【英语趣味课堂】天气情况-The Weather

 Todd: Hey, Marika!

 

Marika: Hey!

 

Todd: How you doing?

 

Marika: I'm OK. How are you?

 

Todd: Good. Marika do you like summer?

 

Marika: No, I don't like summer it's my least favorite summer.

 

Todd: Wow, why?

 

Marika: Because I don't like hot weather. I don't like being hot and sweaty and uncomfortable.

 

Todd: OK. Well, it's pretty hot in Japan so you must not like summer here.

 

Marika: No, I don't.

 

Todd: Is it hot in summer where you're from?

 

Marika: Yeah, it's pretty hot but usually we go away on the weekends to cottages and we go swimming in lakes and stuff¹.

 

Todd: Oh, that's nice. Where are you from by the way?

 

Marika: Canada.

 

Todd: So, what's your favorite season?

 

Marika: Winter or fall.

 

Todd: OK. Well, what do you do in the winter?

 

Marika: In the winter, activities you mean?

 

Todd: Yeah.

 

Marika: I go snowboarding and I go to onsens and I walk around and I enjoy the cold weather.

 

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sweaty or uncomfortable

 

I don't like being hot and sweaty and uncomfortable.

 

We are 'sweaty' when we are really hot or when we exercise.  Sweat is when water leaves your body through your skin.  When we don't feel right or normal we feel 'uncomfortable.' Being uncomfortable can mean we are physically² uncomfortable like too hot, too cold, sick, hungry or even emotionally³ uncomfortable like embarrassed⁴.  Notice the following:

 

I'm sweaty because I just finished running.

Is that chair uncomfortable?

go away

 

When it's hot, we usually go away on the weekends to relax.

 

When we take a trip or a vacation to a place we 'go away' there.  Notice the following:

 

You need to go away for a weekend.

We go away for a little vacation every March.

by the way

 

Where are you from, by the way?

 

We can use this phrase⁵ to add or ask for extra information that maybe is different than the subject we are talking about. Notice the following:

 

She wants to meet you, by the way.

By the way, where did you get that purse?

snowboarding

 

I go snowboarding in the winter.

 

'Snowboarding' is like skateboarding or surfing but on snow.  Both of your feet are attached⁶ to a board and you turn by shifting⁷ your weight to the front and back.  Notice the following:

 

My body hurts from snowboarding yesterday.

You have to try snowboarding this winter.

walk around

 

I walk around and enjoy the cold weather.

 

'Walking around' is walking without any destination.  It is for exercise and experience.  Notice the following:

 

We should walk around the lake after dinner.

She can spend hours walking around the mall and never buy anything.

 

 

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

3 emotionally   

adv.感情上，情绪上，冲动地

参考例句：

• a special school for emotionally disturbed children 为精神异常儿童开办的特殊学校
• A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse. 多种令人情绪紧张的事情都可能引起旧病复发。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 embarrassed   

adj.尴尬的，不好意思的

参考例句：

• He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
• He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。

5 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

6 attached   

附加的

参考例句：

• The lease entitles the holder to use the buildings and any land attached thereto.本租约持有人有权使用此建筑物以及所附属的土地。

7 shifting   

n.移位；转移，偏移；狡猾v.改变(shift的现在分词)adj.移动的；多变的；狡诈的

参考例句：

• It's impossible to prove him wrong because he keeps shifting his ground. 要证明他错是不可能的，因为他不断地改变立场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These tree belts effectively protect the farmland against shifting sand. 这些防护林带有效地保护了农田，使之免受流沙侵袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》