英语访谈对话 76 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 being¹ 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 cottages² and we go swimming in lakes and stuff³.

　　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.

1 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

2 cottages   

n.小屋，村舍( cottage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Love lives in cottages as well as in courts. 爱情不分贫富。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• All deposits for holiday cottages are refundable. 度假别墅的抵押金可全数退还。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。