Lesson 38
Everything except the weather
唯獨沒有考慮到天氣
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題.
Why did Harrison sell his house so quickly?
My old friend,Harrison,had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England.He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather,for even though it was still summer,it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.After so many years of sunshine,Harrison got a shock.He acted as if he had never lived in England before.In the end,it was more than he could bear.He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.The dream he had had for so many years ended there.Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
except prep.除了
Mediterranean n.地中海
complain v.抱怨
continually adv.不斷地
bitterly adv.刺骨地
sunshine n.陽光
參考譯文
我的老朋友哈里森在回到英國以前曾多年居住在地中海地區(qū).過去他?；孟胪诵莺蟮接?并計劃在鄉(xiāng)間安頓下來.他剛一回到英國便買下了一幢房子住了進去.但緊接著他就開始抱怨那里的天氣了.因為即使那時仍為夏季,但雨總是下個不停,而且常常冷得厲害.在陽光下生活了那么多年的哈里森對此感到驚奇.他的舉動就好像他從未在英國生活過一樣.最后,他再也忍受不住,還沒等安頓下來就賣掉了房子,離開了這個國家.他多年來的幻想從此破滅.哈里森把每件事情都考慮到了,唯獨沒想到天氣.