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Li: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Li. 我现在正在录音室里等着Jen, 她就在外面，不过她好像心情特别不好，怒气冲天。对了，借这个机会我教你一个和天气有关的成语，怎么样？ Jen is looking really angry. Have a listen… Jen: (Screaming and shouting) Li: She has a face like thunder. If you have a face like thunder, it means that you are very very angry indeed. 火冒三丈。Jen definitely seems angry! Jen: (In the background) It's so unfair. When things go wrong for me, they always go badly wrong. It never rains but it pours! Li: There's another weather idiom. Did you hear it? Jen said "it never rains but it pours." 汉语里有句话叫祸不单行，谁摊上这种事都不会高兴的。I wonder what Jen's problem is? Oh, here she comes! Jen: Hi Li. Sorry I'm late. I'm so upset. The boss said that I would get a promotion if I finished all of my work by midday. I finished everything by 12 o'clock and now the boss is ignoring my emails about the promotion and won't talk to me. Li: I think you're just chasing rainbows, Jen. 你竟是想好事儿，那明明是不可能的吗！在汉语里我们说这是追逐彩虹，痴人说梦！ Jen: So you don't think I'll get a promotion? Li: I don't think so, I'm afraid. I think the boss was probably just trying to get you to finish your work more quickly. | 
