外研版初中英语八年级上册Module 10 Unit 2 随...

(W: Winnie C: Charlie)

W: Hello, this is Winnie. Is that Charlie speaking?

C: Speaking.

W: I want to go to London. So I want to know the weather there.

C: Sure! Now it's February, and it is cold. It's a bad month of the year.

W: Oh, I think it's as cold as that in Weihai, China.

C:

W: Then when is the best time to visit London?

C: There are trees, grass and flowers everywhere. It's never too hot or too cold.

W: I heard that it' s often foggy.

C: Our government has tried to protect the environment.

W: I heard that you often talk about the weather when you meet each other.

C: Yes. Probably because the weather changes from time to time.

    The weather is closely related(有联系的) to our life. It is all around1all the time. It is an important part of our2. We can't control(控制) it, but it often controls how and3we live, what to do, what we wear and what we eat. Read this passage and learn4about the weather.

    What is the weather? The weather is just the state of the atmosphere(大气层)5any time, such as temperature, wind,6,sun, etc.

    What7the weather change? As we know, not every place on the earth gets the same amount of sunlight. Some places get8sunlight. So it's warmer in those places. Some places get little9no sunlight in winter. Then those places have lower temperatures. These differences in temperature make the air and water10around the earth. The movement helps to take the heat energy from the sun across the earth. So the11changes.

    What's the12between weather and climate(气候)? The climate is a place's weather over a long time. The weather changes from day to day and13from hour to hour. It can be14in the morning，cold and wet in the afternoon. But the climate changes very15over lots of years.