【一起闲话英语】关于下雨-Rain

Marion, Ireland¹

speaker Well, in Ireland we always have a lot of rain. It tends to rain for most of the year so I'm quite used to rain, but it's a soft rain, so I quite like the soft rain. I don't like really, really hard rain that stops you from doing things. On a rainy day, I usually stay inside and if I'm in Ireland, I'll curl² up by the fire and read a really good book.

 

Kate, New Zealand

speaker On a rainy day, I just love to sleep in, until about 11 or 12 o'clock, because I can feel, I feel more calmer and I feel more relaxed, and then I might watch some TV, watch a movie with my friends at home, cook some popcorn³, and generally for the whole day, we just relax at home.

 

Jeyong, Korea⁴

speaker I don't like rain and that's because rainy days make me very sad and depressed⁵ so most of the rainy days I stay at home, not, I try not to go outside and at home I would just get a cup of coffee, turn on the air-conditioner, turn on the internet and chat with friends whose online.

 

Jeannie, America

speaker Ah,the rain! I like rain. I like the sound of it. I like being alone in my room and just looking outside at the rain. Sometimes I like to walk around in the rain, with or without umbrella, depending on my mood. I just feel really good about rainy days.

 

Barbara, Australia

speaker How do I feel about the rain? Actually, I don't mind rainy days at all. It's fine by me to go out in the rain. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. You can go for a walk in the rain. It can be quite romantic⁶ when you're with someone you love. That's a good thing. Actually, I prefer cooler weather to warm weather and if the rain is part of that, that's no problem as far as I'm concerned.

 

Ruth, England

speaker Rain! I absolutely love rain. You know it always makes me laugh. People go outside and it starts raining and they start running like they're going to catch a disease⁷ from the rain or something. I think it's only water. I really love the rain. Obviously⁸ I like sun too. I think everybody likes the sun and I love snow but if I were asked what is my favorite weather, I would have to say the rain because I just love getting wet outside.

 

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1 Ireland   

n.爱尔兰(西欧国家)；爱尔兰岛(西欧)

参考例句：

• Ireland lies to the west of England.爱尔兰位于英格兰之西。
• Dublin is the capital of Ireland.都柏林是爱尔兰的首都。

2 curl   

n.(一绺)鬈发；卷曲；vt.卷曲；vi.卷曲；缭绕

参考例句：

• She put her hair in rollers to make it curl.她用卷发夹子把头发弄鬈曲。
• Does her hair curl naturally?她的头发是天然鬈曲的吗？

3 popcorn   

n.爆米花

参考例句：

• I like to eat popcorn when I am watching TV play at home.当我在家观看电视剧时，喜欢吃爆米花。
• He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn.他仍站在收银机后，嘴里塞满了爆米花。

4 Korea   

n.朝鲜(亚洲)

参考例句：

• Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
• Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。

5 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

6 romantic   

adj.浪漫的，风流的，传奇性的，夸大的，想象的，浪漫派的

参考例句：

• She thinks it will be romantic to be an actress.她认为当个女演员会很浪漫。
• Her husband is very romantic.她丈夫非常浪漫。

7 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

8 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。