新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 38 Everything except the weather
1 . Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather,但緊接著他就開始抱怨那裡的天氣了。
2 . Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.哈里森把每件事情都考慮到了，唯獨沒想到天氣。
3 . After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock.在陽光下生活了那麼多年的哈里森對此感到驚奇。
4 . He acted as if he had never lived in England before.他的舉動就好像他從未在英國生活過一樣。
5 . My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England.我的老朋友哈里森在回到英國以前曾多年居住在地中海地區。
6 . The dream he had had for so many years ended there.他多年來的幻想從此破滅。
7 . He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.他剛一回到英國便買下了一幢房子住了進去。
8 . He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.過去他常幻想退休後到英國，並計劃在鄉間安頓下來。
9 . In the end, it was more than he could bear.最後，他再也忍受不住，
10 . for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.因為即使那時仍為夏季，但雨總是下個不停，而且常常冷得厲害。
11 . He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.還沒等安頓下來就賣掉了房子，離開了這個國家。