第30章
我重164磅。
I weigh a-hundred-sixty-four pounds.
I weigh 164 Ibs. *Ibs.读为pounds。
你有多高?
How tall are you?
What's your height?
1米80左右。
About one-hundred-eighty centimeters. *美国不用公制单位，而用foot英尺计算(1英尺大约30厘米，复数是feet；1英大约是2.5厘米，复数是inches)。
我身高5英尺3寸。
I'm five feet three inches tall.
I'm 5′3″ tall.
I'm five three. *口语中常用这种省略说法。
●有关天气
今天真热呀!
It's very hot today, isn't it? *isn't it? 带有“真……呀!”的语感。
Isn't it hot today?
Today's a scorcher. *scorcher 为口语，“太阳火辣辣的天气”。
天气炎热。
It's blistering hot.
It's extremely hot.
今天的天气真好!
It's a fine day today.
It's beautiful today.
It's nice today.
明天的天气怎么样?
What's the forecast for tomorrow?
What's the forecast for tomorrow? (明天的天气怎么样?)
It's going to be cold. (会冷吧。)
What will the weather be like tomorrow?
What's the weather going to be tomorrow?
What's tomorrow's forecast?
今天的天气怎么样?
How's the weather today?
How's the weather today? (今天的天气怎么样?)
It's hot. (今天很热。)
今天会下雨吗?
Is it going to rain today?
Is it going to rain today?(今天会下雨吗?)
I doubt it. (我想不会。)
[奇+书+网]
好像要下雨。
We're expecting some rain.
It's going to rain.
It's supposed to rain.
Rain is expected.
I heard it might rain. (我听说今天可能下雨。)
下雨了。
It's raining.
今天会下雨吧!
It's going to rain today.
It will rain today.
今天很热。
It's hot today.
今天很暖和。
It's warm today.
It's a warm day.
今天很冷。
It's cold today.
It's cold today. (今天很冷。)
It sure is. (就是。)
今天冷嗖嗖的。
It's chilly today.
It's cool today.
It's nippy today.
今天风很大。
It's windy today.
It's a windy day.
今天很闷热。
It's humid.
It's really humid today. (今天很闷啊!)
Yeah, my body is sweaty. (是呀，我浑身都是汗。)
气候干燥。
It's dry.
It's wet today. (今天像要下雨。)
It's rainy today. (今天像要下雨。)
暴风雨天气。
It's stormy.
There is going to be a storm today. (今天将有暴风雨。)
下雪了。
It's snowing.
It's snowing. (下雪了。)
Yeah! Let's go skiing. (太好了!我们去滑雪吧。)
天阴沉沉的。
It's gloomy.
It's cloudy. (阴天。)
看样子我们会遇上雷阵雨。
It looks like we are going to have a thunder shower.
台风快到了。
A typhoon is coming.
Why are you taping your windows? (干吗往窗户上贴胶条?)
A typhoon is coming. (台风快到了。)
A typhoon is on its way.
起雾了。
It's foggy.
冷得像要结冰了。
It's freezing.
It's very cold today. (今天非常寒冷。)
快要下暴风雨了。
We're going to have a blizzard.
这天真舒服。
It's pleasant.
It's comfortable. (这天真舒服。)
It's a nice day. (真是个好天。)
今天风和日丽。
It's mild today. *mild 表示气候“温暖的，温和的”。
It's a mild day.
雾蒙蒙的。
It's misty.
今天阴天。
It's overcast today.
Let's go sunbathing. (我们去做日光浴吧。)
But, it's overcast today. (可是，今天阴天。)
It's cloudy today.
糟糕的天气。
It's miserable.
It's a terrible day.
It's an awful day.
我怕热。
I'm sensitive to heat. *sensitive “容易感觉到的，敏感的”。
今天风和日丽。
It's breezy today.
It's a breezy day.
今天的天气让人不舒服。
It's uncomfortable today.
It's unpleasant today.
热死我了。
The heat is killing me.
下了瓢泼大雨。
It's raining cats and dogs! *用cat (猫)和dog (狗)来表示瓢泼大雨。可以说cats and dogs，却不能反过来说成dogs and cats。
下霜了。
It's frosty today.
It's a frosty day.
随意的谈话
●征求意见
懂吗?
Do you understand? *是一般的说法。
Do you understand? (懂吗?)
I understand. (懂了。)
懂了吗?
Understood? *既可以用于提问也可以用于回答。
You have to improve. Understood? (你得有所提高，明白吗?)
Understood. (明白了!)
Do you understand?
清楚了吗?
Is that clear?
Is that clear? (清楚了吗?)
It's clear. (清楚了。)
你了解情况吗?
Get the picture? *这里的picture不是“照片”，而是“状态”、“情况”、“事态”。这句是Do you get the picture的缩略形式。
Did you grasp the overall situation?
你懂我说的意思吗?
Do you know what I mean?
Do you know what I mean? (你懂我说的意思吗?)
I think so. (我想我明白了。)
You know what I mean?