日用品英语趣说之umbrella伞

Umbrella 伞 When you go out, if it looks like rain, your mother will surely ask you to take an umbrella with you. Do you use folding umbrellas? They are quite popular because they are convenient to carry along. At a pleasure beach you will see a lot of beach umbrellas. You will see some people sitting and those big， colorful sunshades which protect them from the sun. Now it should not be difficult for you to get at the phrase “under the umbrella of ”. It apparently means “under the protection of ”. Kuwait has been under the umbrella of the United N ations since the Gulf War in 1991. 当你出门的时候，如果天色看起来要下雨，你妈妈准会叫你带上雨伞的。 你用折叠伞吗？它十分受欢迎，因为便于携带。在游乐的海滩上，你会看见许多海滩遮阳伞。你会见到一些人坐在色彩鲜艳的大伞下免受太阳的暴晒。 这下子，短语under the umbrella of，你就不难理解了。显然它的含义是，在……的庇护下。例如，自1991年海湾战争以来，科威特就受到联合国的保护。