每课一句：新概念英语第1册第51课
【往期回顾】
接下来，我们就来看看第51课的“每课一句”。
一、课文原文
Lesson 51 A pleasant climate
Where do you come from?
I come from Greece.
What's the climate like in your country?
It's very pleasant.
What's the weather like in spring?
It's often windy in March. It's always warm in April and May, but it rains sometimes.
What's it like in summer?
It's always hot in June, July and August. The sun shines every day.
Is it cold or warm in autumn?
It's always warm in September and October. It's often cold in November and it rains sometimes.
Is it very cold in winter?
It's often cold in December, January and February. It snows sometimes.
——选自《新概念英语》第一册，外语教学与研究出版社，1997年10月第1版
二、每课一句
What's the climate like in your country?
本课继续学习一般现在时的用法，只是本课侧重的是一般现在时表天气和气候的用法。
本课里出现的常用来表达天气和气候的句型是：
- What's the climate/weather like in...?
- It's...
其中，in后面可以接季节或地点，it's后面一般接表天气或气候的形容词。如：
- What's the climate like in your city?
- It's always pleasant.
- What's the weather like in spring?
- It's often warm and windy.
此外，在描述天气时，也常用表天气的动词，其用法为：
It + 表天气的动词（如rain、snow等）...
如：
It sometimes rains in spring.
有时也可以用其他更为具体的描述，如：
The sun shines every day.
三、更多拓展
- Is it cold or warm in autumn?
- It's always warm in September and October.
注意本课里出现的季节的表达，即：
spring, summer, autumn, winter
其中，autumn在美语里常用fall来表达，fall在文学作品中的使用频率较高。
此外，本课还出现了月份的表达，即：
January (Jan.), February (Feb.), March (Mar.),
April (Apr.), May (May), June (Jun.),
July (Jul.), August (Aug.), September (Sept.),
October (Oct.), November (Nov.), December (Dec.)
要注意月份的缩略，大多是取前面三个字母，然后在右下角加上句点，而且首字母始终要大写。
其中，要注意May因为原本只有三个字母，所以不缩写。此外，September的缩写形式一般为前面四个字母。
