Vocabulary

Downpour (noun) - a lot of rain in a short time: mưa như trút nước
Cloudburst (noun) - a sudden heavy fall of rain: mưa lớn đột ngột
To daydream (verb) - to spend time thinking pleasant thoughts about something you would
prefer to be doing or something you would like to achieve in the future: mơ mộng
Infamous (adj.) - famous for something considered bad: nổi tiếng vì một điều xấu
Spectrum (noun) - a range of different positions, opinions, etc. between two extreme points:
phạm vi
Torrential (adj.) - used to refer to very heavy rain: xối xả
Water cycle (noun) - the way that water is taken up from the sea, rivers, soil, etc. and then
comes back down as rain or snow: vòng tuần hoàn của nước
Drizzle (noun) - rain in very small, light drops: mưa phùn
Precipitation (noun) - water that falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially as rain or
snow: mưa, mưa tuyết
To spit (verb) - to rain very slightly: mưa lún phún
To flood (verb) - to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way that causes
problems: ngập lụt
Depression (noun) - part of a surface that is slightly lower than the rest: chỗ lún, lõm
Drainage (noun) - the system of water or waste liquids flowing away from somewhere into the
ground or downpipes: sự rút nước
Thrilled( adj): rùng mình
Required(adj): bắt buộc

Questions and answers

M: Do you like rainy days?

R: Well, when I'm not caught up in them - yes. It's very calming, isn't it? To sit and watch the
downpour from the comfort of your own warm apartment. On the other hand, if I'm outside,
then I'm less than thrilled about it, especially if it's like a cloudburst or a storm.

M: Roro. So for the purposes of this episode, I'm gonna call Rory Roro.

R: And for the purposes of the episode, I'm going to ignore it.

M: What do you do on rainy days?

R: What most people do, I suppose. Stay in and give thanks that I'm not out in it, or curse the
fact that I have to go out in it if that's what's required. I'm pretty sure there are many people
like me or many people are like me, and they stare out the window and just daydream.

M: Does it rain much in your country?

R: Well, I think Scotland and Britain, in general, are pretty much infamous at this point for wet
weather. Although, when I think about it, I'm pretty sure that Scotland and Russia are quite
comparable in terms of weather, though it hits the more extreme ends of the spectrum in
Russia, doesn't it? In Scotland, many places are quite high up or near the sea, and that means
they're generally wetter. Especially during the autumn or the winter periods. Though it's not
unknown to have torrential rain after a few days of sunshine and summer. But that's just the
water cycle, isn't it?

M: Is there any part of your country when it doesn't rain much?

R: Honestly, I don't think there's a square inch of open ground untouched by at least a small
drizzle at this point. Well, like I say, at least nowhere outside. Maybe in the highest peaks,
there's less precipitation, but that's because everything is frozen.

M: Roro, does rain ever affect transportation in your hometown?

R: Well, it's just spitting which is usually the case. But during torrential rain, it can flood the sort
of... There's like a small depression in the roadway where it meets the bridge in our local area.
And that floods. That's very specific though. Most of the time there aren't serious issues,
because we have quite good drainage systems.