调查:英国人一生谈论天气的时间长达六个月
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Famously weather-obsessed1 British people spend on average six months of their lives talking about whether it's going to rain or shine, according to a survey published Friday.

上周五公布的一项调查显示,以关心天气而著称的英国人一生中平均有六个月的时间在谈论将要下雨还是出太阳。

Speculation2(推测,思索) about whether it's going to be wet, complaints about the cold and exclamations3(感叹) about the heat are also the first points of conversation with strangers or business acquaintances(熟人,了解) for 58 percent of Britons, it said.

The study of 2,018 adults by pollsters(民意调查人) ICM found Britons talk about the weather for about 49 hours every year and the subject comes up more often than work, TV, sport or gossip.

Nineteen percent of over 65s questioned also believe they can predict the weather as well as a professional weatherman.

The most usual explanation for the fascination4 with weather is that it is so changeable here -- although this doe not explain why other meteorologically(从气象学角度看) -challenged countries are not similarly interested.

Whatever the reason, "these findings prove that we really are a nation obsessed by our climate," said Paul Llewellyn of Lloyds TSB Insurance, which commissioned the poll.



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1 obsessed 66a4be1417f7cf074208a6d81c8f3384     
adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的
参考例句:
  • He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
  • The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。
2 speculation 9vGwe     
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
参考例句:
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
3 exclamations aea591b1607dd0b11f1dd659bad7d827     
n.呼喊( exclamation的名词复数 );感叹;感叹语;感叹词
参考例句:
  • The visitors broke into exclamations of wonder when they saw the magnificent Great Wall. 看到雄伟的长城,游客们惊叹不已。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • After the will has been read out, angry exclamations aroused. 遗嘱宣读完之后,激起一片愤怒的喊声。 来自辞典例句
4 fascination FlHxO     
n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋
参考例句:
  • He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
  • His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。
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