Lesson 87 English weather
[00:02.61]第87課 英國的天氣
[00:05.22]Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not surprising.
[00:08.92]在英國人人談論天氣,這并不奇怪.
[00:12.62]It changes from minute to minute,so it's always interesting.
[00:15.32]氣候說變就變,所以總是有趣的話題.
[00:18.02]Someone once wisely remarked that other countries have a climate,
[00:20.77]有人曾巧妙地說其他國家有氣候,
[00:23.51]but England just has weather!
[00:25.46]可英國只有天氣.
[00:27.40]Gretel was amused by all this talk at first
[00:29.60]起先格萊托對這種講法感到好笑,
[00:31.79]but she has got used to it now.
[00:33.49]而現(xiàn)在己習以為常了.
[00:35.19]Last week
[00:36.83]直到上星期
[00:38.48]Gretel really understood why everyone is so concerned about the weather:
[00:41.42]格萊托才真正理解為何大家這么關心天氣:
[00:44.36]you can never be certain what's going to happen.
[00:46.39]沒人能肯定天氣會發(fā)生什么變化.
[00:48.43]Thought it was spring,there was a very heavy snowfall.
[00:51.03]雖已是春天,卻又下了場大雪.
[00:53.63]As usual,no one expected it.
[00:55.72]和往常一樣,沒人預料到這點.
[00:57.81]The pipes in many houses were frozen;
[00:59.96]許多房子的水管凍了,
[01:02.12]trains failed to run;cars got stuck;
[01:04.86]火車開不了,汽車被堵在路上,
[01:07.60]there were many accidents on the roads;
[01:09.45]發(fā)生了多起交通事故.
[01:11.29]lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt.
[01:13.84]許多人在結了冰的人行道上滑倒受了傷.
[01:16.38]The weather forecast was very bad.
[01:18.22]天氣預報很不準.
[01:20.07]Everyone complained gloomily,
[01:22.01]大家都沮喪地抱怨道,
[01:23.96]"What awful weather we're having!
[01:25.80]多糟糕的天氣!
[01:27.64]Haven't seen anything like it!"and so on.
[01:29.80]從來沒遇到過這種事."
[01:31.95]And then,suddenly,the sun came out,
[01:34.35]"可一會兒,太陽又突然露面了,
[01:36.76]the snow melted and it was spring again.
[01:39.00]雪化了,又是春天了.
[01:41.25]"Typical!Just typical!"Gretel remarked.
[01:44.29]"典型的天氣!真是典型!"格萊托評論道.
[01:47.34]"The way you talk about the weather,Gretel,"Mr Clark said,
[01:49.88]"格萊托,看你談論天氣的樣子,克拉克先生說.
[01:52.43]"anyone would think you were English!"
[01:54.27]別人還當你是英國人呢."