賴世雄觀光英語通51:尋找避雨處
賴世雄旅游觀光英語通教你學(xué)會(huì)觀光旅游的各種對(duì)話、句子。
SeekingShelter
尋找避雨處
Kathy and Evan, soaking wet, finally find the old wooden hut in the woods.
全身濕透的凱西和艾凡終于找到樹林里的那間老舊的小木屋。
K:Oh, Evan! I'm sorry. You're soaked to the skin.
凱西：哦，艾凡!我很抱歉。你全身都濕透了。
E:So are you. We're lucky to find this old hut even as run-down as it is.
艾凡：妳也是。這間老舊的小木屋雖然很破爛，但是能找到它我們也算很幸運(yùn)了。
K:It's leaking like mad, but it's better than nothing.
凱西：雖然它漏水漏得很嚴(yán)重，但是總比沒有的好。
E:Uh-oh! Did you see that?
艾凡：糟了!你看到了嗎?
K:How could I miss it? That bolt of lightning must have hit very near here.
(A huge crash of thunder follows.)
凱西：我怎么會(huì)看不到呢?那道閃電一定就打在這附近。
(一聲巨雷隨后響起。)
K:Aah! Oh, Evan, that was so close! I'm afraid.
凱西：啊!哦，艾凡，這雷聲好近啊!我好怕。
E:Don't worry, Kathy. We'll be fine here. (Another flash.) The storm must be coming our way.
(Another huge crash of thunder, followed by another bolt of lightning and a falling tree.)
艾凡：凱西，不要擔(dān)心。我們在這里會(huì)很安全的。(又一道閃電)暴風(fēng)雨一定是朝著我們的方向來的。
(又是一聲響雷，接著又是一道閃電，一棵樹木也應(yīng)聲倒地。)
K:Oh! Evan, we'll get killed here! What can we do?
凱西：哦!艾凡，我們會(huì)死在這里的!怎么辦呢?
E:Stay calm, Kathy. These storms last only a few minutes.
艾凡：保持鎮(zhèn)靜，凱西。這種暴風(fēng)雨只持續(xù)幾分鐘而已。
K:I'll never take another dark cloud for granted.
凱西：我再也不會(huì)無視烏云的存在了。
E:I guess Mother Nature has taught you a lesson today.
艾凡：我想大自然今天給了你一次教訓(xùn)。
K:I'll say! The next time I see clouds like these, I'll run for shelter.
凱西：我同意!下次我看到像這樣的烏云時(shí)，會(huì)趕快跑去找地方躲雨。
單詞短語精講：
1. shelter 庇護(hù)，保護(hù)(不。]一數(shù));庇護(hù)所，上l文容所(日丁數(shù))
take shelter躲避
nun for shelter跑去尋找庇護(hù)
例:we took shelter In a cave until the storm died down.
(我們躲在洞里直到暴風(fēng)山逐漸平息。)
2. soaking wet全身濕透的
soaking wet表示“全身濕透的”。
例:Pamela fell into the },ond and came out soaking wet.
(帕梅拉掉進(jìn)池塘，全身濕透地上岸來。)
3. be soaked to the skin全身濕透的
=be soaking wet
4. run-down 破舊的
例:Jerry lives in an a},antment in the nun-down building.
(杰里住在這棟破舊建筑物的一間公寓里。)
5 . leak 漏水
例:The pipe is leaking;we should call a plumben.
(水管在漏水，我們應(yīng)該打電話叫水管工人來。)
6. like mad瘋狂地，拼命地
例:We did our homework like mad because we wanted to go out to ,lay after-wands.
(我們拼命地趕作業(yè)，因?yàn)槲覀兿雽懲旰蟪鋈ネ妗?
7. It' s better than nothing.總比沒有的好。
例:A:This a},antment is y-ettv small.
B:It's better than nothing.
(甲:這個(gè)公寓好小。)
(乙:總比沒有的好。)
8. a bolt of lightning一道閃電
a crash of thunde:一聲響雷
lightning 閃電
thunder 雷聲
