Joke: Bad Climate
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Although he was a qualified1 meteorologist, a local broadcaster ran up a terrible record of forecasting for the TV news program. He became something of a local joke when a newspaper began keeping a record of his predictions2 and showed that he'd been wrong almost three hundred times in a single year.

That kind of notoriety3 was enough to get him fired.

He moved to another part of the country and applied4 for a similar job. One blank on the job application called for the reason for leaving his previous position.

In the blank he wrote quite honestly, "The climate didn't agree with me."


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1 qualified DCPyj     
adj.合格的,有资格的,胜任的,有限制的
参考例句:
  • He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
  • We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
2 predictions 361ed8b78271528f180065e3e863adde     
n.预言,预言的事物( prediction的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Experiments have corroborated her predictions. 实验证实了她的预言。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This is what makes Leon Bagrit's predictions particularly remarkable. 这就是莱昂。巴格瑞特的预测非凡的地方。 来自新概念英语第三册
3 notoriety i5Lz8     
n.恶名,丑名,声名狼籍
参考例句:
  • She achieved notoriety for her affair with the senator.她因为和参议员的风流韵事而声名狼藉。
  • His daring escape from prison gained him a certain notoriety.他大胆的越狱使他臭名昭著。
4 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
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