时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:原版英文小故事


英语课

It was a perfect day in Los Angeles. Even Shakespeare might not have words for a day like this. You had to “be there” to appreciate it. The sun was shining, and soft white clouds were parked in the deep blue sky. The temperature was perfect for shorts. Not chilly 1, not hot. A breeze occasionally stirred the leaves.


Most days in LA are hot. December and January are usually rainy and, for some reason, June is usually cool and overcast 2. Although many locals find June weather to be refreshingly 3 cool, the local TV weather people complain daily. “When is the ‘June gloom’ going to end?” they ask.


Eventually, of course, the gray June sky changes to a blue sky with very high temperatures. For the next five months, the local TV weather people complain about how hot it is, and get excited when the temperature drops five degrees.


Winter in LA means rain. Rain excites the local TV weather people. They get to remind viewers to remember their umbrellas, watch out for traffic, and drive extra carefully! They get to say “storm warning!” More than half the time, no storm follows the storm warning.


When a big storm hits LA, the local TV weather people show close-ups of big puddles 4 in the streets, close-ups of windshield wipers wiping away raindrops, and close-ups of wet people waiting at bus stops. Sometimes they show close-ups of TV reporters standing 5 ankle-deep in raging streams.


For some reason, the local TV weather people never have much to say about a perfect day like today.


 



1 chilly
adj.凉快的,寒冷的
  • I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
  • I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后,寒气逼人。
2 overcast
adj.阴天的,阴暗的,愁闷的;v.遮盖,(使)变暗,包边缝;n.覆盖,阴天
  • The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
  • The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。
3 refreshingly
adv.清爽地,有精神地
  • Hers is less workmanlike than the other books and refreshingly unideological. 她的书不像其它书那般精巧,并且不涉及意识形态也让人耳目一新。 来自互联网
  • Skin is left refreshingly clean with no pore-clogging residue. 皮肤留下清爽干净,没有孔隙堵塞残留。 来自互联网
4 puddles
n.水坑, (尤指道路上的)雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 )
  • The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. 地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
  • The road was filled with puddles from the rain. 雨后路面到处是一坑坑的积水。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
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againstness
air adjustment
air navigation
automaton language
Basolest
bimetallic strip vacuum gauge
bolt heating
Boulaya
branch-circuit distribution centre
Bransgore
Castleton
community-orientated
concent
Delafield's hematoxylin
detail test
dielectric regime
diversionary
DLL (dynamic link library)
dollar certificate of deposit
emergency order
ending inventory
extra storage access
farmy
Feni Is.
filling spider
filtration of sound
finger distance
flauberts
fluorologging
fokker
for all
forms up
Gaussian random noise
gazel
general income
get crunk
gragger
Hanch'ǒn
hapgoods
Hazare
hodogram
Hydraulic Motors
improvvisatore
in a search for
indelicacy
industrial and mining establishment
ionizing electrode
junonia almana
Karakelong
Koro Toro
kraaks
Lauchhammer
LOLs
lucidina vitalisi
Matthews, Brander
Michelia fulgens
miggle
muscle column
national insurance fund
neurofil
noncalculus physics
obliterative endo-aneurysmorrhaphy
oenotheras
old fruit
pankow
peak-load regulating design
pecuniary exchange
plaisance
polyenynes
popery
prespeech
radiationless resonance
rectangular magnetic chuck
rectus superiors
registered nurse
Rhodiola crenulata
rogosch
rubber resin blends
Rubus inopertus
Schenkenzell
scrubbing line
sea meteorological service
self-publishes
sherrel
small burgh
small screw driver
smolin
sodium benzonate
station journal
stripping strength
suspensorius
taught someone a lesson
Thac Ba
time-sharing console
topsy-turviest
underbrim
vickrey
water-jet cutting technology
wharfie
wheatcrofts
wind turbines
witchers