【英语趣味课堂】下雨的痛苦-Rain Pain

Daniel: Hey how are you?

Valeria: Fine and you?

 

Daniel: Fine thanks. I have a topic for you.

 

Valeria: OK.

 

Daniel: I think it's a really, what do you think of the weather? Do you like this kind of like really changing weather, thunderstorms.

 

Valeria: Actually not that much.

 

Daniel: No?

 

Valeria: No. I don't like the things like this every day raining.

 

Daniel: Yeah, it's kind of annoying.

 

Valeria: The combination¹ of rain plus humidity² plus hot, I don't like it.

 

Daniel: Yeah, for me it's really difficult to get used to it because for me rain means³ winter and cold weather and having, you know if it's raining I'm going to get my umbrella and my coat, my scarf and everything.

 

Valeria: And it will be cold of course.

 

Daniel: Yeah, of course. But sometimes it just rains and it's really hot. You're wearing flip-flops so I don't know it is, at least now it's not a matter if I like it or not, it's I'm not used to it and I don't really know what to wear when it's raining.

 

Valeria: That's right. It's like summer clothes and rain doesn't go at all.

 

Daniel: Yeah, it doesn't go together.

 

Valeria: No, no, no and another thing that bores me a little is, I mean in Argentina if it rains one day, it's one day and maybe it will rain again in one week but every day raining is kind of too much.

 

Daniel: Yeah.

 

Valeria: I need to wash my clothes.

 

Daniel: Exactly. I have the same problem. I have exactly the same problem.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

annoying

 

Yeah, rain is kind of annoying.

 

Something 'annoying' causes you to be bothered or irritated⁴. Notice the following:

 

It's really annoying that my sister always borrows my clothes without asking.

The most annoying thing that he does is arrive late for everything.

combination

 

The combination of rain plus humidity plus hot, I don't like it.

 

When two or more things are put together at the same time, they create a 'combination.' Notice the following:

 

It's the combination of the cold and the darkness that makes winter hard for some people.

The combination of the sweet and the spicy⁵ is really delicious.

flip-flops

 

You're wearing flip-flops

 

'Flip-flops' are sandals that have a piece of plastic that goes between your big toe and your second toe.  Notice the following:

 

Where did you get those flip-flops? They are so cute.

I spent about a year wearing nothing but flip-flops when I lived near the beach.

and another thing

 

And another thing that bores me a little is constant⁶ rain.

 

When you want to add another item⁷ to a list, you can use the phrase⁸ 'and another thing.' Notice the following:

 

And another thing that she said was that the classes I am taking are really difficult.

And another thing, will you stop wearing your shoes in the house?

exactly

 

Exactly. I have the same problem.

 

Here, 'exactly' is used to show agreement or that you understand with what someone is saying. Notice the following:

 

Exactly. He still does those things even though he knows that it will make me angry.

Exactly. I was just thinking that.

 

1 combination   

n.组合，合并，联合；

参考例句：

• He carried on the business in combination with his friends.他与朋友们合伙做生意。
• The materials can be used singly or in combination.这些材料可以单独使用也可以混合用。

2 humidity   

n.湿度，潮湿，湿气

参考例句：

• The house is not comfortable tonight ,because of the high humidity.由于湿度高，今晚屋子里不舒服。
• It's difficult to work because of the humidity.由于空气潮湿，工作很困难。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 irritated   

a.恼怒的

参考例句：

• His little affectations irritated her. 他的装腔作势令她不快。
• Her genteel accent irritated me. 她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。

5 spicy   

adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的

参考例句：

• The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
• Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。

6 constant   

n.常数，恒量；adj.不变的，一定的，时常的

参考例句：

• This suit has been in constant wear for two years.这一套衣服已连续穿了两年。
• An absolute constant is fixed and can not be changed.绝对常数是固定而不可以改变的。

7 item   

n.项目；条款；（消息，情报等的）一条

参考例句：

• We should go on to the next item for time is short.时间不多了，我们应该谈下一项内容。
• Put this item on our daily work schedule.把这项工作提到议事日程上来。

8 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。