大学英语：it’s raining again. As I lie awake in bed

1. it’s raining again. As I lie awake in bed, listening to the sound of those razor-sharp drops pounding on the pavement, my mind goes reeling down dark corridors teeming with agonizing flashbacks, and a chill from within fills me with dread. It’s raining, again.

又下雨了,我躺在床上,睡不着,听着雨点儿落在路面上啪啪作响.我思绪万千,恍恍惚惚进入了一条条幽暗的甬道,回想起许多痛苦的往事.心里一阵冰凉, 不禁感到毛骨悚然.是的,又在下雨了.

2.it does this every year in Southern California; at least that’s what they told me last year when I marveled at the relentless determination of the rain.

加利福尼亚南部,年年如此;去年,雨无情地下个不停.我表示惊异, 人们就是这样对我说的.

3. every child raised in the West knows about these dangers. At least that’s what I used to think. I’m not so sure anymore.

在西部长大的孩子都知道洪水的厉害.至少我过去是这样想的,现在就不敢说的.

4. Habits form, however, and, in a child’s mind, most of the time becomes all of the time, and nobody gives it much thought. Then the rains come.

然而孩子们习以为常,在他们心目中,”大部分时间”变成了”全部时间”,而谁也没有仔细去想这件事.后来就下起雨来了.