时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:原版英文小故事


英语课

It was a perfect day in Los Angeles. Even Shakespeare might not have words for a day like this. You had to “be there” to appreciate it. The sun was shining, and soft white clouds were parked in the deep blue sky. The temperature was perfect for shorts. Not chilly 1, not hot. A breeze occasionally stirred the leaves.


Most days in LA are hot. December and January are usually rainy and, for some reason, June is usually cool and overcast 2. Although many locals find June weather to be refreshingly 3 cool, the local TV weather people complain daily. “When is the ‘June gloom’ going to end?” they ask.


Eventually, of course, the gray June sky changes to a blue sky with very high temperatures. For the next five months, the local TV weather people complain about how hot it is, and get excited when the temperature drops five degrees.


Winter in LA means rain. Rain excites the local TV weather people. They get to remind viewers to remember their umbrellas, watch out for traffic, and drive extra carefully! They get to say “storm warning!” More than half the time, no storm follows the storm warning.


When a big storm hits LA, the local TV weather people show close-ups of big puddles 4 in the streets, close-ups of windshield wipers wiping away raindrops, and close-ups of wet people waiting at bus stops. Sometimes they show close-ups of TV reporters standing 5 ankle-deep in raging streams.


For some reason, the local TV weather people never have much to say about a perfect day like today.


 



1 chilly
adj.凉快的,寒冷的
  • I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
  • I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后,寒气逼人。
2 overcast
adj.阴天的,阴暗的,愁闷的;v.遮盖,(使)变暗,包边缝;n.覆盖,阴天
  • The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
  • The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。
3 refreshingly
adv.清爽地,有精神地
  • Hers is less workmanlike than the other books and refreshingly unideological. 她的书不像其它书那般精巧,并且不涉及意识形态也让人耳目一新。 来自互联网
  • Skin is left refreshingly clean with no pore-clogging residue. 皮肤留下清爽干净,没有孔隙堵塞残留。 来自互联网
4 puddles
n.水坑, (尤指道路上的)雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 )
  • The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. 地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
  • The road was filled with puddles from the rain. 雨后路面到处是一坑坑的积水。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
学英语单词
actinidol
all the day
Altaussee
Ammannia auriculata
Amoghasiddhi
antamon
anti-torque drift
antidualistic
ass-hole
atmosphere shower
atomic formula
axon(e)
be badly reported of
belazaima do chao
birch oils
black-american
boron trifluoride proportional counter tube
cercospora canavaliicola
checking over
chemical-machining
chlorinated polypropylene (cpp)
chlorofucin
Civex process
concerete mixer
controlled sharing
covering bottom
currency counterfeit
cws
cylinder set
deader
Delgertsogt
dermatophilos disease
dialeuropora decempuncta
diastereoptic ligand
discrete multiplicative valuation
dovetail fastening
drawdawn
Dysosma veitchii
electromechanical storage
EUTELSAT
examination and recognition
finite strip method
frontier customs dues
glabrification
goose eggs
grammies
gun adapter
Hamgyǒngbuk-do
hand cutting tool
heating alloy
honey-stone
hong bao
houys
hydrostatic adjustment (process)
iguanid lizard
incomplete performance
Kershaw
luciopterin
Maciejowice
manoli
miney
mudded
non-polarizable electrode
olfactory glomeruli
oshun
pahi
pehameter
printer for original form
pro-inflammatory
probable maximum surge
queso
readerage
rehear
repurge
retinular
rhetorizes
rod spacing
semitransversal axis
sheet-cable
shelterwood cutting
ship heading mark
silicotic nodule
similar covering
similarity model
splenoma
squawling
staffing levels
Stanford White
starting and acceleration test
strengthen someone's hand
superparamagetism
syndactylous
synthesizer frequency meter
thomas mores
tinted shade
total enclosed ventilation
trunk ventilator
tsoriss
upright pianos
uranium creep
warming lung for dispelling cold