[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！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."