剑桥雅思14Test2Section4听力高频词汇 The history of weather forecasting
剑桥雅思14听力第二套题目第四部分的主题为天气预报的发展史。录音介绍了天气预报如何从信奉神灵演变为简单的天气观察，再到发现规律，最后变得越来越准确。按照惯例，我们总结下这段录音中出现的常考词汇。
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剑桥雅思14Test2Section4听力答案解析 The history of weather forecasting
雅思听力高频词汇
forecasting n. 预报，预测
例句：Forecasting was an inexact science. 预报科学是门不准确的科学。
catastrophe n. 大灾难
例句：Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe. 提前发出的洪水水位上涨警报防止了又一次的重大灾害。
thunder n. 雷
例句：We were woken in the night by thunder. 晚上我们被雷声惊醒。
lightning n. 闪电
例句：Mitch moved like lightning and caught the little girl before she fell. 米奇眼疾手快,一把抓住了小女孩,没有让她摔倒。
civilisation n. 文明
例句：Wisdom of the ancients always served civilisation well. 古人的智慧对文明总是大有裨益.
phenomena n. 现象
例句：Science may be able to provide some explanations of paranormal phenomena 科学也许能够解释某些超自然现象。
calendar n. 日历
例句：This is one of the biggest weeks in the racing calendar. 这是全年赛马日程表中最重要的几个星期之一。
philosopher n. 哲学家
例句：He seems to be a bit of a philosopher. 他像个思想家似的。
comet n. 彗星
例句：Halley’s Comet is going to come back in 2061. 哈雷彗星将于2061年回归。
contemporary adj. 当代的，同时代的
例句：She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston 她给像惠特尼·休斯敦这样的人写了很多当代音乐作品。
humidity n. 湿度
例句：The room is kept at 72 degrees and 50% relative humidity. 房间的温度保持在72度,相对湿度50%。
thermometer n. 温度计
例句：The thermometer recorded a temperature of 28 degrees. 寒暑表指明温度为二十八度.
telegraph n. 电报
例句：Once he knew where we were, Lewis telegraphed every few hours. 一知道我们在哪里,刘易斯就每隔几小时发一份电报来。
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