旅游常用英语口语：暴风雨的警兆
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StormWarnings
暴风雨的警兆
Mother Nature teaches Kathy and Evan a lesson concerning 1 the weather.
大自然给了凯西和艾凡一次有关天气的教训。
E:Well, we've packed the car. Let's get going.
艾凡：嗯，我们把东西都放到车上了。咱们出发吧。
K:Aw, Evan. What's the rush? Let's take another walk around the pond. Maybe we can feed the ducks.
凯西：呃，艾凡。急什么呢？咱们再到池塘边走走吧。也许我们可以喂鸭子。
E:Next time. See those clouds? They look like thunderheads. I think we'd better head for the car.
艾凡：下次吧。看到那些云了吗？它们看起来像是积雨云。我想我们最好回车上去。
K:Come on, Evan. Just another 15 minutes, that's all.
凯西：别这样嘛，艾凡。只要十五分钟就好了。
E:Well, OK. There's still some bread left over. We can feed the ducks with it.
(Evan goes back to the car, fetches the bread, and returns to Kathy.)
艾凡：嗯，好吧。还剩下一点面包。我们可以用它来喂鸭子。
（艾凡回到车上，拿了面包再回到凯西身边。）
K:Gee, thanks, honey. That was sweet. I thought I saw a couple of ducklings in the bushes.
凯西：哇，谢谢你，亲爱的。你真好。我想我刚看到那边的草丛里有几只小鸭子。
E:OK. (after a few minutes' walk) Uh, where did you say those ducklings were? I can't see very clearly. (looking up) No wonder! Look! That thunderhead is right overhead 2 now.
艾凡：那就走吧。（散步了几分钟后）呃，你说的那些小鸭子在哪里？我没办法看得很清楚。（抬头看了天空）难怪！看！积雨云现在就在我们正上空。
K:Oh, it's starting to rain! Hurry! Back to the car.
凯西：啊，开始下雨了！快！回车上去。
E:It's too late for that. We're too far. Let's take that path into the woods over there. Remember that small wooden hut we saw there?
艾凡：来不及了。我们离车子太远了。咱们抄那条小路到树林里吧。记得我们在树林里看到的那间小木屋吗？
K:Yeah. Let's hurry! It's starting to pour!
凯西：记得。咱们快一点！开始下大雨了！
单词短语精讲：
1. teach sb a lesson给某人一个教训
2. concerning 关于(= tegarding/about)
3. What's the rush?什么事这么赶?急什么?
=What's the hum-y?
例:A:What's the rush? Why are you in such a hurry?
B:Haven't you heard? Andy Lau is at Sogo Department Store!
(甲:什么事这么赶?你为什么这么匆忙呢?)
(乙:你没听说吗?刘德华在太平洋崇光百货公司!)
4. thunderhead (下h11前常见的)
5. fetch 去拿来，去取来(使用于下列句型中)
fetch sb sth拿东西给某人
例:Don traiined his dog to fetch him his slippers 3.
(唐训练他的狗拿拖鞋给他。)
6. overhead 在头顶上
例:When Jessica looked oveYhead，she happened to see。shooting star
(当杰西卡抬头看时，刚好看到一颗流星。)
7. pour 倾盆而下&vt倒(液体)
例:It never rains but it pours.
(不山则已，一山倾盆。喻:祸不单行。
谚语)
Can you pour me a cup of tea，please?
(麻烦你帮我倒杯茶，好吗，!)
prep.关于，论及
- What do you know concerning this?关于这事你知道些什么？
- Some senior students wrote in asking for information concerning postgraduate studies.一些四年级学生写信询问有关研究生课程的信息。
adj.在头顶上的，悬空的；n.间接开支
- A number of birds are circling overhead.很多鸟在头顶上空盘旋。
- Many stars overhead are invisible to the naked eye.天上的许多星星是肉眼看不到的。
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