英语播客EnglishPod 289

 A:     ...And now, let’s go to Kenny Williams for today’s
       weather forecast.

 B:    Thank you Bill, and good morning Salt Lake City!

 A:    What’s the weather looking like today, Kenny?

 B:    Well, it’s a bit of a mixed bag in Utah today; we’ve
       got heavy cloud cover here in Northern Utah, and
       we’re calling for scattered¹ showers throughout the
       day, with a day-time high of forty-five degrees.
        Now,  if we move down to the south of the state,
       we can see that a cold front is moving in. We
       can expect clear skies, but it will be quite cold,
       with temperatures hovering² around the thirty de-
       gree mark.

 A:     It’s a chilly³ day folks,  so don’t forget your coats!
       What about tomorrow Kenny?  Do you have good
        news for us?
 B:    Well, it’ll be a rainy day for Northern Utah; we can
       expect some isolated⁴ downpours in the morning.
       Winds will be coming in from the North East, with
       gusts⁵ reaching twenty-three miles per hour. Salt
        Lake City can expect the rain to turn to sleet⁶ in
       the evening. Things are looking a bit better for
       the South; we’ll see cloudy skies with a chance of
       showers. Later in the day, we can expect partly-
       cloudy skies,  with a forecast high of thirty-eight
       degrees.

 A:    You heard it folks! It’s gonna be a cold one!

 B:    That’s right Bill. We will have more later on to-
       day on the six o’clock news. That’s the weather
       forecast for this morning.
 

1 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

2 hovering   

鸟( hover的现在分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
• I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。

3 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。

4 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

5 gusts   

一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作

参考例句：

• Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
• Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。

6 sleet   

n.雨雪；v.下雨雪，下冰雹

参考例句：

• There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
• When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。