Dialogues /monologues:
I am passionate about English, and the challenge of expressing English fluently and swimmingly with
foreigners was the principal motivation.
1 、…… having been brought up in the countryside.

2 、T hose mighty winds pulled in a band of cloud and some patchy rain through the small hours, and into the
first part of the morning.

我的翻译是：那些强劲的大风卷起一层云彩，还有些零星的小雨下了好一会，一直持续到清晨。
不知道准确否？请高手赐教。
3 、c learer skies and much light winds allowed temperatures to drop well into single figures resulting in a touch
of grand frost in some rural areas.

清凉的天空和微风让温度值降到了个位数,使得很多乡村地区出现了霜.

4 、 The early sunshine giving away to a bit more clouds.
give away：让步。
太阳被一小片云层遮住了。

5 、 There was something of a drier interlude before an active weather system moved in from the west.

6 、 Some of the more exposed locations saw sustained winds of 40mph with gusts of 58mph .