Original text of "Looking at the Clouds to Know the Weather"

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The original text of "Knowing the Weather by Looking at the Clouds":

The clouds in the sky are really ever-changing and ever-changing. Some of them are like feathers, floating gently in the air; some are like fish scales, arranged neatly; some are like sheep, coming and going; some are like a big quilt, tightly packed Covering the sky; others are like peaks, like rivers, like lions, like galloping horses... Sometimes they embellish the sky beautifully, and sometimes they cover the sky very gloomy. Just a moment ago, there were white clouds and the sun was shining; suddenly, there were dark clouds and heavy rain. Clouds are like "signs" of the weather: whatever clouds hang in the sky determines what kind of weather will appear.

Experience tells us: Thin clouds in the sky are often a symbol of sunny weather; those low and thick clouds are often a harbinger of rain, wind and snow.

The lightest and tallest cloud is called a cirrus cloud. This kind of cloud is very thin, and sunlight can shine through the clouds to the ground, and the light and shadow of houses and trees are still very clear. Cirrus clouds float in strands, sometimes like a piece of white feathers, sometimes like a piece of white silk yarn. If cirrus clouds are arranged in groups in the sky, like scaly waves caused by a breeze blowing across the water, they are cirrocumulus clouds. Cirrocumulus and cirrocumulus clouds are both high, where there is little moisture, and they generally do not bring rain or snow. There are also white clouds that look like cotton balls, called cumulus clouds. They are often in the sky about two thousand meters away, scattered one after another, reflecting the bright sunshine, and the clouds are surrounded by golden brilliance. Cumulus clouds appear in the morning, peak in the afternoon, and gradually dissipate in the evening. On clear days, we may occasionally see altocumulus clouds. Altocumulus are groups of oblate spherical clouds that are evenly arranged. The blue sky is exposed between the clouds. From a distance, they look like snow-white sheep on the grassland. Cirrus clouds, cirrocumulus clouds, cumulus clouds and altocumulus clouds, are all beautiful.

When the continuous rain and snow were about to come, cirrus clouds were gathering, and a thin layer of clouds gradually appeared in the sky, as if covered with a white silk curtain. This type of cloud is called cirrostratus. Cirrostratus clouds are slowly advancing and the weather will turn cloudy. Then, the clouds became lower and lower, and thicker and thicker. Looking at the sun or moon through the clouds was like looking through a layer of frosted glass, hazy. At this time, the cirrostratus cloud has changed its name, and it is time to call it an altostratus cloud. When altostratus clouds appear, it often rains or snows within a few hours. Finally, the clouds became lower and thicker, the sun and moon hid, and the sky was densely covered with dark gray clouds. This type of cloud is called nimbostratus. As soon as nimbostratus clouds form, continuous rain and snow will fall.

In summer, cumulus clouds will be seen in the sky before thunderstorms arrive. If cumulus clouds quickly bulge upward to form tall cloud mountains with peaks reaching the zenith, they become cumulonimbus clouds. The cumulonimbus clouds grew longer and higher, the cloud base slowly turned black, and the cloud peaks gradually blurred. After a while, the entire cloud mountain collapsed, and dark clouds filled the sky. In an instant, thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, and soon there was a crash. Heavy rain falls, sometimes bringing hail or tornadoes.

We can also predict the weather conditions based on the light phenomenon on the clouds. Around the sun and moon, sometimes a beautiful colorful halo appears, with the inner layer being red and the outer layer being purple. This kind of aperture is called a halo. Solar halos and lunar halos often occur on cirrostratus clouds. Large altostratus clouds and nimbostratus clouds behind cirrostratus clouds are signs of strong winds and rain. Therefore, there is a saying that "the sun haloes with rain at midnight, and the moon hazes with wind at noon." It means that cirrostratus clouds appear and are accompanied by halo, and the weather will become bad. There is also a colored halo smaller than the halo, called "Hua". The color arrangement is ultraviolet red, which is exactly the opposite of halo. Sunrise and moonrise mostly occur at the edges of altocumulus clouds. Huahuan has grown from small to large, and the weather is becoming fine. Huahuan changes from big to small, and the weather may turn to rainy. In summer, when the sky clears after the rain, a colorful arc will often hang on the cloud curtain opposite the sun. This is a rainbow. People often say: "The east rainbow booms and the west rainbow rains." This means that if the rainbow is in the east, there will be thunder without rain; if the rainbow is in the west, there will be heavy rain. There is also a type of cloud that often appears in the early morning or evening. When the sun shines into the sky, the clouds turn red, which is called clouds. The morning glow is in the west, indicating that rainy weather is approaching us; the sunset glow is in the east, indicating that the weather has been sunny in the past few days. Therefore, there is a proverb that "the morning glow travels thousands of miles without going out".

Clouds can help us identify cloudiness, wind and rain, and predict weather changes, which is of great significance to industrial and agricultural production. If we want to learn to read clouds and understand the weather, we must learn from experienced people with an open mind, pay attention to the changes in clouds, and grasp the rules through repeated observations. However, weather changes are extremely complex, and there are limits to understanding the weather by looking at the clouds. To accurately grasp weather changes, we must rely on weather forecasts.

"Looking at the Clouds to Know the Weather" Text Introduction:

"Looking at the Clouds to Know the Weather" is a popular science article. The author uses vivid and vivid language to introduce the relationship between clouds and weather in a logical sequence from two aspects: the relationship between clouds of different shapes and weather; the relationship between clouds with different brilliance and weather. In terms of structure, the whole text uses the relationship of total-part-total.

About the author:

Zhu Yongyi was born in Shanghai in 1940. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Jiangsu Institute of Education in the summer of 1960. From 1962 to 1965, he was seconded to Nanjing by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education to participate in the compilation of Chinese textbooks for agricultural middle schools. In addition to the general tasks of selecting texts, organizing units, writing notes, and designing exercises, he was also responsible for writing more than a dozen language knowledge essays and explanatory texts. (Including "Looking at the Clouds to Know the Weather"). For more than 30 years, he has taught in many middle schools; he has published nearly 200 papers and articles on Chinese teaching and language research; his monograph "Ye Shengtao's Art of Language Modification" won the first prize in the first national outstanding educational book competition in 1988.

The Chinese monograph "Ye Shengtao's Art of Language Modification" has won many awards in the province and the country. Graduated from the Chinese Department of Jiangsu Institute of Education in 1960. He is currently a senior teacher at Changshu Middle School in Jiangsu Province. From 1962 to 1965, he was seconded to Nanjing by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education to participate in the compilation of Chinese textbooks for agricultural middle schools. In 1984, he was rated as a special teacher. In 1988, he was named a young and middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions in Jiangsu Province. In 1997, he received a special government subsidy from the State Council. In 1999, he was named one of the first batch of famous teachers in Jiangsu Province. In 1993, he was hired as a special editor and reviewer by People's Education Press.

He has been engaged in Chinese teaching and language research for many years, and has participated in the compilation of middle school textbooks in this province, the country and Hong Kong for many times. At the invitation of the National Education Commission, he has participated in the drafting and formulation of nine-year compulsory education junior high schools and full-time ordinary senior high schools. "Chinese Teaching Syllabus".

Since 1959, it has published more than 200 teaching experience summaries, teaching research papers and language research papers in foreign professional journals outside the central and provincial levels; published high school Chinese elective textbooks "Language Expression" and "Scientific Essays" "Writing" two books, various monographs and co-authors. The Chinese monograph "Looking at the Clouds and Knowing the Weather" has won many awards in the province and the country.