新視野大學英語視聽說教程第一冊 Unit 4 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 grill.

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 DEFINITELY 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 bet it’s all the pollution and the hole in the ozone 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.