实用口语练习:与天气有关的口语（下）

 　　1. He's always working in his garden - come rain or shine.

　　他总在花园里干活，风雨无阻。

　　2. It's going to get very busy on Thursday. Today and tomorrow is just the lull¹ before the storm.

　　我们周四会很忙的，今天和明天只是暴风雨来临之前暂时的宁静。

　　Lull:平静，间歇

　　3. I don't want to spend this extra money. I'll save it up for a rainy day.

　　我不想把这些额外收入花掉，我打算存起来以备不时之需。

　　4. I'm going to see which way the wind blows before asking her about a

　　我打算先观察一下形势，然后再提加薪的事。

　　5. You'll steal her thunder if you wear that dress tonight!

　　如果你今晚穿那条裙子，你会抢了她的风头的！

　　6. I'm feeling a bit under the weather at the moment.

　　我觉得不太舒服。

　　7. This recession² is quite serious and it's becoming difficult to weather the storm.

　　这次经济衰退很严重，很难扛过去啊！

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1 lull   

v.使安静，使入睡，缓和，哄骗；n.暂停，间歇

参考例句：

• The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.药物使辛普森安静了30分钟。
• Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后，地面战又突然爆发了。

2 recession   

n.（工商业的）衷退（期），萧条（期）

参考例句：

• Manufacturing fell sharply under the impact of the recession.受到经济萧条的影响，制造业急剧衰退。
• A rise in interest rates plunged Britain deeper into recession.利率的提高导致英国经济更加萧条。