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181.Adjusting to Rain
It was quitting time and still raining cats and dogs!
下班时间到了，可还在下倾盆大雨！
How were they supposed to hold the rally now? Mark racked his brains for what to do!
现在他们该怎样举行这次集会呢？马克绞尽脑汁在想办法！
He could put a rain check on the event! No, that wouldn't work!
他可以宣布下次再邀请大家参加这个活动！不，这不行！
They had worked so hard to rally people around this event that they would never be able to gain the same momentum.
他们费了那么大的劲才把大家聚到一起，以后不会再有那么大的动力了。
And if their effort failed because of a cancelled event, historians raking over the ashes of what had happened would mark it as the turning point!
如果因为活动取消使他们的努力失败，那些喜欢旧事重提的历史学家们 将把它看成是一个转折点！
They had to stay the course as they had planned, come rain or shine!
无论晴雨，他们得按原计划贯彻始终！
And so he walked outside. It was raining down hard! No one would show up! Dam!
就这样他走到了外面。雨下得正大！不会有人来了！该死的！
When Mark arrived, no one was present! Then a woman ran out to direct him to a building!
马克到的时候，别人都没有来！这时一个女人跑出来，指示他去一座大楼！
When he walked into a large room he raised his eyebrows-it was packed with people!
走进一间大屋子，马克不禁竖起了眉毛--那里挤满了人！
Everyone was there! The event wouldn't be rained out after all because someone else had moved the location!
大家都在那里!这次活动不会因雨中断，因为有人把场地给换了！
And he knew who must have directed the change! When he saw Elizabeth he raised his hat to her! But she just smiled and pointed to Alex!
马克知道是谁那样干的！看到伊丽莎白，他向她表示了敬意！而她只是笑着指了指亚历克斯！
Alex? He ranked among the most idiotic of the people focused only on raising money in the organization!
亚历克斯？他可是属于最白痴的那种人，只会在组织里干点筹款的事儿。
Oh, well, Mark was happy for the help! As he slowly ranged from one person to the other in search of Alex he almost laughed-it was a weird twist of fate!
啊，对了，马克为这次帮忙感到髙兴！当他在人群中挨个儿慢慢寻找亚历克斯时，他几乎笑了起来--命运真会捉弄人！
Alex was also the son of the businessman they were campaigning against!
亚历克斯也是那个正遭到他们声讨的商人的儿子！
That made Mark feel great, and he knew that whether it was raining in buckets or not, they were going to raise the roof tonight!
这使马克感觉很好，他知道无论外面是否在下倾盆大雨，今天晚上他们肯定会好好庆祝一番！
