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Dealing with the Plum Rain Season 梅雨季大作戰(上)
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plum 李子；梅子
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hello friends
My name is Anne Marie,
and today is a great day to learn something new.
So let’s do that together. I’m David,
and this is Studio Classroom.
Do you like the rain?
Friends, we have already entered into
the plum rain season, and we are going to be talking all about how
to deal with it in our article today.
So to begin,
let’s ask a question:
What is your favorite rainy day activity?
My favorite rainy day activity is probably
making a cup of tea,
sitting by a window to watch the rain,
and having a book — maybe with some smooth music,
some jazz music playing in the background.
That’s a really great rainy day activity for me.
That’s one of my favorite things to do as well.
This is something that you can think about as we get into
our first reading for the day:
Dealing with the Plum Rain Season
Rain, rain, go away.
It’s May.
That means it’s time to gather your umbrella, raincoat,
water-resistant shoes,
and anything else that protects you from rainy weather.
Taiwan’s plum rain season
usually begins in May and ends in June.
During these two months,
it can rain cats and dogs for days or even weeks on end.
At other times,
the rainfall might be brief but very intense. However,
you’ll have an easier time this rainy season
if you plan ahead and follow a few tips.
Hi everyone, welcome to Language Lab. I’m Jack.
我們先來看 rainfall 這個名詞，意思是「降雨量」。
例如：
What is the average rainfall in the Amazon rainforest?
亞馬遜雨林的平均降雨量是多少？
Rainfall 也指降雨或下雨，
譬如：
My weather app says there is a 60 percent chance of rainfall tomorrow.
我的天氣應用程式顯示，明天降雨的機率是 60%。
或是：
The heavy rainfall after the drought caused flooding and mudslides.
乾旱後的暴雨引發了洪水和土石流。
Thank you so much, Jack.
Okay friends, the title of our article today is
Dealing with the Plum Rain Season,
and right here at the beginning we have some very familiar
lyrics, don’t we? That’s right:
“Rain, rain, go away” —
and I think it goes on to “come again another day.”
This is a song that many small children sing
when they want the rain to go away.
And sometimes it can feel like that when it rains for
weeks on end. That’s right.
You can feel a little bit like you’re
trapped in your home if it just keeps on raining and raining.
But as we see in our article:
It’s May.
And that means it’s time to gather your umbrella, raincoat,
water-resistant shoes, and anything
else that protects you from rainy weather —
because it’s going to rain a lot.
It certainly is.
And water-resistant items are great for when it’s raining
all the time. If something is water-resistant,
it means that it does not allow
water to pass through it very easily.
For example, maybe Bill wears a water-resistant watch
so that he can keep track of his
bodily functions while he’s swimming.
Now, water-resistant and
waterproof are two different things, friends.
If something is water-resistant,
it usually means that it’s hard for water to pass through,
but eventually,
water might. If something is waterproof,
it means that it is totally resistant to water.
That’s right.
And in Taiwan’s plum rain season,
we see that it usually begins in May
and ends in June — so, several months.
During these two months, it can rain
cats and dogs — that’s a fun phrase!
It is! If it’s raining cats and dogs,
it just means that it is raining a lot.
So for example,
you could say:
We’ll have to hike another day. Right now,
it’s raining cats and dogs.
I’ll try it. I’ve always
been curious about where that phrase comes from —
“raining cats and dogs.”
But it’s a really
good, useful way to describe a situation where it’s
raining very heavily.
It’s raining cats and dogs outside.
We can’t go hiking today.
That’s right.
And it’s raining cats and dogs for days or even weeks
on end.
Now, on end is a great thing that you can say, friends.
It means that something is going to continue without stopping
for a certain period of time.
That’s right. For example:
She was talking for hours on end,
and he was falling asleep
and couldn’t focus on what she was saying.
She was talking for hours!
I guess she was very excited about what
she was talking about.
Wow — that’s a long time to talk.
It is! Okay —
but it’s raining for days or weeks on end
here in our article, friends.
