出差到曼谷，正是泰国的雨季，气温高不说，空气还非常湿。据当地的老师说，一天差不多有两场雨是必下的，一场在下午的四五点钟，一场在半夜。
        我们抵达曼谷的时候，正是午夜，刚离开机场就下起了雨。随后的一周，我们也见识了这一天两场雨。
        有意思的是，这里的雨下起来一阵一阵的，而且是一片一片地下。方才还烈日当头，不知什么时候雨就下来了；刚刚这里在下雨，你坐上车往前跑一段，那里就没有雨。就好像是随便什么人觉得忍受不了骄阳的暴晒，就从天上扯下一朵云，放在自己的头顶上下一阵雨凉快凉快，云朵里的水分下完了也就完了。
        因此，曼谷人对于下雨不像我们（住在北京的人）那样，每天出门要关心天气预报，若说有雨必得戴上伞准备着；若被雨淋了也一定是不能轻视的事。据我自己的观察，曼谷人身上备伞的并不多。雨大了，就在附近找个地方躲躲，反正知道不一会儿雨就会停；雨小了，不至于淋出狼狈相，就继续行路。每个人都很坦然，遇到别人"扯"来的荫凉和甘霖，大家也都乐得享受。
        面对人生中的风风雨雨，我们也能这样安逸享受，该是多惬意的事。

When I went to Bangkok on business, it happened to be its rain season. It was very hot and humid. According to the local people, there were bound to be two rounds of rains every day, one in the late afternoon, the other in the midnight.
We came across a midnight rain when we arrived at Bangkok. And during the following week, we lived together with the two rounds of rains every day.
Rains there poured down in showers. It could be sunny now and rainy then. It could be rainy here and sunny miles away. It's as if when you couldn't bear the burning sun, you could draw a sheet of cloud and call for a shower to get a cool moment.
So Bangkokers do not worry about rains as much as Beijingers. They seldom watch weather forecast before going out or take an umbrella in case it rains. If it rains heavily, they will find a shelter nearby to wait till it stops，for it seldom rains long. Everybody seems at ease with the rain and enjoys it when it comes.
If we could face the rainy days in our lives so much at ease, what an enjoyable thing it is!

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• midnight [´midnait]   n.午夜；漆黑   (初中英语单词)
• shower [´ʃauə]   n.展出者；阵雨；淋浴   (初中英语单词)
• umbrella [ʌm´brelə]   n.伞   (高中英语单词)
• forecast [´fɔ:kɑ:st]   vt.&n.预测；预报   (英语六级单词)