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Rainy Britain Britain is famous around the world for its rainy weather.Torrential downpours have caused rivers to burst their banks,roads have been closed and many people have been evacuated from their homes because of the floods.The worst hit area seems to be the north of England.There have even been fatalities as people got stuck in the rain or were washed away by the floodwaters.Flood warnings have been issued in many parts of the UK and it is said that over a month's worth of rain has fallen in just the last couple of days.The rain has also caused chaos at some of Britain's famous June events.The Glastonbury festival is a four-day-long outdoor music festival and while it is traditionally quite rainy and muddy there.Everyone was wearing wellies and there have been many pictures in the newspapers of people covered from head to toe in mud.It rained throughout the festival and with more than 170,000 revellers walking around and camping on the grounds,it didn't take long for the site to turn into a mud bath.June also sees the start of the Wimbledon tennis tournament.The start of play on the first day was delayed by half an hour or so because of the rain and had to be halted again mid-afternoon for a couple of hours.There are no floods in the London region though,just frequent showers.So while the British would like to have glorious sunshine during the summer months,the rain continues to fall in most areas.People in Britain are used to having unpredictable weather—cold rainy summer days and warmer winter months.However this amount of rain and devastation is even more unexpected.People can only hope that the rain will stop soon and the sun will come out,so they can eventually start to enjoy a nicer summer.| 重點(diǎn)單詞 |
| 查看全部解釋 | | unexpected | ['?nik'spektid] | adj. 想不到的，意外的 | | burst | [b?:st] | n. 破裂，陣，爆發(fā)
v. 爆裂，迸發(fā) | | chase | [t?eis] | n. 追求，狩獵，爭(zhēng)取
vt. 追捕，狩獵 | | chaos | ['kei?s] | n. 混亂，無(wú)秩序，混沌 | | tournament | ['tu?n?m?nt] | n. 比賽，錦標(biāo)賽，(中世紀(jì)的)騎士比武 | | eventually | [i'ventju?li] | adv. 終于，最后 | | frequent | ['fri:kw?nt] | adj. 經(jīng)常的，頻繁的
vt. 常到，常去 | | unpredictable | ['?npri'dikt?bl] | adj. 不可預(yù)知的 |
?陰雨的英國(guó) 英國(guó)以陰雨天氣聞名于世。傾盆大雨導(dǎo)致了河流決堤，道路封鎖，許多人因?yàn)楹樗木壒识黄仁枭ⅲx開(kāi)家園。受災(zāi)最嚴(yán)重的地區(qū)似乎是英格蘭的北部了。這里已有災(zāi)難事故發(fā)生—有人為大雨所困，也有人因被洪水沖走而喪生。英國(guó)大部分地區(qū)都發(fā)布了洪災(zāi)警告。據(jù)說(shuō)，過(guò)去幾天所下的雨已經(jīng)相當(dāng)于一個(gè)多月的降雨量了。大雨也給英國(guó)一些在6月份舉行的著名活動(dòng)帶來(lái)了混亂。拉斯頓伯里音樂(lè)節(jié)是一個(gè)為期4天的戶外音樂(lè)節(jié)。而每年的這時(shí)候總是下雨，地面也泥濘不堪。每個(gè)人都穿著長(zhǎng)筒雨靴，而在報(bào)紙上刊登的音樂(lè)節(jié)照片里，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)很多人從頭到腳都像裹著泥似的。整個(gè)音樂(lè)節(jié)都在下雨，而且有17萬(wàn)多的人到此過(guò)節(jié)狂歡，他們來(lái)回穿梭，就地扎營(yíng)，沒(méi)多久，那地方就變成泥浴場(chǎng)了。溫布爾登網(wǎng)球錦標(biāo)賽也在6月開(kāi)賽。比賽第一天的時(shí)候就因?yàn)橄掠暄舆t了半小時(shí)左右，午后也被迫暫停了幾個(gè)小時(shí)。盡管倫敦地區(qū)沒(méi)有洪水，卻經(jīng)常下雨。夏季，英國(guó)人期待著燦爛的陽(yáng)光，然而大部分地區(qū)卻是陰雨不斷。他們已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了這種反復(fù)無(wú)常的天氣-夏日陰雨綿綿，還冷颼颼的；冬日倒是比較暖和些。然而這么大量的降雨和毀滅性的破壞還是太出人意料了。人們只希望這雨能盡快停止，然后出個(gè)太陽(yáng)，那樣，他們就可以去享受一個(gè)更加美妙的夏日了！
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