赖世雄旅游观光英语通教你学会观光旅游的各种对话、句子。

SeekingShelter

寻找避雨处

Kathy and Evan, soaking wet, finally find the old wooden hut in the woods.

全身湿透的凯西和艾凡终于找到树林里的那间老旧的小木屋。

K:Oh, Evan! I'm sorry. You're soaked to the skin.

凯西：哦，艾凡!我很抱歉。你全身都湿透了。

E:So are you. We're lucky to find this old hut even as run-down as it is.

艾凡：妳也是。这间老旧的小木屋虽然很破烂，但是能找到它我们也算很幸运了。

K:It's leaking like mad, but it's better than nothing.

凯西：虽然它漏水漏得很严重，但是总比没有的好。

E:Uh-oh! Did you see that?

艾凡：糟了!你看到了吗?

K:How could I miss it? That bolt of lightning must have hit very near here.

(A huge crash of thunder follows.)

凯西：我怎么会看不到呢?那道闪电一定就打在这附近。

(一声巨雷随后响起。)

K:Aah! Oh, Evan, that was so close! I'm afraid.

凯西：啊!哦，艾凡，这雷声好近啊!我好怕。

E:Don't worry, Kathy. We'll be fine here. (Another flash.) The storm must be coming our way.

(Another huge crash of thunder, followed by another bolt of lightning and a falling tree.)

艾凡：凯西，不要担心。我们在这里会很安全的。(又一道闪电)暴风雨一定是朝着我们的方向来的。

(又是一声响雷，接着又是一道闪电，一棵树木也应声倒地。)

K:Oh! Evan, we'll get killed here! What can we do?

凯西：哦!艾凡，我们会死在这里的!怎么办呢?

E:Stay calm, Kathy. These storms last only a few minutes.

艾凡：保持镇静，凯西。这种暴风雨只持续几分钟而已。

K:I'll never take another dark cloud for granted.

凯西：我再也不会无视乌云的存在了。

E:I guess Mother Nature has taught you a lesson today.

艾凡：我想大自然今天给了你一次教训。

K:I'll say! The next time I see clouds like these, I'll run for shelter.

凯西：我同意!下次我看到像这样的乌云时，会赶快跑去找地方躲雨。

单词短语精讲：

1. shelter 庇护，保护(不。]一数);庇护所，上l文容所(日丁数)

take shelter躲避

nun for shelter跑去寻找庇护

例:we took shelter In a cave until the storm died down.

(我们躲在洞里直到暴风山逐渐平息。)

2. soaking wet全身湿透的

soaking wet表示“全身湿透的”。

例:Pamela fell into the },ond and came out soaking wet.

(帕梅拉掉进池塘，全身湿透地上岸来。)

3. be soaked to the skin全身湿透的

=be soaking wet

4. run-down 破旧的

例:Jerry lives in an a},antment in the nun-down building.

(杰里住在这栋破旧建筑物的一间公寓里。)

5 . leak 漏水

例:The pipe is leaking;we should call a plumben.

(水管在漏水，我们应该打电话叫水管工人来。)

6. like mad疯狂地，拼命地

例:We did our homework like mad because we wanted to go out to ,lay after-wands.

(我们拼命地赶作业，因为我们想写完后出去玩。)

7. It' s better than nothing.总比没有的好。

例:A:This a},antment is y-ettv small.

B:It's better than nothing.

(甲:这个公寓好小。)

(乙:总比没有的好。)

8. a bolt of lightning一道闪电

a crash of thunde:一声响雷

lightning 闪电

thunder 雷声