情景英语口语100主题 082the seasons季节

082 the seasons

Words
Spring summer autumn/fall winter hot warm cold mild freezing temperature rain snow winter sports water sports outdoor indoor summer holiday weather windy cool boiling changeable constant fair

Phrase
Enjoy summer weather
Do winter sports
Prefer to be outdoors
Wear winter clothes
Have freezing weather
Take a summer holiday

Beginner
A: what do you do in summer?
B: I love going out into the countryside for walks or bike ride. I love being out in the fresh summer air. How about you?
A: I don’t often go for walks, but I either play sports outside-you know, tennis or badminton-or just sit in the sunshine and read a good book.
B; what do you do in winter?
A; well, I play sports indoors¹ quite often. If I’m feeling lazy, I just watch a film at home. I prefer summer to winter.
B; I think most people do. I like wearing nice, colorful clothes in summer-you know, a nice dress or skirt. It’s too cold for those kinds of clothes in winter.
A; yes. I like wearing shorts in summer. My legs would freeze!
B: do you think we’ll have a nice summer this year?
A; thanks to global warming, it could be hotter than ever!

Intermediate²
A: what are the seasons like in your city?
B: summers is hot and usually lasts a long time. Winters are short, but cold, wet, and windy. I love the summers in my city, but I hate the wintertime.
A: does it ever rain in summer?
B: we usually get a big thunderstorm every two weeks, but apart from that, summers are dry. Thunderstorms make the air fresh again, so most people don’t mind then.
A: what are spring and autumn like?
B; I like spring because flowers bloom³ and trees grow leaves again. In spring, the weather is very changeable-sometimes cold, sometimes warm. It’s usually windy with some rain. Autumn is usually sunny and dry, but it’s gradually gets colder as winter arrives. What are the seasons like in you city?
A; well, I live in the southern hemisphere⁴, so our summertime is your wintertime, and vice⁵ versa. We get some rain in every season, but most is in winter. In winter, it sometimes gets cold, but our winters are usually quite mild. Summers are warm, but not hot. Spring and autumn are both very short-sometimes just a few weeks each. The weather is very changeable then-just like spring in your city.
B; do you usually go on a summer holiday?
A; no, I don’t. I go on a winter holiday instead. I go somewhere warm.
B: I usually go on holiday during the spring or the autumn. I try to go somewhere where the weather is more reliable than in my city.

1 indoors   

adv.(在)室内，(在)户内

参考例句：

• Because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.我们因天气寒冷呆在家里。
• It is very cold outside,you'd better come indoors across the board.外面很冷，你们所有人最好都进屋。

2 intermediate   

adj.中间的，居间的，中级的；n.中间体，媒介物

参考例句：

• This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
• Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。

3 bloom   

n.花，花期；vi.开花；容光焕发，显露出健康

参考例句：

• The park is a picture when flowers are in bloom.当鲜花盛开时，这个公园的景色美极了。
• The flowers in the garden are now in full bloom.花园里的花盛开。

4 hemisphere   

n.半球，半球地图

参考例句：

• This animal is to be found only in the Southern Hemisphere.这种动物只有在南半球才能找到。
• In most people,the left hemisphere is bigger than the right.多数人的左脑比右脑大。

5 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。