淹到半個輪胎高
Lisa and David are chatting at work the day after a thunderstorm.
麗莎和大衛在雷雨過後的工作日聊天。
Lisa: Hey, did you hear that thunderstorm last night?
麗莎：哎呀，你昨晚有聽到雷雨的聲音嗎？
David: Oh, yeah! It was quite something. The thunder was so loud, and the rain was pouring down like crazy.
大衛：喔，有啊！真的很可怕。雷聲好大，雨下得超級猛。
pour down倒下like crazy發瘋似的、拼命地、飛快地
Lisa: Tell me about it! I couldn’t sleep a wink. The lightning flashes were so intense, lighting up the whole sky.
麗莎：就是說啊！我整晚都睡不好。閃電好猛烈，整個天空都亮起來。
not sleep a wink沒闔眼、一刻也沒睡=not get a wink of sleepflash(n.)閃光intense(adj.)極度的、強烈的
David: I know, right? It was like a scene from a movie.
大衛：可不是嗎？就像電影畫面一樣。
Lisa: I heard Kaohsiung had water flooding up to half a tire high. Can you believe that?
麗莎：我聽說高雄淹水到半個輪胎高。你相信嗎？
flood(v.)(使)淹沒、(使)充滿水
David: Yeah, it’s unbelievable. I saw it on the news this morning. The storm caused a real mess.
大衛：是啊，真是難以置信。我今早在新聞上看到了。雷雨真是把情況搞得一團糟。
mess(n.)混亂、一團糟
Lisa: Absolutely. And get this, those intense thunderstorms like last night only happen less than ten days a year. Can you imagine?
麗莎：沒錯。還有，像昨晚那樣劇烈的雷雨一年只發生不到十天。你能想像嗎？
David: Really? That’s a bit surprising. I wonder what makes them so rare.
大衛：真的嗎？有點驚訝。我想知道是什麼原因讓它們這麼少見。
rare(adj.)罕見的
Lisa: Well, according to the experts, it’s a combination of factors like weak wind, low pressure, and high-altitude heat energy. It’s like the perfect recipe for a powerful thunderstorm.
麗莎：嗯，根據專家說法，是風向微弱、低氣壓和高空熱能等多種因素結合在一起，造成了強烈的雷雨。
combination(n.)結合be a recipe for～的原因、源頭be a recipe for disaster災難的禍因be a recipe for success成功的訣竅
David: Wow, that’s fascinating. I wish we had better forecasts to prepare ourselves for this kind of weather.
大衛：哇，真的很有趣。我希望我們能有更好的天氣預報，這樣可以提前做好準備。
forecast(n.)預報、預測
Lisa: Totally! It would be so helpful. But hey, at least the experts mentioned that the conditions usually calm down after midnight, and the rain slows down.
麗莎：完全同意！那會非常有幫助。不過，嘿，至少專家們提到，午夜後通常情況會平靜下來，雨勢也會減小。
condition(n.)(天氣)條件calm down平靜下來、冷靜
David: Thank goodness for that. I hope we won’t have another restless night like last night.
大衛：感謝老天。希望我們不會再有像昨晚那樣難以入眠的夜晚了。
restless(adj.)坐立不安的、焦躁的