usually get a big thunderstorm every two weeks, but apart from that, summers are dry. Thunderstorms make the air fresh again, so most people don’t mind then. 通常每兩周會有一次雷雨天,除此之外,夏季比較干燥。雷雨能讓空氣變得清新,所以多數人并不介意。
A: What are spring and autumn like? 春季和秋季呢?
B: I like spring because flowers bloom and trees grow leaves again. In spring, the weather is very changeable—sometimes cold, sometimes warm. It’s usually windy with some rain. Autumn is usually sunny and dry, but it’s gradually gets colder as winter arrives. 春季鮮花盛開,樹木變綠,所以我很喜歡。春季的天氣很多變,時而寒冷,時而溫暖。春季經常刮風,有時會下雨。秋季通常陽光明媚,天氣干爽,但當冬季臨近的時候,天氣會越來越冷。