L38 · 第 25–48 课
Everything Except the Weather
Everything Except the Weather
新概念英语第 2 册 · 第 38 课
19 句 · 父母与孩子分角色配音
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My old friend, Harrison, had lived in
我的老朋友哈里森在
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the Mediterranean for many years
地中海地区住过多年,
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before he returned to England.
然后才回到英国。
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He had often dreamed of retiring in England
他曾常常梦想在英国退休,
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and had planned to settle down in the country.
并计划在乡村安顿下来。
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He had no sooner returned than he bought
他刚一回来就买下
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a house and went to live there.
了所房子住了进去。
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Almost immediately he began to complain
他几乎是立刻就开始抱怨
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about the weather,
天气了,
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for even though it was still summer,
因为尽管当时仍是夏天,
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it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.
但却一直下雨,而且常常冷得厉害。
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After so many years of sunshine,
在阳光充足的地方生活了那么多年之后,
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Harrison got a shock.
哈里森感到很震惊。
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He acted as if he had never lived in England before.
他的举动就好像他以前从未在英国生活过一样。
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In the end, it was more than he could bear.
最终,他再也忍受不了了。
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He had hardly had time to settle down
他还没来得及安顿下来,
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when he sold the house and left the country.
就把房子卖掉离开了英国。
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The dream he had had for so many years ended there.
他多年的梦想就这样破灭了。
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Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.
哈里森把什么都考虑到了,就是没想到天气。