[考试那点事]练听力。新概念英语第二册lesson 38 Everything except the weath

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Lesson 38: Everything except the weather
唯独没有考虑到天气

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why did Harrison sell his house so quickly?
My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean1 for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle2 down in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually3 and it was often bitterly4 cold. After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.
New words and expressions 生词和短语
except prep. 除了
Mediterranean n. 地中海
complain v. 抱怨
continually adv. 不断地
bitterly adv. 刺骨地
sunshine n. 阳光
参考译文
我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住在地中海地区。过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。他刚一回到英国便买下了一幢房子住了进去。但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了。因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。在阳光下生活了那么多年的哈里森对此感到惊奇。他的举动就好像他从未在英国生活过一样。最后，他再也忍受不住，还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子，离开了这个国家。他多年来的幻想从此破灭。哈里森把每件事情都考虑到了，唯独没想到天气。
自学导读
1．He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country．过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。
（1）dream of 在这里不表示具体的做梦，
而是“幻想”、“向往”的意思：
Frank5 used to dream of having a car of his own.
弗兰克过去常幻想拥有一辆自己的车。
（2）settle down 是个固定短语，
可以表示“定居”、“安身”、“安顿”等含义：
They settled6 down in Australia in 1988.
他们1988年在澳大利亚定居了。
After two years of travelling, I want to settle down now.
旅行了两年之后，我现在想过安定的日子了。
2．Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. 但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了。因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。
（1）for 在这里为连词，
为所陈述的事说出原因。它与 because不同，不能用于句首。并且在for后面必须重复主语：
I don't have a car, for I can't afford it.
我没有车，因为我买不起。
（2）连词even though引导的是让步状语从句，
表示“即使”、“虽然”：
Even though we were very tired, we went on with the work.
虽然我们已非常累了，我们仍然继续干活。
3．He acted as if be had never lived in England before．他的举动就好像他从未在英国生活过一样。
连词 as if/ though 引导方式状语从句，通常跟在描述行为举止的动词之后，如act, appear, feel, look, smell, sound等后面：
She acted as if she were mad.
她的举动像疯了一样。
It feels as if/ though it's going to rain.
这天气给人的感觉好像是要下雨。
4．In the end, it was more than he could bear. 最后，他再也忍受不住。
more than在这里表示“超过……的范围”：
This piece of news is more than I can believe.
我无法相信这条消息。
这种用法与它通常表示“比……更多”的用法稍有不同：
There were more than ten people in the room.
房间里不止10个人。

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