慢速英语短文听力 大风日

A Windy Day

大风日

It's a windy day. The wind is blowing hard. Paper is blowing everywhere. The wind blew the man's hat off. It blew the woman's hat off. It blew a bird off the telephone wire. The other birds laughed. The wind keeps blowing. The trees are bending over. The people outside are bending over. The wind makes it hard to walk. The wind makes it hard to drive. The big trucks have to pull over. They have to stop on the side of the freeway. One driver did not stop. He was in a hurry. The wind blew his truck over. The big truck is on its side. The wheels are spinning¹ in the wind. The driver was not hurt. He is waiting for a crane². The crane will pick up the truck. The crane will put the truck on its wheels again. The driver learned³ his lesson. He will never drive in the wind again. The wind makes it hard to fly, too. Pilots know the wind is dangerous. They do not fly their small planes in windy weather. They do not want to crash into the ground. A crash will kill them. They sit at the airport. They drink coffee. They wait for the wind to die down.

那天风很大。风刮的很厉害。纸被刮的到处都是。风把男人的帽子刮掉了。风把女人的帽子刮掉了。它把一只鸟从电话线上刮下来了。其他的鸟儿们都笑了。风还在刮。树被刮弯了。外面的人们都弯着身子。风让人很难行走。风让人很难开车。大卡车不得不靠边停着。它们不得不停在高速路旁边。有一名司机没有停车。他很着急。风把他的卡车刮翻了。大卡车侧着身。车轮在风中转着。司机没有受伤。他在等着吊车来。吊车会把卡车吊起来。吊车会把卡车重新立起来。司机吸取了教训。他再也不会在风中开车了。大风让飞机也很难起飞。飞行员知道大风很危险。他们在大风天气不会开飞机。他们可不想让飞机坠毁。坠机会让他们死亡。他们坐在机场里。他们喝着咖啡。他们等着让风变小。

1 spinning   

n.纺纱v.使…旋转( spin的现在分词 )；纺（线）；杜撰；（使）急转身

参考例句：

• The plane was spinning out of control. 飞机失去控制，不停地旋转。
• The carriage was spinning along at a good speed. 马车以高速飞跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 crane   

v.伸长(脖子)；n.起重机，吊车

参考例句：

• We used a crane to lift the piano into the theatre.我们使用起重机将钢琴搬进剧场。
• Must we wait till the crane arrives before we start loading?非要等起重机来了才能装运吗？

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。