【急!翻译!在线等!Theweatherhasalwaysbeen.Theweatherhasalwaysbeenmuchtalkedaboutinourdailylife.Butbadweatherissometimeshardtostop,nomatterwhoheis–richorpoor,youngoroldineverypartoftheworld.Maybethatis】

　　急!翻译!在线等!Theweatherhasalwaysbeen.

　　Theweatherhasalwaysbeenmuchtalkedaboutinourdailylife.Butbadweatherissometimeshardtostop,nomatterwhoheis–richorpoor,youngoroldineverypartoftheworld.Maybethatiswhytherearesomanyexpressionsabouttheweather,especiallyaboutrain.

　　Sometimes,whenyouneedrain,youdonotgetany.Othertimes,yougetrainwhenyoudon’twantit.Takeafootballgameforexample.Asuddenheavyraincanstopawonderfulgame,makingtheplayersandthe20,000personswatchingthegamerunforcover.

　　Ifthegamecannotgoon,peoplewhohaveboughttheticketsaregiven“rainchecks”.Thesearespecialticketsthatwillletthemwatchalatergameforfree.

　　“RainCheck”nowmeansasecondchanceatsomething.Often,araincheckhasnothingtodowithrain.

　　Shopsmaygiveyoua“raincheck”whentheysellsomethingalloutaTVset,forexampleataspeciallowprice.AfteralltheTVsetsaregone,theshopgivesraincheckstothosewhowantedtobuyone.TheraincheckletsapersonhaveanotherchancetobuytheTVsetlater,atthesamelowprice,aftertheshopreceivessomemorefromthefactory.

　　“RainCheck”isalsousedinourdailylife.It’sawayofacceptinginvitation,butforalatertime.

　　Youmayaskfora“raincheck”ifyouareaskedtoafriend’shousefordinner,butcan’tbethere.Yousay,“Iwouldlovetojoinyoufordinner,butI’mbusy.CouldIhavearaincheck?”Youareasking,inotherwords,ifyoucouldjoinyourfriendfordinneratanothertime.