The bad weather continued Tuesday, with lightning and hail delaying rescue efforts and turning the skies a bleak gray that mirrored the collective mood.

恶劣的天气持续到了周二，雷电和冰雹导致救援行动被拖延，天空和人们的心情一样呈现出阴郁的灰色。

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Today's weather poor gray. And my mood, such as yesterday's low temperature and low pressure as continuous.

今天的天气很差，灰蒙蒙的。而我的心情，如昨天一样持续低温兼低压。

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I used to be in blue mood and gray weather a lot. And I now understand those were just days plainly wasted away, after having seen many parts of the world and changed many employers.

过去太多沉浮于忧郁和灰暗的心情气候中，现在明白过来，在逛了世界许多地方和换了许多次老板之后，那些日子纯粹是被浪费掉了。

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During the last few decades a significant amount of research has been conducted into the relationship between mood and weather, scientists looking for a link between atmospheric condition and personal disposition.

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This goes back to Step 1 (take full responsibility for your life), where we judged the employer to be too demanding (and therefore responsible for our lack of motivation), the children to be unthankful (and therefore responsible for our frustration), the weather to be unpredictable (and therefore responsible for our mood swings) etc.etc, you fill the gaps.

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Though I suspect that both the weather and the book contributed to your negative mood, if I had to guess I'd vote for the book as having the larger impact.

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