【英语时差8,16】英国美国大不同-中

 William: There must have been some things which, you know, when you were living here, you thought "Well this isn't quite as good as at home"... Joe: Sure. The first and foremost¹ is the weather. I lived here for about ten months and during that time there was only a handful of days with sunshine. William: Just a handful of days. Like ten days or so? Joe: No, it was maybe a month total. And I grew up in Southern California where there's maybe only ten days a year where it's raining or gloomy². So that was the biggest difference and that was challenging but I learned to, learned to adapt. And probably yeah, the cost of things. I missed being able to go out and have a meal and hardly spend any money because it seemed like everything cost just a little bit more, so those were probably two major differences.

1 foremost   

adj.最初的，最前的，第一流的；adv.在最前

参考例句：

• He is considered the foremost British artist of this century.他被认为是本世纪英国第一流的艺术家。
• The premier occupies the foremost place in the world of politics.首相是政界的首要人物。

2 gloomy   

adj.阴暗的，阴沉的，令人沮丧的，阴郁的

参考例句：

• A few faint gleams of sunshine lit up the gloomy afternoon.几束隐约的阳光使阴暗的下午有些明亮。
• When I saw their gloomy faces,I knew something was wrong.当我看到他们沮丧的脸时，我知道出事了。