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三. 内因决定外因
曾经在BBC LEARNING ENGLISH中有采访到当地的民众对于天气的看法,仿佛与我们平时的看法不是很相同啊,那让我们来看看英国当地民众到底是怎样看待英国天气的呢?
A:I think when it’s too hot, we say it’s too hot. When it’s too cold we say it’s too cold. When it rains, it’s raining. But I think our weather is pretty good actually.
A:我认为当天气热的时候,我们说,啊,天气太热了,当天气冷的时候我们说,唉,这天也太冷了。下雨的时候我们说,唉,怎么天天下雨!但是我认为,英国的天气还算是不错的。
这位先生道出了民众的心声,英国的天气还是不错滴,全年温和湿润,四季寒暑变化不大,通常最高气温不超过32°C,最低气温不低于-10°C。也不是很糟糕是吧,那是什么原因造成了“英国天气非常糟糕”的普遍认知呢?
I think we’re just naturally a nation of grumblers.
我认为英国人天生就是一个爱抱怨的国度。
For example, when the politicians are here and doing their duty, we’re moaning all the time about how they interfere and how we’d wish that they’d all go away. When they go on holiday, we moan that they have had the audacity to take a holiday.
比如说,当政治家们正在努力工作时,民众们埋怨说他们总是作出干扰民众生活的事情,并且巴不得政治家们都别上班了,但是当政治家们去度假了,人们又开始抱怨说,他们怎么敢就这么不管工作去度假了呢?
So there’s no pleasing us. And the weather, because it happens every day, and the weather changes, so the weather is a great opportunity to unleash our moaning tendencies.
人们总是不满足。正因为天气天天都在变化,也就让天气成为了民众发牢骚的好机会了!
好了,同学们,看来还真不是英国的天气真的太糟糕,而是英国人们抱怨的因子在作祟啊~moaning~ |
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