赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第49期:暴风雨的警兆

 　　StormWarnings

　　暴风雨的警兆

　　Mother Nature teaches Kathy and Evan a lesson concerning¹ the weather.

　　大自然给了凯西和艾凡一次有关天气的教训。

　　E:Well, we've packed the car. Let's get going.

　　艾凡：嗯，我们把东西都放到车上了。咱们出发吧。

　　K:Aw, Evan. What's the rush? Let's take another walk around the pond. Maybe we can feed the ducks.

　　凯西：呃，艾凡。急什么呢？咱们再到池塘边走走吧。也许我们可以喂鸭子。

　　E:Next time. See those clouds? They look like thunderheads. I think we'd better head for the car.

　　艾凡：下次吧。看到那些云了吗？它们看起来像是积雨云。我想我们最好回车上去。

　　K:Come on, Evan. Just another 15 minutes, that's all.

　　凯西：别这样嘛，艾凡。只要十五分钟就好了。

　　E:Well, OK. There's still some bread left over. We can feed the ducks with it.

　　(Evan goes back to the car, fetches the bread, and returns to Kathy.)

　　艾凡：嗯，好吧。还剩下一点面包。我们可以用它来喂鸭子。

　　（艾凡回到车上，拿了面包再回到凯西身边。）

　　K:Gee, thanks, honey. That was sweet. I thought I saw a couple of ducklings in the bushes.

　　凯西：哇，谢谢你，亲爱的。你真好。我想我刚看到那边的草丛里有几只小鸭子。

　　E:OK. (after a few minutes' walk) Uh, where did you say those ducklings were? I can't see very clearly. (looking up) No wonder! Look! That thunderhead is right overhead² now.

　　艾凡：那就走吧。（散步了几分钟后）呃，你说的那些小鸭子在哪里？我没办法看得很清楚。（抬头看了天空）难怪！看！积雨云现在就在我们正上空。

　　K:Oh, it's starting to rain! Hurry! Back to the car.

　　凯西：啊，开始下雨了！快！回车上去。

　　E:It's too late for that. We're too far. Let's take that path into the woods over there. Remember that small wooden hut we saw there?

　　艾凡：来不及了。我们离车子太远了。咱们抄那条小路到树林里吧。记得我们在树林里看到的那间小木屋吗？

　　K:Yeah. Let's hurry! It's starting to pour!

　　凯西：记得。咱们快一点！开始下大雨了！

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1. teach sb a lesson给某人一个教训

　　2. concerning 关于(= tegarding/about)

　　3. What's the rush?什么事这么赶?急什么?

　　=What's the hum-y?

　　例:A:What's the rush? Why are you in such a hurry?

　　B:Haven't you heard? Andy Lau is at Sogo Department Store!

　　(甲:什么事这么赶?你为什么这么匆忙呢?)

　　(乙:你没听说吗?刘德华在太平洋崇光百货公司!)

　　4. thunderhead (下h11前常见的)

　　5. fetch 去拿来，去取来(使用于下列句型中)

　　fetch sb sth拿东西给某人

　　例:Don trained his dog to fetch him his slippers³.

　　(唐训练他的狗拿拖鞋给他。)

　　6. overhead 在头顶上

　　例:When Jessica looked oveYhead，she happened to see。shooting star

　　(当杰西卡抬头看时，刚好看到一颗流星。)

　　7. pour 倾盆而下&vt倒(液体)

　　例:It never rains but it pours.

　　(不山则已，一山倾盆。喻:祸不单行。

　　谚语)

　　Can you pour me a cup of tea，please?

　　(麻烦你帮我倒杯茶，好吗，!)

1 concerning   

prep.关于，论及

参考例句：

• What do you know concerning this?关于这事你知道些什么？
• Some senior students wrote in asking for information concerning postgraduate studies.一些四年级学生写信询问有关研究生课程的信息。

2 overhead   

adj.在头顶上的，悬空的；n.间接开支

参考例句：

• A number of birds are circling overhead.很多鸟在头顶上空盘旋。
• Many stars overhead are invisible to the naked eye.天上的许多星星是肉眼看不到的。

3 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。