[al:新概念英语（二）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（美音）] [ti:Everything Except the Weather] [by:更多学习内容，请到查字典英语网yingyu.chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:10.98]Why did Harrison sell his house so quickly? [00:16.51]My old friend, Harrison, had lived in [00:20.00]the Mediterranean for many years [00:22.65]before he returned to England. [00:25.97]He had often dreamed of retiring in England [00:29.89]and had planned to settle down in the country. [00:33.61]He had no sooner returned than he bought [00:37.38]a house and went to live there. [00:40.05]Almost immediately he began to complain [00:43.62]about the weather, [00:45.62]for even though it was still summer, [00:49.20]it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. [00:54.84]After so many years of sunshine, [00:57.84]Harrison got a shock. [01:00.47]He acted as if he had never lived in England before. [01:05.60]In the end, it was more than he could bear. [01:09.79]He had hardly had time to settle down [01:13.04]when he sold the house and left the country. [01:17.21]The dream he had had for so many years ended there. [01:22.79]Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.