听力背景知识50篇:12.Rainy Britain

听力背景知识50篇:12.Rainy Britain

2014-12-06    01'03''

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12. Rainy Britain 阴雨的英国 [00:02.20]Britain is famous around the world for its rainy weather, [00:06.46]but many parts of the country this June [00:09.01]are experiencing much more rain [00:11.15]than they have ever seen before. [00:13.50]Torrential downpours have caused rivers to burst their banks, [00:17.46]roads have been closed and many people have been evacuated [00:22.09]from their homes because of the floods. [00:23.99]The worst hit area seems to be the north of England. [00:28.52]There have even been fatalities as people got stuck in the rain [00:32.98]or were washed away by the floodwaters. [00:35.64]Flood warnings have been issued in many parts of the UK [00:39.70]and it is said that over a month's worth of rain [00:43.16]has fallen in just the last couple of days. [00:46.11]The rain has also caused chaos [00:49.12]at some of Britain's famous June events. [00:51.61]The Glastonbury festival [00:53.59]is a four-day-long outdoor music festival [00:56.34]and while it is traditionally quite rainy and muddy there, [00:59.86]this year was particularly bad. [01:02.60]