And we continue and see that at other times,
the rainfall might be brief,
but very intense.
That’s right. However,
you’ll have an easier time this rainy season if you
plan ahead and follow a few tips —
which we’re going to give you in the next reading.
But before we go there,
plan ahead is a really good phrase.
It just means to prepare for something in advance.
Now, there are a lot of things that you could
plan ahead for. You could plan ahead for the coming week.
You could plan ahead for school.
Here’s an example:
Tickets sell out fast, so make sure to plan ahead.
You need to make sure that you buy tickets ahead of time,
because you might not be able to do that later.
I’ve always thought that phrase is kind of funny.
Planning already means that you’re preparing for something before it happens.
Planning ahead, I guess, means you’re preparing extra early —
or you’re preparing before you even need to start preparing.
Right? Right! Yeah.
Very interesting.
All right, friends — well,
we have more to learn about the plum rain season.
So let’s get into our next reading right now:
Dealing with the Plum Rain Season
Carry an umbrella that’s small
enough to fit in your purse or backpack.
That way, you’ll never be caught without one.
Avoid walking or driving through flooded areas,
as you could be swept away by the water.
Watch weather updates in order to plan your day,
and avoid any dangerous areas or situations.
Keep extra clothes at school or work
in case you get wet.
今天的 usage tip 是 be caught without something。
Caught 是 catch 的過去分詞，在本句中是被動形態，表示受困於某個不利的情況。後面加上解析詞 without，再加名詞。此處的 one 則是指 an umbrella。
來看例句：
I was caught in traffic without a GPS, so I had no idea how to avoid the congestion.
我在塞車時沒有衛星導航，所以不知道如何避開擁塞的道路。
Okay, friends,
now we are going to hear some tips about surviving the plum rain season.
If you have any tips of your own, try writing them down in English
so that you can share them with your friends.
But here are some of our tips.
What’s the first one, Dave?
Carry an umbrella that’s small enough to fit in your purse or backpack.
That way, you’ll never be caught without one.
I have tried this tip several times.
My problem is I keep on losing the umbrella that I keep in my book bag.
I also have this problem,
because I often switch the bag or backpack that I’m using.
So if I don’t remember to switch all of the contents from one to the other,
that umbrella is still at home.
But this is a useful tip if you’re good at keeping track of your umbrella.
That’s right.
What I do sometimes is:
It’s raining, I take my umbrella, I open it up, I use it,
and then I put it there in the little rack when I get to the café.
And then it stops raining, and then I walk right out the café and forget my umbrella.
Past your umbrella, because it’s not raining anymore.
I see. That could happen very easily.
But we have another tip here, friends.
If carrying an umbrella isn’t the best choice for you,
we have: Avoid walking or driving through flooded areas,
as you could be swept away by the water.
Now, we have this word avoid here,
and this is a good one for you to know.
Avoid means to keep away or to stop yourself from doing something.
For example:
Maybe you should avoid eating junk food if you want to lose weight.
That’s a good point.
Now we also have this word flooded. What does that mean?
Something is flooded means that it’s totally covered by something — usually water.
Here’s an example:
The river was flooded, so we couldn’t drive over it.
Have you ever experienced flooding before, Dave?
I have. In my hometown in Pennsylvania,
sometimes you would have something called flash floods,
where a nearby stream would suddenly just fill with water
because of some rain that was happening maybe further up in the area.
And it would flood through and it would cover the road,
and you wouldn’t be able to use certain roads for a certain amount of time
until they could pump the water off of the road.
So you know how dangerous that water can be.
It is true. You can be swept away by the water.
It just means that you are removed completely from that location.
That’s right.
Or, for example, maybe you’re building a sandcastle,
but then the waves came and swept away the sandcastle that you were building.
Now, there’s another reason, friends, that our article doesn’t mention,
why you shouldn’t walk through flood water.
