原来英国小学一年级就开始学这么多关于【天气】的话题，怪不得英国人最爱聊它，来看看有哪些重点词汇
英国人对于天气的痴迷，已经成了一个撕不掉的标签。一个广为流传的笑话是：
著名剧作家萧伯纳下午在街上散步，迎面走来一位老先生，对他说：“Good afternoon, Mr. Shaw! It's such a lovely day, isn't it?"
萧伯纳幽默地回答道：“Oh, yes. But twenty people have told me about it in past two hours. Thank you.”
对于天气话题的狂热，有社交、民族特质的原因，也跟英国多变的天气，以及他们从小接受的教育有关。整个小学阶段，地理课的主题之一就是Human and physical geography，从一年级开始就开始了解英国的季节气候，和日常天气特征规律；认识热带、温带等气候区域，以及和北极、南极和赤道的关系等等。
当英国人谈论天气，他们在谈什么？看完小学阶段的知识点总结，就能找到答案了...
Weather 天气
天气Weather，是指某一个地区距离地表较近的大气层在短时间内的具体状态，包含户外的温度、风力大小，天气可以是下雨、阳光、下雪、雨夹雪、有雾、或者多云等等。天气的变化，随着不同的季节和不同地区而有所改变。
气候Climate，是指一个地区大气的多年平均状况，要相对稳定一些。比如冬天更冷，雨雪天气更多，夏天相对来说更热，阳光更多，有些国家终年炎热，有的国家终年寒冷。英国则是所谓的“temperate climate”（温带气候），四季变化分明。
①重点词汇
- Temperature 温度：how hot or cold the air is
- Cloud 云：water vapour that had condensed in the air
- Precipitation 降水：any form of water that fall from clouds (snow, sleet, hail, rain)
- Rain 雨水: water droplets that fall from clouds
- Sleet 雨夹雪：a semi-frozen rain
- Hail 冰雹：frozen rain
- UV radiation 紫外线：harmful rays that come from the sun
- Climate 气候：the average weather of a specific place over a period of time
- Microclimate 微气候：the climate of a small and specific place (for example a city or a mountain)
- Blizzard 暴风雪：a swirling snow storm
- Breeze 微风：a gentle wind
- Tropical storm 热带风暴：a storm in the tropics
- Rainbow 彩虹：the sun shining through droplets of water, in turn splitting the light into is various colour parts
- Flood 洪水：when water lies deep on the ground and doesn’t soak down
- Weather forecast 天气预报：a prediction of what the weather will be like over the next few hours and days
- Wind sock 风向袋：measure the direction of the wind
- Weather station 气象站：a place where weather measuring equipment is set up
- Rain gauge 雨量器：measures rainfall
- Flash flood 山洪爆发：a flood that appears suddenly, rather than building slowly
- Frost 霜：icy dew
- Global warming 全球变暖：the effects of the greenhouse effect on gradually increasing the overall temperature of the Earth
- Greenhouse effect 温室效应：when pollution in the atmosphere prevents the heat from the Earth escaping and warms the Earth up
- Lightning 闪电：electricity built up in a cloud that jumps to the ground
- Thunder 打雷：the noise created when air warms up suddenly after a bolt of lightning
- Mist 薄雾：tiny droplets of water dispersed in the air
- Relative humidity 相对湿度：the amount of moisture in the air
- Season 季节：divisions of the year that are often characterised by changing weather patterns
- Thermometer 温度计：measures temperature
- Wind chill 风寒：the effect of the wind on making the temperature feel colder
- Atmosphere 大气：the air and gases surrounding the Earth
- Drought 干旱：when there is a lack of water
- Evaporation 蒸发：when heat turns water into gas
- Monsoon 季风：very heavy rains in tropical regions
- Temperate climate 温带气候：area of the world with moderate changes in weather
- Tropical climate 热带气候：area of the world that experiences high temperatures and heavy monsoon rains
- Polar climate 极地气候：area of the world that experiences very cold long winters and cold summers
- Cold climate 寒冷气候：areas of the world that have permanent ice caps and short summers
- Dry climate 干燥气候：area of the world that experiences hot dry weather and low rainfall
- Rain gauge 雨量器：equipment used to measure rainfall
- Anemometer 风速计：equipment used to measure wind speed
- Barometer 晴雨表：equipment used to measure relative humidity
- Sun gauge 太阳表：equipment used to measure the amount and intensity of sunshine
②知识点总结
英国属于温带海洋性气候Temperate Marine Climate，全年温和湿润，四季寒暑变化不大，但天气多变。一日之内，时晴时雨。这一点，也是英国人如何热衷谈论天气的重要原因。
“天气”这一主题，不仅在英国人的日常对话中常见，更是英国小学地理课、科学课必不可少的主题之一。这两门，都是英国孩子的重点主修课程之一
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