关于雨的英语故事

ODE TO SPORT * I. O Sport, pleasure of the Gods, essence of life, you appeared suddenly in the midst of the grey clearing which writhes with the drudgery of modern existence, like the radiant messenger of a past age, when mankind still smiled. And the glimmer of dawn lit up the mountain tops and flecks of light dotted the ground in the gloomy forests. II. O Sport, you are Beauty! You are the architect of that edifice which is the human body and which can become abject or sublime according to whether it is defiled by vile passions or improved through healthy exertion. There can be no beauty without balance and proportion, and you are the peerless master of both, for you create harmony, you give movements rhythm, you make strength graceful and you endow suppleness with power. Ill. O Sport, you are Justice! The perfect equity for which men strive in vain in their social institutions is your constant companion. No one can jump a centimetre higher than the height he can jump, nor run a minute longer than the length he can run. The limits of his success are determined solely by his own physical and moral strength. IV. O Sport, you are Audacity! The meaning of all muscular effort can be summed up in the word ‘dare’. What good are muscles, what is the point of feeling strong and agile, and why work to improve one’s agility and strength, unless it is in order to dare? But the daring you inspire has nothing in common with the adventurer’s recklessness in staking everything on chance. Yours is a prudent, well-considered audacity. V. O Sport, you are Honour!The laurels you bestow have no value unless they have been won in absolute fairness and with perfect impartiality. He who, with some shameful trick, manages to deceive his fellow competitors feels guilt to his very core and lives in fear of the ignominious epithet which shall forever be attached to his name should his trickery be discovered. VI. O Sport, you are Joy! At your behest, flesh dances and eyes smile; blood races abundantly through the arteries. Thoughts stretch out on a brighter, clearer horizon. To the sorrowful you can even bring salutary diversion from their distress, whilst the happy you enable fully to savour their joie de vivre. VII. O Sport, you are Fecundity! You strive directly and nobly towards perfection of the race, destroying unhealthy seed and correcting the flaws which threaten its essential purity. And you fill the athlete with a desire to see his sons grow up agile and strong around him to take his place in the arena and, in their turn, carry off the most glorious trophies. VIII. O Sport, you are Progress! To serve you, a man must improve himself both physically and spiritually. You force him to abide by a greater discipline; you demand that he avoid all excess. You teach him wise rules which allow him to exert himself with the maximum of intensity without compromising his good health. IX. O Sport, you are Peace! You promote happy relations between peoples, bringing them together in their shared devotion to a strength which is controlled, organized and self-disciplined. From you, the young worldwide learn self-respect, and thus the diversity of national qualities becomes the source of a generous and friendly rivalry. *Awarded a prize in the sports literature competition in the V Olympiad Stockholm 1912. ** Pierre de Coubertin pseudonym. 这是顾拜旦的，经典的。觉得你们可以开始时一人一段，最后两段就合着一起朗诵。 可以试试在后面配个《出埃及记》的背景音乐。

下雨常给人们带来乐趣，下雨时，可以看雨点(rain drop)，雨过天晴后有时能看见天上的彩虹(rainbow)。可是如果降雨量(rainfall)太大，却会造成水灾(floods)，今年夏天中国南方许多地方就遭受了百年不遇(once-in-a-century)的特大洪灾，许多人都投入了抗洪斗争（flood-fighting)。不过适量的雨水是有利于植物生长的，热带雨林(tropical rain forest)里就生长着各类植物。英语中还有许多与雨有关的习语，你可不能不知道：rain cats and dogs 倾盆大雨It never rains but it pours.祸不单行save something for a rainy day 早作准备，以防不时之需rain or shine 不管天气好坏

oh,it is a rainning day,I see some birds hidding under a tree,will they be waiting the rain to stop?well,it is hard to say.but,I think if i get a pair of wing,i will fly to meet the drips and circle the sky before i couldn't fly anymore,that moment of wildness just will liberate my whole sight of this world.不想翻译，因为有些东西有时候汉语表达更好，有些时候却是英语。