新视野大学英语视听说 Unit 4-3

Task 2: Wrong Weather Forecast
M: Hey, Jane! Does everyone know what time to meet us this weekend for the picnic?
W: Yeah. They’ll all be here at eleven sharp! I’ve got all the food and drinks for the barbecue, and Tom is bringing the grill¹.
M: OK. I’ve got that old net; we can use that for beach volleyball.
W: Oh, I forgot to tell you. I’ve invited Class 2 and 3 as well. We’ll be able to have a volleyball match, one class against another; that’ll be great fun.
M: Did you check the weather? I hope it’s going to stay nice for the weekend; we can’t have a picnic in the rain.
W: No worries! I watched the weather forecast last night, and the weatherman said it’s going to be fine—maybe a little cloudy, but DEFINITELY² no rain!
(next morning)
M: There’s terrible weather! It’s raining buckets!
W: There’s no way we can go out in that. Those weatherman are useless—I hope they had a picnic today too.
M: I don’t know what’s happened to the weather these days. When I was little, we never had this much rain in the summer.
W: I AGREE. And have you noticed that winter is warmer now as well? We always used to get snow in January. Now winter is more like spring!
M: You’re telling me. I bet³ it’s all the pollution and the hole in the ozone⁴ layer that’s changing the weather.
W: Oh, global warming and all that.
M: I guess we’ll have to take a rain check on the picnic.
1. They are planning to have their picnic on the weekend.
2. They will be able to have a volleyball match, one class against another.
3. It’ll be fine, and maybe a little cloudy, but there’ll be definitely no rain.
4. Those weatherman are useless.
5. All the pollution and the hole in the ozone layer are responsible for the changeable weather.
 

1 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

2 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

3 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

4 ozone   

n.臭氧，新鲜空气

参考例句：

• The ozone layer is a protective layer around the planet Earth.臭氧层是地球的保护层。
• The capacity of ozone can adjust according of requirement.臭氧的产量可根据需要或调节。