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　　中英文本

　　Adjusting to Rain

　　下雨时的对策

　　It was quitting time and still raining cats and dogs!

　　下班时间到了，可还在下倾盆大雨!

　　How were they supposed to hold the rally now? Mark racked his brains for what to do!

　　现在他们该怎样举行这次集会呢?马克绞尽脑汁在想办法!

　　He could put a rain check on the event! No, that wouldn't work!

　　他可以宣布下次再邀请大家参加这个活动!不，这不行!

　　They had worked so hard to rally people around this event that they would never be able to gain the same momentum.

　　他们费了那么大的劲才把大家聚到一起，以后不会再有那么大的动力了。

　　And if their effort failed because of a cancelled event, historians raking over the ashes of what had happened would mark it as the turning point!

　　如果因为活动取消使他们的努力失败，那些喜欢旧事重提的历史学家们 将把它看成是一个转折点!

　　They had to stay the course as they had planned, come rain or shine!

　　无论晴雨，他们得按原计划贯彻始终!

　　And so he walked outside. It was raining down hard! No one would show up! Dam!

　　就这样他走到了外面。雨下得正大!不会有人来了!该死的!

　　When Mark arrived, no one was present! Then a woman ran out to direct him to a building!

　　马克到的时候，别人都没有来!这时一个女人跑出来，指示他去一座大楼!

　　When he walked into a large room he raised his eyebrows-it was packed with people!

　　走进一间大屋子，马克不禁竖起了眉毛--那里挤满了人!

　　Everyone was there! The event wouldn't be rained out after all because someone else had moved the location!

　　大家都在那里!这次活动不会因雨中断，因为有人把场地给换了!

　　And he knew who must have directed the change! When he saw Elizabeth he raised his hat to her! But she just smiled and pointed to Alex!

　　马克知道是谁那样干的!看到伊丽莎白，他向她表示了敬意!而她只是笑着指了指亚历克斯!

　　Alex? He ranked among the most idiotic of the people focused only on raising money in the organization!

　　亚历克斯?他可是属于最白痴的那种人，只会在组织里干点筹款的事儿。

　　Oh, well, Mark was happy for the help! As he slowly ranged from one person to the other in search of Alex he almost laughed-it was a weird twist of fate!

　　啊，对了，马克为这次帮忙感到髙兴!当他在人群中挨个儿慢慢寻找亚历克斯时，他几乎笑了起来--命运真会捉弄人!

　　Alex was also the son of the businessman they were campaigning against!

　　亚历克斯也是那个正遭到他们声讨的商人的儿子!

　　That made Mark feel great, and he knew that whether it was raining in buckets or not, they were going to raise the roof tonight!

　　这使马克感觉很好，他知道无论外面是否在下倾盆大雨，今天晚上他们肯定会好好庆祝一番!

　　重点讲解

　　1.rack one's brains 绞尽脑汁，苦苦动脑筋例句：The gap in wealth comparison Privation has arrived at a pole , has been that every day, you being every pair of meal but rack one's brains.贫富差距的比较贫穷到了极点，就是每一天你在为每一对饭而绞尽脑汁;2.rain check (棒球等露天赛事)因下雨改期。再赛时作为入场券的原票票根,(邀请方在受邀方一时不能应邀时的)下次再邀的表示,邀请继续有效的保证，受邀方一时不能应邀时的)请对方下次再邀的要求，(商店在廉价商品售罄时对顾客的)下次优先供货保证。例句：I'm not available now. Can I have a rain check?我现在没空，可以改天吗?3.rain down 雨点般降下，倾泻例句：All kinds of gifts were rained down upon the children.各式各样的礼品纷纷送到孩子们手里。4.rain or shine 不论晴雨，无论情况如何例句：Rain or shine, the match will go on time.不管晴天还是下雨，比赛准时进行。5.rain out 使(雨)下完(停止);[常用被动语态]因雨阻止，因雨中断(延期、取消)例句：The athletic meeting was rained out.运动会因雨延期举行。6.rake over the ashes 回忆(不偷快的)往事;旧事重提例句：I don't want to get into a discussion with Arnold because he'll want to rake over the ashes of my past mistakes.我不想和阿诺德讨论，因为他想使我回想起我过去犯错误不愉快的往事。

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