【雅思小伦哥-原创干货】为什么英国人那么喜欢聊天气？

2019-09-30 本文已影响0人雅思小伦哥在这里

有一项最近的调查表明，94%的英国人都说自己在过去的6个小时里曾谈论过天气，在过去60分钟谈论过天气的人就有38%。

Oscar Wilde said conversation about weather was the last refuge of the unimaginative, while Bill Bryson noted that its most striking characteristic is that there isn't much of it. The weather – and the British obsession with talking about it – has been puzzling outsiders for decades.

奥斯卡·王尔德说，谈论天气是无趣人类最后的避难所，但是比尔·布赖森表示，谈论天气不会涉及实质性的话题，这是它最显著的特点。几十年来，天气——以及英国人着迷于谈论天气——一直让外界感到困惑。

Britain sits at an intersection of all sorts of different air masses: cold Arctic winds from the north, warm tropical winds from the south, wet maritime winds from the west, and temperate continental winds from the east.

英国的地理位置，位于各种不同气团的交汇处：北面有北极冷空气，南面有温暖热带风，西方的潮湿海风，以及东方的温带大陆风。

These winds meet in Britain and cause wet, warm, and unpredictable climate conditions. And though this doesn't cause extreme weather, it does cause weather anomalies.

这些风在英国相遇，导致其气候变得温暖潮湿并且难以预测。尽管也不会导致极端天气，但它确实会引起异常的天气现象。

You'll find winter as warm as spring, snow in April, and downpours straight after sunshine.

你会发现冬天和春天一样温暖，四月里下起了大雪，刚刚还阳光明媚却会突然就下起倾盆大雨。

So you can see why the British love quoting Mark Twain: "if you don't like the weather…just wait 5 minutes."

这样你就能明白为什么英国人爱引用马克·吐温的话了：“如果你不喜欢现在的天气……那就等5分钟吧。”

In some situations, weather talk is an icebreaker. In others it's used to fill awkward silences, or divert the conversation away from uncomfortable topics.

在有些情况下，谈论天气可以打破僵局。此外，它也可以用来填补尴尬的沉默，或将谈话中让人不舒服的话题转移。

We can also use weather speak to gauge other people's moods — depending on their response to your weather greeting, you can tell if someone is in the mood for a chat.

我们还能用天气谈话来试探他人的情绪——根据他人对天气问候的反应，你可以判断某人是否有心情聊天。