夏说英语新闻晨读 第566期:英国酷暑来袭

 本期内容：

Londoners are set to bask¹ in glorious sunshine and hotter temperatures than Barcelona before the mercury² drops below freezing for large parts of the UK. Temperatures could reach as high as 19C across a large part of the country on Friday but conditions will turn colder over the weekend and widespread frost will arrive next week. Central and south east England are expected to get the best of the weather but there will be sunny spells from eastern Scotland to northern England, in Wales and the south west.

be set to do sth.: 将要；可能发生
be likely to do sth.: 可能
bask in: 晒太阳
mercury: n. 水银
drop below freezing: 降到零下
be expected to do: 预计……；预料……
spell: n. 一段时期
cold spell: 春寒期
dry spell: 干旱期
rain spell: 雨期

1 bask   

vt.取暖，晒太阳，沐浴于

参考例句：

• Turtles like to bask in the sun.海龟喜欢曝于阳光中。
• In winter afternoons,he likes to bask in the sun in his courtyard.冬日的午后，他喜欢坐在院子晒太阳。

2 mercury   

n.汞，水银，水银柱

参考例句：

• The liquid we can see in thermometers is mercury.我们看到的温度计里的液体是水银。
• Mercury has a much greater density than water.水银的密度比水大得多。