朗文3L看听学英语第四册 Lesson 87

　　Lesson 87 English weather
Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not surprising. it changes from minute to minute, so it's always interesting. Someone once wisely remarked that other countries have a climate, but England just has weather! Gretel was amused by all this talk at first, but she has got used to it now.
last week Gretel really understood why everyone is so concerned about the weather: you can never be certain what's going to happen. Though it was spring, there was a very heavy snowfall. As usual, no one expected it. The pipes in many houses were frozen¹; trains failed to run; cars got stuck; there were many accidents on the roads; lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt. The weather forecast was very bad. Everyone complained gloomily², "What awful weather we're having! Haven't seen anything like it!" and so on. And then, suddenly, the sun came out, the snow melted and it was spring again.
"Typical! Just typocal!" Gretel remarked.
"The way you talk about the weather, Gretel," Mr Clark said, " anyone would think you were English!"

1 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。

2 gloomily   

adv.令人沮丧地； 阴沉地

参考例句：

• We are in trouble,he said gloomily.“我们遇上了麻烦，”他沮丧地说道。
• "I wish I was out of all this,"she exclaimed gloomily.“但愿我没卷进来，”她抱怨地叫道。