And this is kind of a disgusting reason, but
in the floods that I have experienced in the past,
you shouldn’t walk through floodwater because
you really don’t know what is in that water.
That’s true.
If the areas under the street where they take care of the stuff
that you flush down the toilet get flooded,
then that means it’s all up in that flood water.
And you don’t want to walk through that.
A lot of times, a lot of small animals are often in that flood water as well.
So you don’t know exactly what you’re walking through.
So just be careful if there is any flooding or standing water
because of the plum rain.
Okay, now we see here another tip.
What is that?
Watch weather updates in order to plan your day
and avoid any dangerous areas or situations.
Okay, so we have this word updates.
What does it mean in this context, Dave?
It just means new information or changes to a situation.
For example:
You could say, “If anything changes, please make sure to send me updates.”
That means I want to know about any changes that are happening.
That’s right.
And our final tip is:
Keep extra clothes at school or work in case you get wet.
This is a really good one.
During the plum rains, sometimes I will actually keep an extra pair of socks
in a plastic bag in my book bag,
because I don’t think there’s anything that I dislike more than wet socks.
Wet socks are terrible.
Now, I’m going to add to this tip, friends,
because I think it’s important to have those dry clothes
already at school or work before this season starts.
Because if you bring them to work with you on the day that it’s raining,
if your backpack or your bag gets wet,
then the clothes inside are just going to get wet too.
So you need to have a little bit of advanced planning.
Yeah, you’ll have to plan ahead. That’s right.
All right, friends, we have more to learn.
So right now, let’s go to today’s Info Cloud.
Hello, friends. Welcome to Info Cloud.
Hey Rex, are we still going for a picnic with all the other English teachers this weekend?
I heard Emery say that we are going rain or shine.
She prepared a lot of food.
I love it – “rain or shine.”
That’s a great expression.
In the case of our picnic, it means we are going no matter what the weather is like.
That’s right.
But the phrase is also used more broadly
to show commitment and determination to other things.
That’s right.
People often compare bad weather to problems and obstacles,
so we can use the phrase to describe a determination
to continue through any sort of challenging situation.
For example:
We could say that sports teams, students, and musicians practice every day, rain or shine, as a way of improving their performance.
When we use the phrase like that,
it reminds us that it is important to be consistent,
especially if you want to accomplish your goals.
It’s definitely important to be committed to your goals no matter the circumstances.
And that’s why we need to keep trying – rain or shine.
rain or shine 風雨無阻
rain or shine 風雨無阻
我們經常會用「風雨無阻」來表示我們一定要做某件事情的決心。英文也有幾乎一模一樣的用語：rain or shine。無論下雨或是出太陽，某個活動一定會進行。
The team practices every day, rain or shine.
這支球隊每天都會練習，風雨無阻。
「rain or shine」也是在表達無論情況如何，一定要堅持下去，克服困難，繼續前進。
這就是今天的 Info Cloud，下次雲端見！
Dealing with the plum rain season:
Dealing with the plum rain season:
Consider buying a water-resistant phone case to protect your cell phone.
Have a plan and prepare flashlights in case of a power outage.
Reduce your speed and drive carefully on slippery roads to avoid accidents.
接下來看形容詞 slippery，意思是「滑溜的」，來看例句：
The tread on my shoes is worn out, so I must be careful on slippery surfaces like wet tiles.
我的鞋底已經磨損了，所以走在像濕滑的瓷磚地面上要非常小心。
或者是 calling something a slippery slope，意味著一件事可能導致一連串越來越糟的結果。
把某件事稱作「滑坡效應」，意味著一件事可能導致一連串越來越糟的結果。
Slippery 也指狡猾的哦，譬如：
The criminal was as slippery as a snake; you could never get the truth out of him.
罪犯像蛇一樣狡猾，你永遠無法從他的口中得到真相。
Okay, friends, we have a few more tips for you on how to survive during the plum rain season.
We’ve already seen some great tips about making sure you always have an umbrella with you, keeping dry clothes at work or school, and also making sure to watch for weather updates.
