I sat at my office desk, contemplating the London rain outside, and hated the monkey on my back.

我坐在办公桌旁，凝视着窗外的伦敦雨，开始讨厌起背上的重担来。

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Irish rain and Icelandic ash had forced the 1,500-strong White House party to take refuge in London 12 hours early.

爱尔兰的雨，冰岛的灰迫使这个1,500多人的白宫队伍提前12个小时到了伦敦避难。

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In fact, it did not even rain in London on that day.

而事实上，伦敦那天连个雨点儿都没有。

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Following a second quarter that was the wettest on record, the Olympics period in central London brought slightly less rain than normal, a spokeswoman for the Met Office, the U.K. weather agency, said Sunday.

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Sure, there are the stunning photographs of Gabriella Wilde and Roo Panes by Mario Testino, London landmarks, fog, rain and all.

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Throughout most of its history, weather forecasting has been done by national governments, although, since any rain forecast for London incorporates data collected from as far away as Fiji, they have to co-operate.

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