哈里森返乡梦碎:什么都想到了,除了天气
类别:生活日常
哈里森在地中海生活多年后返回英国,梦想在乡下退休定居。他刚买下房子就遭遇连绵阴雨和严寒,尽管是夏天。他无法忍受,很快卖房离开,多年的梦想因天气而破灭。
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Lesson 38 Everything Except the Weather My old friend Harrison had lived 第38课 除了天气,啥都想到了 我的老朋友哈里森
in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. 在地中海住了好多年,才回英国。
He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. 他一直梦想退休后回英国,还打算在乡下定居。
He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. 他一回来就买了房子,搬进去住了。
Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather. 可没几天,他就开始抱怨天气了。
For even though it was still summer, 因为虽然还是夏天,
it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. 却老下雨,还冷得要命。
After so many years of sunshine, 晒了那么多年太阳,
Harrison got a shock. 哈里森一下子懵了。
He acted as if he had never lived in England before. 他表现得好像从没在英国住过似的。
In the end, 最后,
it was more than he could bear. 他实在受不了了。
He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. 他刚安顿下来没几天,就把房子卖了,离开了英国。
The dream he had had for so many years ended there. 他做了那么多年的梦,就这么完了。
Harrison had thought of everything except the weather. 哈里森什么都想到了,就是没想到天气。