Lesson 38
Everything except the weather
My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. (1)_______________________. 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,(2)______________________. 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. (3)______________________. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.
New words and expressions
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