What is the first tip for this section, Dave?
Consider buying a water-resistant phone case to protect your cell phone.
We talked about that word "water-resistant" earlier. You gave a very good definition of the difference between "waterproof" and "water-resistant."
So if you have a water-resistant phone case, you don’t want to just take it and throw it in some water, but if it gets a little wet, it won’t be a problem exactly.
Now we also see this word "consider" here, friends, and this means to think carefully about something, usually right before you make a decision.
For example, maybe Sam considered buying a new laptop when he saw that they were on sale.
Okay, here’s a question for you, Dave: Do you have a water-resistant case on your cell phone now?
I don’t actually know if it’s fully water-resistant, but it’s definitely drop-resistant, which is something I need because I drop my phone fairly often.
I’m the exact same way!
Okay, we have another tip here:
Have a plan and prepare flashlights in case of a power outage.
Let’s define some of the words in this sentence before we talk about this tip.
We have the phrase "in case of." What does that mean?
"In case of" just describes a situation where something might happen.
For example, "In case of an emergency, you should know where the nearest hospital is."
You’re not expecting there to be an emergency, but in case there is one, you should know where the hospital is.
That’s right.
And the next word we have is "outage." If there is a power outage, this is when the power supply is not available.
For example, perhaps something happens with the weather, which means that the phone network goes down and it makes it impossible for you to contact people and let them know that you’re okay.
That’s right. So what our tip is saying here is that sometimes, when it rains a lot, there could be other types of emergencies that happen. There might not be power, or other bad things could happen, so you need to have a plan.
Sometimes we call this an emergency plan or a backup plan.
I think having an emergency plan is a really good idea for when something happens, whether it’s a storm or an earthquake.
I know that in my home, we keep a special suitcase that has some food and extra clothes in it in case we need to suddenly escape from our home during an earthquake.
That’s a great tip!
We have one more tip about rain here:
Friends, reduce your speed and drive carefully on slippery roads to avoid accidents.
Sometimes when it rains, there are some drivers on the road that don’t realize they need to change the way they are driving.
That’s right. It is very dangerous to drive in rainy conditions, especially really heavy rain, and especially if you’re driving at high speed, like on the highway or someplace like that.
That’s right. A lot of rain can cause it to be slippery where you’re driving or make it hard to see out of your windshield. So you have to be careful.
Alright friends, we are going to talk a little bit more about this in just a moment, but first, let’s go to today’s fun fact!
Hello, fact friends! I am Detective Ernest Finder, and I have a fun plum rain fact for you today.
Did you know that the plum rain season is also plum picking season?
That’s right! Plums are those little fruits on plum trees, and many people in Japan pick plums and mix them with sugar to make plum syrup.
Delicious!
And that is today’s plum rain fact.
We learned a lot of great tips today about how to survive the plum rain season.
Which tip did you find the most helpful, Dave?
I think the tip about making sure that you keep extra clothes is a great one. I like the way that you added that little extra tip, saying you should have these extra clothes prepared before it starts raining. Right? Plan ahead!
Yeah, I really like how our lesson talked about planning ahead. I think having a good plan with flashlights available, extra batteries, and maybe even food you might need in case of an emergency is a great thing to do, no matter what time of year it is. You never know when something might happen, like an earthquake, and you would need those things that you already prepared.
Well, friends, that’s all the time we have for today.
My name is Anne Marie.
And I’m David.
And we’ll see you next time right here on Studio Classroom!
Dealing with the Plum Rain Season 梅雨季大作戰(下)
Dealing with the Plum Rain Season 梅雨季大作戰(下)
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This is Anne Marie
and today is a great day to learn something new
so let’s do that together. I’m David, and this is Studio
Classroom. Friends, we are on day two of our article called
"Dealing with the Plum Rain Season." We are talking all
about some tips for you to stay dry
when it’s raining
cats and dogs. What are some of the tips
we learned yesterday? Well,
we learned that we should bring extra clothes in our
bag or our purse.
