河南固始县信合外国语小学 高长宇 编译
It is known that clouds are made of water, aswater vapouralways rises andgatherstogether.Sometimes they are made oftiny dropsfar apart andheld upby wind.Other times they are made of big drops held up for a while by very strongupwardwinds inside the cloud.In this kind of cloud, the drops become too heavy tostay up, so they fall to Earth as rain.Or, if it’s cold enough, they fall to Earth as snow.
众所周知,云是由水组成的,因为水蒸气总是上升并聚集在一起。有时它们是由相距遥远的微小水滴组成,并被风吹起。其他时候,它们是由巨大的水滴组成的,这些水滴被云层内非常强的向上风支撑了一段时间。在这种云层中,水滴变得太重而无法支撑下去,因此它们以下雨的方式降落到地面上。或者,如果天气够冷,它们会以降雪的方式落到地上。
Clouds areclassifiedbased onthreefactors, their shape, thealtitudeat which theyoccur, and whether they areproducing precipitation.Clouds come in threebasicshapes.Cumulus clouds,which areheapedandpuffy.Stratus clouds, which arelayered.Andcirrus clouds, which are wispy.
云是根据三个因素分类的:它们的形状、出现位置的海拔以及它们是否产生降水。云有三种基本形状:积云,堆积而蓬松;层云,它是分层的;还有卷云,它们是细小的。
Clouds also occur in three altitude ranges.Specifically,high clouds, occur above 6,000 metres.Middle cloudswhich occur between 2,000 and 6,000 metres.Low cloudswhich occur below 2,000 metres.
云也出现在三个高度范围内。具体而言,高云出现在6,000 米以上的空中,中云出现在2000 到6000 米之间的空中,低云出现在2,000 米以下的空中。
Many people do not think thatfogwas a cloud, but it is.It is a cloud that touches the ground.Can you think of another kind of cloud?
许多人不认为雾是云,但它是云。它是一朵接触地面的云。你能想到另一种云吗?
Notes:
water vapour 水蒸气
gatherv.聚集
tinyadj.细小的
dropn.水滴
hold up 支撑;托起
upwardadv. 向上
stay up 支撑
classifyv. 划分;分类
base on 基于
factorn. 因素
altituden.海拔
occurv. 发生;出现
producev. 产生
precipitationn.降水
basicadj.基本的
cumulus clouds 积云
heapedadj.堆积的
puffyadj.蓬松的
stratus clouds 层云
layeredadj.分层的;有层次的
cirrus clouds 卷云
specificallyadv.具体而言
high clouds 高云
middle clouds 中云
low clouds 低云
fogn.雾