Lesson 87 English weather
第87課 英國(guó)的天氣
Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not surprising.
在英國(guó)人人談?wù)撎鞖?這并不奇怪.
It changes from minute to minute,so it's always interesting.
氣候說(shuō)變就變,所以總是有趣的話題.
Someone once wisely remarked that other countries have a climate,
有人曾巧妙地說(shuō)其他國(guó)家有氣候,
but England just has weather!
可英國(guó)只有天氣.
Gretel was amused by all this talk at first,
起先格萊托對(duì)這種講法感到好笑,
but she has got used to it now.
而現(xiàn)在己習(xí)以為常了.
Last week,
直到上星期
Gretel really understood why everyone is so concerned about the weather:
格萊托才真正理解為何大家這么關(guān)心天氣:
you can never be certain what's going to happen.
沒(méi)人能肯定天氣會(huì)發(fā)生什么變化.
Thought it was spring,there was a very heavy snowfall.
雖已是春天,卻又下了場(chǎng)大雪.
As usual,no one expected it.
和往常一樣,沒(méi)人預(yù)料到這點(diǎn).
The pipes in many houses were frozen;
許多房子的水管凍了,
trains failed to run;cars got stuck;
火車開不了,汽車被堵在路上,
there were many accidents on the roads;
發(fā)生了多起交通事故.
lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt.
許多人在結(jié)了冰的人行道上滑倒受了傷.
The weather forecast was very bad.
天氣預(yù)報(bào)很不準(zhǔn).
Everyone complained gloomily,
大家都沮喪地抱怨道,
What awful weather we're having!
多糟糕的天氣!
Haven't seen anything like it!and so on.
從來(lái)沒(méi)遇到過(guò)這種事.
And then,suddenly,the sun came out,
可一會(huì)兒,太陽(yáng)又突然露面了,
the snow melted and it was spring again.
雪化了,又是春天了.
Typical!Just typical!Gretel remarked.
典型的天氣!真是典型!格萊托評(píng)論道.
The way you talk about the weather,Gretel,Mr Clark said,
格萊托,看你談?wù)撎鞖獾臉幼?克拉克先生說(shuō).
anyone would think you were English!
別人還當(dāng)你是英國(guó)人呢.
第87課 英國(guó)的天氣
Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not surprising.
在英國(guó)人人談?wù)撎鞖?這并不奇怪.
It changes from minute to minute,so it's always interesting.
氣候說(shuō)變就變,所以總是有趣的話題.
Someone once wisely remarked that other countries have a climate,
有人曾巧妙地說(shuō)其他國(guó)家有氣候,
but England just has weather!
可英國(guó)只有天氣.
Gretel was amused by all this talk at first,
起先格萊托對(duì)這種講法感到好笑,
but she has got used to it now.
而現(xiàn)在己習(xí)以為常了.
Last week,
直到上星期
Gretel really understood why everyone is so concerned about the weather:
格萊托才真正理解為何大家這么關(guān)心天氣:
you can never be certain what's going to happen.
沒(méi)人能肯定天氣會(huì)發(fā)生什么變化.
Thought it was spring,there was a very heavy snowfall.
雖已是春天,卻又下了場(chǎng)大雪.
As usual,no one expected it.
和往常一樣,沒(méi)人預(yù)料到這點(diǎn).
The pipes in many houses were frozen;
許多房子的水管凍了,
trains failed to run;cars got stuck;
火車開不了,汽車被堵在路上,
there were many accidents on the roads;
發(fā)生了多起交通事故.
lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt.
許多人在結(jié)了冰的人行道上滑倒受了傷.
The weather forecast was very bad.
天氣預(yù)報(bào)很不準(zhǔn).
Everyone complained gloomily,
大家都沮喪地抱怨道,
What awful weather we're having!
多糟糕的天氣!
Haven't seen anything like it!and so on.
從來(lái)沒(méi)遇到過(guò)這種事.
And then,suddenly,the sun came out,
可一會(huì)兒,太陽(yáng)又突然露面了,
the snow melted and it was spring again.
雪化了,又是春天了.
Typical!Just typical!Gretel remarked.
典型的天氣!真是典型!格萊托評(píng)論道.
The way you talk about the weather,Gretel,Mr Clark said,
格萊托,看你談?wù)撎鞖獾臉幼?克拉克先生說(shuō).
anyone would think you were English!
別人還當(dāng)你是英國(guó)人呢.