We should also bring a small umbrella that can
fit in our backpack or purse just in case it starts raining.
It’s also a very good idea to prepare a flashlight
or some batteries and extra food
in case there’s a power outage.
And be sure to stay safe on the roads because when
the roads are flooded,
they can become dangerous to drive on.
That’s right. We are not done talking about this, friends,
so let’s get into our first reading for the day right now:
Dealing with the Plum Rain Season
As you walk through a sea of umbrellas
during the plum rain season,
remember a few benefits of the rainy season.
If it were not for the plum rains,
island reservoirs
might not have enough water to meet the area’s needs.
Rain also briefly cools temperatures down
before the oppressive summer heat arrives.
Hello, I’m Jack.
今天的 usage tip 是 if it were not for加名詞的句型。
if it were not for 加名詞意思是「如果沒有⋯⋯」，
它是與現在事實相反的假設語氣，用來凸顯名詞在該情境中的重要性。
這個句型可以省略 if，以 were it not for 加名詞的倒裝句來呈現強調的用意。
課文這一句
if it were not for the plum rains 也可以寫成were it not for the plum rains。
我們來看一個例句喔：
Were it not for the notes you shared with me, I would not know how to prepare for the test.
如果沒有你分享給我的筆記，我都不知道如何準備考試。
Okay, thank you so much, Jack.
Let’s get right into our lesson, friends.
We see here: As you walk through a sea
of umbrellas during the plum rain season,
remember a few benefits of the rainy season. So,
we talked yesterday about how to survive this season,
and now
we’re going to talk about why the rainy season is so
important. First,
let’s talk about this phrase:
a sea of something, and you can change this word, friends.
If you see a sea of something,
it means that there is a large amount of something.
For example, there was a
sea of red lanterns
all through the night market
during the New Year.
That sounds beautiful.
It sure does. All right,
how does our lesson continue, Dave?
Well, we see: As you walk through a
sea of umbrellas during the plum rain season,
remember a few benefits of the rainy season. There are some
benefits, as you said.
If it were not for the plum rains, island
reservoirs might not have enough water
to meet the area’s needs. Okay,
so what does that word "reservoir"
mean? A reservoir is a large supply of something,
usually water,
but there could be reservoirs of other things as well.
That’s right. So,
here’s an example of how you could use "reservoir"
in a sentence:
The reservoir was running low
due to the drought.
So in this case, since we are talking about water,
a reservoir is where
all that water is being held.
So when there’s a drought,
it often gets low.
You know what
I want? A chocolate reservoir.
A chocolate reservoir? What would you do with it?
I would store all my chocolate.
Okay, that sounds like a lot of fun.
It does.
Okay, so we read on here:
The reservoir
might not have enough water to meet the area’s needs. Rain
also briefly cools
temperatures down.
This is my favorite part of the plum rain season.
If something is cooled down,
it means to make something less hot,
but it can also mean that you’re more quiet and calmed down
after getting upset.
Exactly. Maybe
Sandy told her friend to cool down
before making an angry phone call to her boyfriend.
So Sandy—or Sandy’s friend—was upset.
Sandy’s friend was upset. So you could say that
to your friend:
"Please cool down before
you make any rash decisions."
That’s right. Okay,
so we see: Rain also briefly cools temperatures down
before the oppressive summer heat arrives.
We have this word "oppressive" here,
and we need to talk about it.
What does it mean, Dave?
"Oppressive" is a good word to know.
It means something that causes stress or pain
or suffering—oftentimes if it’s pushing down on you either
physically or in some kind of metaphorical way.
Exactly.
Here’s an example:
His oppressive stare followed us as we walked
down the street.
It means we feel some type of pressure or discomfort
from the way this person is staring at us.
And to be honest, that’s how I feel in the summertime.
Sometimes that heat can be really oppressive.
Yeah,
the oppressive stare of the sun
down on you as you’re walking down the street—
it can really, really... oh,
make you miserable.
