你們國家夏天天氣怎麼樣?
How is the summer weather in your country?
對話 Dialogues
大為:今天又悶又熱,很不舒服。
美英:對啊!你們國家夏天的天氣怎麼樣?
大為:我們夏天不太熱,只有南部才比較熱。
Dawei: Today is stuffy and hot, very uncomfortable.
Meiying: Yes! How is the weather in your country in summer?
Dawei: We are not too hot in summer, only the south is hotter.
詞彙與短語 Vocabulary & Phrase
又…又… (yòu...yòu…)
both…and… / as well as…
悶 (mēn)
be humid, stuffy
熱 (rè)
be hot
夏天 (xiàtiān)
summer
南部 (nánbù)
the south, the southern region
Get To Know Taiwan
生活小補帖
Weather in Taiwan
台灣屬熱帶海洋型氣候,天氣不穩定,尤其是夏天,常有午後雷陣雨,所以許多人出門時,總是帶把晴雨兩用傘。
Taiwan has a tropical ocean climate with afternoon thunderstorms in summer, so people usually carry umbrellas to protect them from both the rain and the sun.
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