英语名篇名段背诵精华45 New England weather
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：英语名著名段背诵精华
New England weather
There is a sumptuous 1 variety about the New England weather that compels the stranger’s admiration—and regret. The weather is always doing something there; always attending strictly 2 to business; always getting up new designs and trying them on people to see how they will go. But it gets through more business in Spring than in any other season. In the Spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of twenty-four hours.
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Probable nor’-east to sou’-west winds, varying to the southard and westard and eastard and points between; high and low barometer 3, sweeping 4 round from place to place; probable areas of rain, snow, hail, and drought, succeeded or preceded by earthquakes with thunder and lightning.
Excerpt 5 :from speech at dinner of New England Society.
By Mark Twain
- The guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns.客人们身着华丽的夜礼服出现了。
- We were ushered into a sumptuous dining hall.我们被领进一个豪华的餐厅。
- His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
- The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
- The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.气压表表明气压在继续下降。
- The arrow on the barometer was pointing to"stormy".气压计上的箭头指向“有暴风雨”。
- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？