That’s right. So that’s one good thing
about the plum rains, friends, is that
they are helping us cool down before the summer
heat comes. All right,
we have more to talk about in just a moment. First,
let’s get into our next reading right now:
Dealing with the Plum Rain Season
The plum rain season
gives you a great excuse to spend a day indoors
doing something you enjoy.
Sip a cup of tea
while listening to music,
reading a book, or working on a long-ignored hobby or puzzle.
Enjoy a relaxing bubble bath,
go to a museum
or art gallery that you’ve always wanted to visit, go bowling,
invite friends over for a marathon movie night.
我們先來看 indoors 這個副詞，意思是「在室內」。
來看例句：
Stuck indoors all day due to rain, the energetic twins caused chaos at home.
由於下雨，精力充沛的雙胞胎整天被困在室內，把家裡弄得一塌糊塗。
可是：
My ideal Saturday is spending the day indoors, lying on the couch, watching movies in my pajamas.
我理想的星期六是穿著睡衣，躺在沙發上看電影，整天待在室內。
如果把 indoors 字尾的 s 去掉，就會變成形容詞 indoor，意思是「室內的」。
譬如：
Do you prefer indoor or outdoor swimming pools?
你比較喜歡室內游泳池還是室外游泳池呢？
Okay, thank you so much,
Jack. Let’s talk about some more
benefits that the plum rains give us.
The plum rain season
gives you a great excuse to spend a day indoors
doing something you enjoy.
Now, if something gives you a great excuse,
this means that it’s a reason
to explain why you can avoid
doing something that you don’t want to do—
in this case, it’s going outside.
That’s right. You can also say something like:
The holidays gave Sam a great excuse to
unplug from social media and get out into nature.
The holidays give
me a great excuse to eat a lot of sweets.
Absolutely. Actually, Christmas season especially,
which is
sadly already past, gives me a great excuse to eat a lot
of chocolate.
Mmm, delicious.
Okay, so—
from your chocolate reservoir.
That’s right.
So, the plum rain season does give us a great excuse
to stay indoors
and do something that we enjoy.
We could sip a cup of tea
while listening to music,
read a book or work on a long-ignored hobby or a puzzle.
I love puzzles. Do you like to do puzzles?
I do like to do puzzles, but I’ve done
very few of them in my life, actually.
Well,
maybe during this plum rain season,
you will have the chance to do a puzzle.
That is a great idea.
I think I’m going to take you up on that.
All right.
How does our lesson continue, Dave?
Well, we see that you can also enjoy a relaxing
bubble bath, or you could go to a museum or art gallery
that you’ve always wanted to visit.
Okay, so what is a gallery?
A gallery is like a room or building
that is used to display something—
and it’s usually art.
Mmm. So,
here’s an example of how you could use
gallery in a sentence:
Let’s visit the gallery
while we’re in the city.
Is this something that you usually enjoy doing?
I actually do enjoy going to art galleries.
I haven’t gone to one in a while,
but when I lived in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania,
there’s a very famous art gallery
that I would go to occasionally
because there was so
much art there that even if you went many
times, you still couldn’t see all of it.
It sounds really amazing.
And friends, maybe art isn’t your cup of tea,
but this might be:
something like go bowling,
or invite friends over for a marathon movie night.
I have never personally done
a marathon movie night.
There are a couple of different definitions of what exactly
a marathon movie night is.
Some people say that this is when you watch
just a few movies in a row.
Some people say that it has to be at least
six hours of movies.
And some people say that a marathon movie
night—or night and day—
has to be the same length as a marathon.
Oh my goodness—twenty-six hours?!
That’s a little bit intense for me.
But when I think of a marathon movie night, usually
I think of watching all the movies in a particular series.
For example, I might invite my friends over to my house for
a Star Wars movie marathon.
How many hours does that take?
Oh, that would be
at least—at least eighteen hours, but probably more.
I don’t think I could handle it.
