2xOnline Class Notes (Mike)

1. Mr Christmas
Merry Christmas! My name’s Andy Park, better known as ‘Mr Christmas’, because I celebrate Christmas every single day! Ha ha!

I write myself a Christmas card every single day.

I like to wrap myself a present every day. I put it under the tree and I open it next morning.

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the Queen’s Speech. So I watch the Queen’s Speech every single day at 3 o’clock.

I eat Christmas dinner every single day – I love it.

That’s turkey, sprouts, (I love my Brussels sprouts), roast potatoes (do you know what, it’s rather nice anyway), broccoli, carrots (it’s all lush), thick gravy, stuffing balls – I love my Christmas dinner.

After my Christmas dinner, I just sit down, relax, probably have a mince pie, a glass of sherry and pull a cracker, or a party popper – you never know.

I celebrate Christmas every single day, and I’ll tell you what, I never get sick and tired of it.

2.Mr Christmas
I love Christmas, but eating a Christmas dinner like I just have is not all that healthy.

I asked my doctor. She said:

“Andy, your diet is not very healthy. You’re overweight and this can cause problems. You need some advice.

“The good news is you don’t have to stop celebrating Christmas every day. But you must stop eating so much. You don’t have to have a roast turkey: you could have something else.

“And in general, you mustn’t eat so much fatty food. You have to take some exercise. Try running, swimming… anything like that.”

Because of all that, this is the new me: looking good, feeling good. Merry Christmas!

Part 1.
Britain loves nothing more than talking about the weather, so the Met Office’s latest project might be the most British thing ever.
英国人喜欢谈论天气，因此气象局的最近一个项目可能是最英国的事情。
They’re building a £97m supercomputer to provide more accurate, frequent weather forecasts.
建造一个9700万英镑的超级计算机去提供更准确的，频繁的天气预测
It will also help with climate modelling, which is when weather scientists, or meteorologists, use a computer model of how the atmosphere, oceans, land and ice all interact.
当天气科学家，气象学家用大气，海洋，大陆和冰川交互的计算机模型时，它将帮助气候建模
It could help the Met Office forecast the future of our planet’s climate. Read on to learn about some other changes this supercomputer could also bring. 继续读/读下去
它能帮助气象局预测将来我们的行星气候，顺带也能够阅读学习关于一些其他改变这个超级计算机

Part 2.
One thing the media in the UK know very well is that British people love a weather story.
英国媒体知道英国人民喜欢关于天气的故事。
The Daily Express had more than 10 weather stories on their front page last year!
去年《每日快报》的首页有十多个天气故事。
Despite the fact that winter comes round every year, the annual changing of the seasons continues to make headlines in all the major newspapers and across the BBC.
尽管事实上每年冬天都要到来，年度季节改变仍然作为头条在主要报纸和BBC上
This new supercomputer promises a variety of new potential weather stories. There might be a darker side to this though…
这新的超级计算机承若/保证各种新的潜在的天气故事。这件事可能会有一个阴暗面

Part 3.
British weather has previously been very difficult to forecast. Britain is an island nation between the Atlantic Ocean and mainland Europe,
以前英国天气预测一直很困难，英国是一个位于大西洋和欧洲大陆之间的岛国。
so if the wind direction changes even a little bit, you can really feel it.
因此气流方向改变一点点，你都能够真正/实实在在地感觉到
It’s also the meeting place for warm tropical air and cold arctic air, so there are lots of complex weather systems.
温暖的热带空气和寒冷的北极空气在这里相遇，因此有许多复杂的气象
The new supercomputer will be a lot more accurate.
新的超级计算机将更准确一点。
There will be a lot more data available to the media – and this could mean that headlines are full of catastrophic – and accurate – predictions!
将有更有效一点的数据提供给媒体，这意味新闻头条将有许多灾难性但准确的预测。

