Lesson 87  English weather
[00:02.61]第87课  英国的天气
[00:05.22]Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not surprising.
[00:08.92]在英国人人谈论天气,这并不奇怪.
[00:12.62]It changes from minute to minute,so it's always interesting.
[00:15.32]气候说变就变,所以总是有趣的话题.
[00:18.02]Someone once wisely remarked that other countries have a climate,
[00:20.77]有人曾巧妙地说其他国家有气候,
[00:23.51]but England just has weather!
[00:25.46]可英国只有天气.
[00:27.40]Gretel was amused by all this talk at first
[00:29.60]起先格莱托对这种讲法感到好笑,
[00:31.79]but she has got used to it now.
[00:33.49]而现在己习以为常了.
[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]格莱托才真正理解为何大家这么关心天气:
[00:44.36]you can never be certain what's going to happen.
[00:46.39]没人能肯定天气会发生什么变化.
[00:48.43]Thought it was spring,there was a very heavy snowfall.
[00:51.03]虽已是春天,却又下了场大雪.
[00:53.63]As usual,no one expected it.
[00:55.72]和往常一样,没人预料到这点.
[00:57.81]The pipes in many houses were frozen;
[00:59.96]许多房子的水管冻了,
[01:02.12]trains failed to run;cars got stuck;
[01:04.86]火车开不了,汽车被堵在路上,
[01:07.60]there were many accidents on the roads;
[01:09.45]发生了多起交通事故.
[01:11.29]lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt.
[01:13.84]许多人在结了冰的人行道上滑倒受了伤.
[01:16.38]The weather forecast was very bad.
[01:18.22]天气预报很不准.
[01:20.07]Everyone complained gloomily,
[01:22.01]大家都沮丧地抱怨道,
[01:23.96]"What awful weather we're having!
[01:25.80]多糟糕的天气!
[01:27.64]Haven't seen anything like it!"and so on.
[01:29.80]从来没遇到过这种事."
[01:31.95]And then,suddenly,the sun came out,
[01:34.35]"可一会儿,太阳又突然露面了,
[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]"典型的天气!真是典型!"格莱托评论道.
[01:47.34]"The way you talk about the weather,Gretel,"Mr Clark said,
[01:49.88]"格莱托,看你谈论天气的样子,克拉克先生说.
[01:52.43]"anyone would think you were English!"
[01:54.27]别人还当你是英国人呢."