🌧️ Is the weather in the UK really that bad? | Weather words · BBC Learning English
了解英国天气是否真的如传闻般糟糕，学习与天气相关的实用英语词汇。适合练习日常对话和描述性表达。
Wet.
湿的。
Cold.
冷。
Windy.
有风。
Just how bad is British weather?
英国的天气到底有多糟糕呢？
Let's ask an expert.
我们还是去请教一位专家吧。
And I have found someone who knows all about the weather.
我找到了一个对天气了如指掌的人。
Meteorologist and BBC weather presenter, Simon King.
气象学家兼英国广播公司（BBC）天气节目主持人西蒙·金。
Hello.
你好。
Welcome.
欢迎光临。
Thank you.
谢谢。
So I have a question for you, which is, does it really rain that much in Britain?
所以我有一个问题想问你们：英国的降雨量真的有那么大吗？
Because that's what everyone thinks.
因为大家都这么认为。
And that's a very good myth.
这确实是一个非常“有趣”的（或者说“有说服力”的）谬论。
It is seen as quite a cloudy, rainy sort of country.
这个国家被描述为多云且多雨的地区。
Let me explain why.
让我解释一下原因。
First of all, because we've got a big ocean to the west of us, the Atlantic.
首先，因为我们西边有一片广阔的海洋——大西洋。
There's lots of moisture.
这里的湿度很高。
And so when you get weather systems coming across the Atlantic, it picks up all that moisture.
因此，当天气系统从大西洋吹来时，它们会吸收所有这些水分。
And it rains, particularly in northern and western parts of the UK.
英国各地都会下雨，尤其是在北部和西部地区。
So that's quite rainy.
这里的降雨量确实很大。
But as these weather systems move to the south-east, it tends to get a bit drier.
然而，当这些天气系统向东南方向移动时，该地区的降雨量往往会减少（即天气会变得较为干燥）。
So south-eastern areas of the UK aren't actually all that wet, and it doesn't get as much rainfall as you might think.
实际上，英国东南部的地区降雨量并不像人们想象的那么多；那里的降水量并没有那么高。
You might be surprised to know that London actually gets less rainfall per year than Paris, Tokyo, New York, Sydney.
你可能会感到惊讶：实际上，伦敦每年的降雨量比巴黎、东京、纽约和悉尼都要少。
Sydney!?
悉尼！？
Absolutely.
当然可以。
OK.
好的。
How does that work?
那是如何运作的呢？
Because that sounds crazy.
因为那听起来太疯狂了。
So, in Sydney, you might get really
那么，在悉尼，你可能会遇到一些非常……（不过原文在这里有些不完整/不清楚的地方，所以无法准确翻译后半句的内容。）
big thunderstorms that can deliver a lot of rainfall, whereas in London you might get a day's worth of rain,
这些强雷暴会带来大量的降雨；而在伦敦，可能一天内的降雨量就相当于整个季节的降雨量了。
and it might be light rain and drizzle and not really amount to very much.
可能会下小雨或毛毛雨，总体降雨量并不会很多。
So, overall you get more frequent bouts of rain.
因此，总体来说降雨的频率会更高。
So it might rain more often in London, but the rainfall you get isn't as much.
因此，伦敦的降雨频率可能会更高，但每次降雨的降水量其实并不大。
Now, British people love talking about the weather.
现在，英国人非常喜欢谈论天气。
Why do you think that is?
你认为为什么会这样呢？
I think it's because where we are in the world, our weather is so changeable.
我认为这是因为我们所在的地区气候变化非常剧烈。
So it means we do get weather systems coming in, bringing rain, but we also get sunshine.
这意味着确实会有天气系统来袭，带来降雨，但同时也会有阳光出现。
And it's famously British to talk about the weather, national conversation.
在英国，人们热衷于谈论天气，这几乎成了全国性的话题。
And it's because I think it's something that connects all of us.
我认为，这是能够将我们所有人联系在一起的东西。
Like, we might walk down the streets with an umbrella, it's raining.
比如说，当下雨的时候，我们可能会打着伞走在街上。