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五分鐘英語練習 (068)
"Five minutes English practice" (068)
《Listen & Practice - 聆聽和練習》
【Let’s get started.】
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【Casual English - 隨興英語】
隨興英語 (012) - 【When it rains, it pours. – 禍不單行】
When it rains, it pours.
This means that when bad things happen, they happen all at the same time.
If you've watched my weather video, you can check out that weather video up here.
You know that to pours means to rain a lot.
So here we're talking about not just a a couple bad things happening.
But a lot of bad things happening at one time.
So, for example, you might say between COVID and protests and riots and then the presidential election, 2020 is a crazy year.
When it rains, it pours.
It seems like everything happened in this year.
Hopefully 2021 will be a peaceful time.
We don't know yet, but when it rains, it pours.
當下雨的時候，它就會傾瀉而下。
這意味著，當壞事發生時，它們都是在同一時間發生。
如果你以前看過，我那個 "有關天氣" 的影片。
你可以在這裡「對照」那個影片。
你知道 "pour "意味著下很多雨。
所以在這裡我們談論的不僅僅是幾件壞事發生。
而是在同一時間發生很多壞事。
因此，例如，你可能會說，在COVID和抗議和騷亂之間，然後是總統選舉，2020年是一個瘋狂的一年。
當它下雨時，它就會傾瀉而下。
似乎一切都發生在這一年。
希望2021年將是一個和平的時期。
我們還不知道，但一下雨就會傾盆大雨。
Welcome to English in a minue.
歡迎來到 "一分鐘美語"。
When it rains heavily.
當雨下得很大的時候。
We often say it is "pouring".
我們會用 "pouring" 來形容。
The office this week.
我覺得這間辦公室有事要發生。
You mean like the flu?
你的意思是...就像流感？
No! not the flu.
不！不是流感。
I mean bad luck.
我是說壞運氣。
Maria's bike was stolen.
Maria 的自行車被偷了。
Jack broke his arm.
Jack 的手臂受傷了。
Doug lost $ 300.
Doug 損失了300美元。
That is a lot of bad stuff happening.
換句話說，很多壞事發生了。
When it rains, it pours.
真是 "禍不單行" 啊。
When it rains, it's never just one raindrop.
下雨的時候，從來就不會只是一滴。
Many raindrops fall.
而是有許多雨滴落下。
So this idiom means that
所以這個成語指的是
When something bad happens
當有一件壞事發生時
other bad things usually happen, too.
往往別的壞事也一起發生。
You can also say when it rains, it pours.
你也可以說，當下雨時，它總是傾盆大雨。
if a lot of good things happen to you.
假使許多好事發生在你身上時。
But more often than not, it's about bad things.
但不幸的是，更多時候它指的是壞事。
Students took to the streets to protest against the decision.
學生們走上街頭，抗議這項決定。
Many people protested the budget cuts.
許多人反對預算削減。
Many people protested the budget cuts.
許多人反對預算削減。
protest [ˈproʊtest] n. 抗議
The riot began as a peaceful protest.
暴亂是從一場和平抗議開始的。
暴亂是從一場和平抗議開始的。
