迟到的各种理由，堵车，生病...你会表达吗？(2)

　　JANE: THERE IS A TRAIN STATION NEAR YOU, ISN’T THERE? WHY DON’T YOU JUST GET THE TRAIN?简：你附近有一个火车站，是吗？你为什么不坐火车呢？

　　DEREK: THE TRAIN STATION HAS BEEN CLOSED TOO, THE TRACKS HAVE BEEN TOO DANGEROUS. WE AREN’T USED TO THIS MUCH SNOW.德里克：火车站也关闭了，铁轨太危险了。我们不习惯这么多雪。

　　JANE: THAT’S TRUE, WE DON’T MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR BAD WEATHER LIKE THIS.简：是的，我们不考虑这样的恶劣天气。

　　DEREK: THE PEOPLE NEAR ME ARE OUTRAGED BECAUSE THEY CAN’T GO ANYWHERE! THEIR ROADS ARE SHUT, THEIR RAILWAYS ARE SHUT SO THEY ARE STUCK IN THEIR HOUSES.德里克：我身边的人很愤怒，因为他们哪儿也去不了！他们的道路被关闭，铁路被关闭，所以他们被困在家里。

　　JANE: THAT WOULD BE HORRIBLE. I CAN’T STAY INSIDE FOR TOO LONG OTHERWISE I GET BORED.简：那太可怕了。我不能在里面呆太久，否则我会感到无聊。

　　DEREK: YEAH ME TOO. THAT’S WHY I’M HERE! YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY, LUCKILY FOR ME. I DON’T WANT TO LOSE MY JOB!德里克：我也是。这就是我来这里的原因！你可以在紧急情况下旅行，我很幸运。我不想丢了工作！

　　New vocabulary:新词汇：

　　Frozen冻结的

　　When something falls below it’s freezing point. In this case, water on the roads has become ice so the roads are not safe.当某物降到冰点以下时。在这种情况下，道路上的水已经结冰，因此道路不安全。

　　Tracks小路

　　Trains travel by driving on these. They are made of metal and wood.火车是靠开这些车来旅行的。它们是由金属和木头制成的。

　　To make allowances体谅

　　If you make allowances for something, you prepare for something to happen so that you are ready when it comes.如果你考虑到一些事情，你就要为即将发生的事情做好准备，这样当事情发生时你就做好了准备。

　　Outraged愤怒的

　　Another word to say that someone is very angry about something.另一个词是说某人对某事很生气。

　　Shut关闭

　　Another word for “closed”!另一个词是“关闭”！