專八人文知識（3） 英國氣候

IV. Climate
氣候

1. Britain's favorable climate
英國有利的氣候條件：

Britain has a maritime climate-winters are not too cold and summers are not too hot. It has a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year. The temperature varies within a small range.
英國屬于海洋性氣候：冬季不過于寒冷，夏季不過于炎熱。全年有穩定可靠的降雨量，氣溫變化幅度小。

2.The factors that influence the climate in Britain:
影響英國氣候的因素：

1）The surrounding waters tend to balance the seasonal differences by heating up the land in winter and cooling it off in summer;
環繞四周的海水。冬天，海水可使島內氣溫升高，夏天則使氣溫降低，從而起到平衡季節溫差的作用；

2)The prevailing south-west winds or the Westerlies blow over the country all the year round bringing warm and wet air in winter and keeping the temperatures moderate;
一年四季盛行的西南風和西風在冬季從大西洋帶來溫暖、潮濕的空氣，使氣溫適宜；

3）The North Atlantic Drift passes the western coast of the British Isles and warms them.
北大西洋暖流流經不列顛群島西海岸，使氣候變暖。

3.Rainfall
降雨量：

Britainhas a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year. The average annual rainfall in Britain is over 1,000mm. There is a water surplus in the north and west, and a water deficit in the south and east.
英國全年降雨量穩定，平均降雨量超過1000毫米。 英國北部、西部雨量較多，但是南部、東部有所缺乏。

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