英語專業(yè)四級聽力周計劃：對話理解真題28

W: We'd better looking for sales on down jackets and thermos under wear.It's going to be really cold this winter.

M: Well, you didn't expect it to be warm, did you?

W: Of course not, but I heard the national weather service's prediction for the next 90 days.They said it's supposed to be much colder weather than usual.

M: Yeah, maybe.Personally, I think those long-range forecasts are useless.

W: Not as useless as you think.

M: Oh, come on, when you're talking about what's going to happen three months later, you might as well just pick a forecast out of our hat.

W: Well, you're partly right.They aren't very good at the amount of water falling on the earth.But they are much better for temperatures especially for this time of the year.

M: Really?So I should take them seriously about the cold but not count too much on a lot of extra now?

W: Exactly.

M: But what did you say about this time of the year?Do some seasons really give them more problems in making forecasts?

W: Autumn is the worst; apparently weather patterns change so much then.Just think how variable our weather has been the last three months.

M: That's true.It probably would have been hard to predict all those changes back in the summer.You know, you're beginning to convince me there is more to forecasting than I thought.How come you know so much about it?

W: I get my information from an expert -- my sister.