原文: Rainy Britain -- Severe June Weather

Britain is famous around the world for its rainy weather, but many parts of the country this June are experiencing much more rain than they have ever seen before.

Torrential downpours have caused rivers to burst their banks, roads have been closed and many people have been evacuated from their homes because of the floods.

The worst hit area seems to be the north of England. There have even been fatalities as people got stuck in the rain or were washed away by the floodwaters.

Flood warnings have been issued in many parts of the UK and it is said that over a month's worth of rain has fallen in just the last couple of days.

The rain has also caused chaos at some of Britain's famous June events. The Glastonbury festival is a four-day-long outdoor music festival and while it is traditionally quite rainy and muddy there, this year was particularly bad.

Everyone was wearing wellies and there have been many pictures in the newspapers of people covered from head to toe in mud. It rained throughout the festival and with more than 170,000 revellers walking around and camping on the grounds, it didn't take long for the site to turn into a mud bath.

June also sees the start of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. The start of play on the first day was delayed by half an hour or so because of the rain and had to be halted again mid-afternoon for a couple of hours. There are no floods in the London region though, just frequent showers.

So while the British would like to have glorious sunshine during the summer months, the rain continues to fall in most areas. People in Britain are used to having unpredictable weather – cold rainy summer days and warmer winter months. However this amount of rain and devastation is even more unexpected.

People can only hope that the rain will stop soon and the sun will come out, so they can eventually start to enjoy a nicer summer.

译文: 阴雨英国 -- 严峻的六月天

    英国以其阴雨天气闻名于世，但是这个六月，这个国家的许多地区得到了比以往更多的雨水“滋润”。

    倾盆大雨导致了河流决堤，道路封锁，许多人因为洪水的关系被迫疏散，离开家园。

    受灾最重的地区似乎是英格兰的南部了。这里发生了死亡事故 – 人们或是被大雨所困，或是被洪水冲走。

    英国大部分地区都发布了洪灾警告。据说，过去几天所下的雨已经是一个多月的降雨量了。

    大雨也给英国六月的一些重大事件带来了混乱。格拉斯顿伯里音乐节是一个维期四天的户外音乐节。虽然这时候总是下雨，地面也泥泞不堪，但是今年却是特别的糟糕。

    每个人都穿着惠灵顿长靴，而报上很多照片里的人，从头到脚都像裹着泥似的。整个音乐节都在下雨，有了17多万爱凑热闹的人的走动扎营，没多久，那地方就变成泥浴场了。

    温布尔登网球锦标赛也在六月开赛。比赛第一天的时候就因为大雨被拖延了半小时左右，午后又被停顿了几个小时。尽管伦敦地区没有洪水，但是经常性下阵雨。

    在夏季的月份里，英国人期待着灿烂的阳光，然而大部分地区却是阴雨不断。他们已经习惯了这难预测的天气 – 夏日阴雨绵绵，还冷飕飕的；冬日倒是比较温暖些。然而这么大量的降雨和毁灭性的破坏却是太出人意料了。