Summer is near in the United States. And with summer comes higher temperatures and strong storms.
美国的夏天即将来临。随着夏季的到来，气温升高，暴风雨也随之而来。
Americans often discuss the bad and good weather that is taking place by using special kinds of verbs known as linking verbs.
美国人经常使用称为连接动词的特殊动词来讨论正在发生的坏天气和好天气。
In today’s Everyday Grammar , we will explore the connection between linking verbs, grammar, and the weather.
在今天的日常语法中，我们将探讨连接动词、语法和天气之间的联系。
Definitions
定义
Linking verbs are verbs that often describe a state of existence or a change to a new state. These verbs generally come before an adjective or noun phrase and connect it to the subject of the sentence.
连接动词是通常描述存在状态或新状态变化的动词。这些动词通常出现在形容词或名词短语之前，并将其与句子的主语连接起来。
Consider this statement:
考虑一下这个声明：
She seems happy.
她看起来很高兴。
The linking verb seem connects happy , an adjective, to she , the subject of the sentence. The verb is helping to describe the subject’s state of existence.
连接动词似乎将形容词 happy 与句子的主语 she 连接起来。动词有助于描述主语的存在状态。
English speakers often use linking verbs to describe the state of the weather, or to talk about a change in state in the weather. They often use three common linking verbs for these purposes: feel , get, and look .
说英语的人经常使用连接动词来描述天气状态，或谈论天气状态的变化。他们经常使用三个常见的连接动词来达到这些目的：feel、get 和look。
Let’s explore each of these in turn.
让我们依次探讨其中的每一个。
The linking verb feel can describe physical or mental sensations. When English speakers use feel to talk about the weather, they generally use it to describe a physical sensation. You might hear a person say, for example:
连接动词feel可以描述身体或精神的感觉。当说英语的人用feel来谈论天气时，他们通常用它来描述身体感觉。例如，您可能会听到有人说：
It feels humid !
感觉很潮湿！
It feels muggy!
感觉很闷！
Muggy is a term that means unpleasantly warm and humid. Note that in both examples, the word it means the weather.
闷热这个术语的意思是令人不愉快的温暖和潮湿。请注意，在这两个示例中，“it”一词都表示天气。
English speakers often use get , another linking verb, to describe changes in the weather.
说英语的人经常使用另一个连系动词 get 来描述天气的变化。
For example, you might hear a person talking about the change to hotter weather by saying:
例如，您可能会听到有人在谈论天气变热时说：
It's getting hot!
天越来越热了！
Or, they might describe a change to cloudy weather, as in:
或者，他们可能会描述多云天气的变化，例如：
It’s getting cloudy.
天色转阴。
Our final linking verb, look , can describe positive or negative feelings. Imagine you hear a person planning a walk on a summer day. They might say:
我们的最后一个连接动词“look”可以描述积极或消极的感受。想象一下，您听到一个人计划在夏日散步。他们可能会说：
We have to go for a walk. It looks lovely outside!
我们得去散步。外面看起来很可爱！
But imagine that same person saw stormy weather coming. The person might say:
但想象一下同一个人看到暴风雨天气即将来临。这个人可能会说：
We shouldn’t go for a walk. Those clouds look scary .
我们不应该去散步。那些云看起来很吓人。
Putting it all together
把它们放在一起
Listen to the following discussion. Note how many times you hear linking verbs.
请听下面的讨论。注意你听到连系动词的次数。
We should go for a run - my weather app says it looks nice outside.
我们应该去跑步——我的天气应用程序说外面看起来不错。
Are you crazy? The weather looks terrible. It’s getting hot and humid.
你疯了？天气看起来很糟糕。天气变得又热又潮湿。
The next time you hear Americans talk about the weather – in a film, TV show, or in person, make careful note of what kinds of verbs they use to talk about the weather.
下次当你听到美国人在电影、电视节目或当面谈论天气时，请仔细记下他们使用哪些动词来谈论天气。
You will probably hear some of the linking verbs that were described today, and perhaps some other verbs too. Then try to use what you have learned in your own discussions.
您可能会听到今天描述的一些连接动词，也许还有其他一些动词。然后尝试在自己的讨论中运用您所学到的知识。