赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第50期:寻找避雨处
时间：2019-03-18 作者：英语课 分类：赖世雄旅游观光英语通
英语课
SeekingShelter
寻找避雨处
Kathy and Evan, soaking 1 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 2 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 3 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 4.
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 5 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
v.浸，浸湿(soak的现在分词)；吸收，吸入adj.湿透的；浸透的n.浸湿，浸透adv.湿透地
- That coat is soaking—take it off. 上衣湿透了—脱下来吧。
- I tried to squeeze the water out of my soaking skirt. 我用力拧掉我那件湿透了的裙子上的水。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.被湿透的，浸泡的；淋透的v.浸( soak的过去式和过去分词)
- He woke up soaked with sweat. 他醒了，浑身大汗淋漓。
- He soaked himself in the atmosphere of the place. 他沉浸在那一场合的气氛中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.螺栓；插销；vt.闩，栓住；vi.冲出去，逃跑
- It is a bad habit to bolt your food.狼吞虎咽地吃东西是个不良习惯。
- That door refuses to bolt.那扇门关不牢。
conj.假定，就算v.（退一步）承认( grant的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指正式地或法律上）同意；准许；让渡
- The president granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners. 总统大赦了所有的政治犯。
- She feared she would not be granted re-entry into Britain. 她担心不会获准再次踏足英伦。