This is probably
why I’ve never had a marathon movie night before, friends,
because even sitting through a ninety-minute movie
feels a little long for me.
Yeah,
and I often feel that after
more than three hours for a movie—even a really good movie—
I’m pretty much done for the day.
I agree.
Does a marathon movie night
sound like something you would like to do, friends?
Is that something you have done before?
That’s a great thing to talk about in English.
We’ll be right back after today’s Info Cloud.
Hello, friends. Welcome to Info Cloud.
Garrett, have you ever heard the saying "save for a rainy day"?
Hey Rex, of course!
It means putting aside money or resources for unexpected or
difficult times.
Exactly.
The saying compares rainy days
to difficult times and encourages us to be prepared.
You know, in the past,
farmers couldn’t work in their fields on rainy days,
so they needed extra resources to get by.
Interesting.
And the idea is still practical today—
whether it’s saving for an emergency fund,
medical expenses, or a job loss,
having something set aside can make all the difference.
Right. For example,
let’s say your car breaks down unexpectedly—
if you’ve been saving for a rainy day,
you can afford the repairs without major stress.
But the saying isn’t just about money.
You can save for a rainy day by investing time,
effort, and kindness too.
Good point.
Preparation goes beyond finances. It’s a mindset
that encourages us to think ahead.
You might even consider things like learning new skills.
Saving for a rainy day—
wise words, Garrett.
It’s never too late to start planning for the unexpected.
Absolutely, Rex.
And with that, we’ll see you next time on Info Cloud.
Take care, everyone.
save for a rainy day 未雨綢繆
save for a rainy day 未雨綢繆
在華人文化中，「未雨綢繆」是一個非常重要的觀念。
英文中也有幾乎一模一樣的用語：save for a rainy day，意思就是提前儲備金錢或資源，
以應對意外或困難的時期。
Save for a rainy day 將雨天比喻成困難的時期，鼓勵我們做好準備。
例如，如果你的車突然壞了，如果你有 save for a rainy day 的習慣，你就能夠負擔修理費，而不會感到太大壓力。
除了金錢，你也可以透過投入時間和努力，save for a rainy day。
這就是今天的 INFO Cloud，下次雲端見。
Dealing with the Plum Rain Season
Dealing with the Plum Rain Season
Create a blog
or a YouTube video about something you have an interest in
and some knowledge about.
Try a new recipe for dinner.
The ideas are never-ending,
and the rain allows you to enjoy indoor activities
you don’t usually find time for.
With planning and a good attitude,
you can breeze right through this plum rain season.
接下來看 recipe 這個名詞，意思是「食譜」。
例如：
Seeing my grandmother’s handwritten cookie recipe reminded me of baking together for the holidays when I was little.
看到奶奶所寫的餅乾食譜，讓我想起了小時候過節時一起烘焙的情景。
Recipe 也可以指「方法」或「訣竅」。
來看例句：
Recognizing that teaching a kindergarten class was a recipe for disaster, he declined the job.
他知道教幼兒園班級是一場災難，於是拒絕了這份工作。
或者是：
Pairing Calvin and Marissa is a recipe for success, since they complement each other perfectly.
把 Calvin 跟 Marissa 搭配在一起是成功的秘訣，因為他們互補得很完美。
Okay, friends,
if you need some other ideas for what to do on a rainy day,
we have them for you right here.
What does our lesson say, Dave?
Well,
you can create a blog or a YouTube video about something
you have an interest in
and some knowledge about.
Okay, so if you enjoy making videos,
spending some time inside
on a rainy day
could be a great time to do it.
You could also try a new recipe for dinner.
In fact, the ideas are never-ending.
Never-ending—
that is a really good thing for us to talk about.
If something is never-ending,
it means that it seems to have no end—it doesn’t stop.
For example,
when parents are looking at their child after
it has just been born, their dreams and
the dreams and possibilities for that child seem
never-ending.
Oh, I like that example
a lot.