Part 4.
The Met office will become world leaders in weather
气象局将成为天气方面世界的领导者
The Cray XC40 machine will be one of the most advanced supercomputers in the world, when it is completed (in 2017).
The Cray XC40机器将是世界上最先进的超级计算机之一，它完成于2017
To give you an idea
给我一个主意/给你一个例子/实例吧
It is more powerful than 100,000 PlayStations.
它比100,000 个PlayStations更强大
It can perform 16 quadrillion calculations every second.
它每秒能够运行16 千的五次方计算
At 140 tonnes, it weighs the same 11 double-decker buses.
140吨，它和十一个双层巴士一样重
It will have 120,000 times more memory than your smartphone.
它比你的智能手机多120000倍的内存
The supercomputer’s predictions could change our lives
超级计算机的预测能够改变我们的生活
Weather forecasts are really, really important.
天气预测是真的真的重要
Floods destroy people’s homes.
洪水摧毁人们的家
Airports rely on predictions to help them fly safely.
机场依赖预测来帮助他们飞行的安全
Hospitals need predictions from the Met Office to calculate how much bed space they may need, because extreme weather often affects people’s health.
医院需要来自气象局的预测去计算他们需要多少病床空间/数量，因为极端的天气经常影响人们的健康

Part 5.
More accurate forecasts can also help businesses – if bad weather’s on the way, gas and electricity companies can prepare for increased demand.
更准确的预测也能帮助企业，如果不好的天气出现的时候，天然气和电力公司能为增加需求做准备
Extreme weather could also cause damage to supply lines so engineers need to be ready to make repairs.
极端的天气也能够给供应线造成损害因此电力必须做维修准备
More weather to talk about
谈论更多的天气
Whether it’s on the bus, the train, or on social media, we love talking about the weather.
无论在巴士，火车或者社会媒体，我们都喜欢谈论天气
However, British people love humour – so you may see and hear many more jokes about it as well!
然而英国人们喜欢幽默 因此你也可能看见或听到许多关于它的笑话

Vocabulary

latest (adj.) 最新的，最近的
The latest version of Chrome is XXXXX. 最新的版本是XXXX
The latest book by Moyan is called XXXXXX.

call (v) 叫做，名为，
-What is this called?
-It is called XXXX.
W call him XXXX in school.

on the way 在… 的路上，马上就要到，正在发生

pipe (n) 管子 – pipeline 管道
cigarette pipe 烟斗

frustrate (v) 沮丧，烦躁，失望，懊恼，烦闷 –
frustrating
frustrated
frustration (n)

also
She also wants to go to Japan.
too
She wants to go to Japan, too.

either/neither

I run on Monday mornings.
I don’t eat meat on Mondays. 我周一不吃肉

shower (n) 淋浴
bath (n) 沐浴，泡澡
bathtub (n) 浴缸

a while 一阵子
quite a while 好一阵子/好一会儿

quite (adv.) 十分，非常，挺
He is quite tall. 他挺高的

quiet (adj.) 安静的
My home very quiet.

favorite (adj.) 最喜欢的
My favorite food is Sichuan food.

repair = fix (v) 维修，修理

on the other side of town 城市的另一侧/边

afraid
I am afraid I can not come. 恐怕来不了

on time 准时
in time 及时

crash (v) 崩溃，崩塌

hand in 上交，交，呈交
hand (v) 递给
hand sb sth. ~ give sb sth
hand sth to sb. ~ give sth to sb
Please hand me my books.
Please hand those books to me.

hard (adj.) 困难

term paper (n) 学期论文/作文

term (n) 学期 = semester
The spring semester 春季学期
team (n) 团队

clumsy (adj.) 笨手笨脚，四肢不协调，不灵活，笨重的

seem (v) 似乎，看起来，….的样子
It seems that = It seems like …. 
seems to be doing  似乎在做某事
It seems like Team A will lose. 看起来A队要输
It seems like it will rain soon. 很快/马上
It seems like a sunny day today. 
She seems to be sleeping
He seems to have forgotten her. 

around the world 全世界

nowadays (adv.) 现在，如今

therefore (adv.) 因此，由于….

A                        don’t have as much time with their children as              B

现在的父母                    跟孩子在一起的时间没有                                   过去的父母              那么多

I have as much money as you.
I don’t have as much money as you.

single-parent 单亲

common (adj.) 常见的，普通的，普遍的

separate (adj.) 各自的，分开的

individual (adj.) 个人的，个体的

thanks to 由于，归功于

strange (adj.) 奇怪的，陌生的

technology (n) 技术

IT = information technology 信息技术