But this is something in our lesson that I really
do like to do—
to try a new recipe for dinner on a rainy day
when I can’t go out.
Sometimes I don’t have time to try new recipes
during my normal life. I’m too busy,
or we’re outside
enjoying the sunshine. But if it’s rainy,
I don’t have anything else to do anyway,
so I can try some new recipes.
Sometimes I like to bake cookies on rainy days.
I bet that makes your house smell good too.
It does. It has
so many benefits—
it warms up the house,
it makes it smell good,
and it makes everybody happy.
Hmm, I can imagine.
But we see that these ideas are never-ending,
and the rain allows you to
enjoy indoor activities you don’t usually find time for.
Now, to find time for something
is a great phrase for you to know, friends.
What does it mean?
It means to succeed in making time to do something
in your busy schedule. It’s hard to
find time for things because
you’re so busy doing all the things you would normally do.
That’s right. The idea of finding time for something
has the idea that
you don’t actually have time for it—there isn’t
space in your schedule.
Here’s an example of how you could use it in a sentence:
Can you find time for a meeting tomorrow afternoon?
This implies that you know that person is very busy,
and they might have to move things around
in order to meet with you.
And we have one more sentence here, Dave.
How does our lesson end?
With planning and a good attitude,
you can breeze right through this plum rain season.
There are so many good things in this sentence. First,
I want to talk about attitude.
You can have a good attitude,
or you could have a bad attitude.
An attitude is how you consistently feel about something.
That’s right.
Maybe Dora’s bad attitude earned her a weekend
at home with no iPad
instead of a fun time spent with her friends.
Oh, she sounds like she got grounded.
Yep, Dora got grounded.
Oh no!
Okay, so—good attitude, bad attitude.
It’s a good idea to have a good attitude when it comes to
the rainy season, friends,
so that you can breeze right through.
What does that mean?
It just means to do something or finish something
very easily or quickly.
Here’s an example:
The boy breezed through his homework
so that he could watch TV.
Do you think it’s a good idea for kids to
breeze through their homework?
If they’re breezing through
it because it’s very easy for them and they
understand it, then that’s fine.
But don’t breeze through it just to get it done
so you can do something else.
That means that you don’t really
understand the material that you just learned.
Yeah, that’s right.
But breezing through the rainy season is a good thing.
Friends, what are some things that you breeze right through?
Talk about that in English.
Right now it’s time for us to go to today’s Fun Fact.
Hello, fact friends!
I am Detective Ernest Finder, and I have a fun
plum rain fact for you today.
Did you know that plum rains are caused by a weather front?
A weather front is a line between a large amount of hot air
and a large amount of cold air.
The water in the warm Pacific Ocean air becomes
rain when it meets the cold land air from Asia—
and that is how we get the plum rains.
And that is today’s fun
plum rain fact.
All right, friends.
You know what time it is.
It is time for a Question or Talk About It question.
Here it is:
Do you like the plum rain season?
I do like the plum rain season.
Really?
Yeah. Well,
there are some things about it that are not very convenient,
but I have found that this city we’re in—Taipei—
is particularly beautiful in the rain at night.
Sometimes when I’m
walking through the city—
maybe right after it rains, when the streets are all wet and
all the lights from all the different shops are—
the lights are reflecting off of the wet ground—
there’s something
kind of special and poetic about that
kind of picture.
And
that’s something I get a lot of during the plum rain season,
and I think it’s
a very beautiful thing.
That is such a beautiful answer.
I hate to say my opinion now—
I don’t like the plum rain season.
I really don’t.
I think it’s very, very inconvenient,
and I think for some people,
rain all the time can be very depressing.
So,
although it is beautiful at night,
maybe I would
enjoy looking at it at night for one or two nights,
but for weeks on end—
I don’t know if I can take it.
Yeah, that’s understandable.
But what about you, friends?
Do you like the plum rain season?
That’s all the time we have for today.
My name is Anne Marie.
And I’m David.
And we’ll see you next time right here on
Studio Classroom.
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