美語情景對話 第662期:Canadian Winter 加拿大的冬天

Adrienne: So, Lisa, you're from Montreal. I think when I think of Canada, I think of cold. Is it very cold in Montreal?

埃德里安娜：莉莎，你來自蒙特利爾。一提到加拿大我就想到寒冷。蒙特利爾也很冷嗎？

Lisa: In the wintertime, Montreal gets very cold. With the wind chill factor, which is the scale to measure how cold the wind is, literally, it can get down to minus 25 degrees celsius at night.

莉莎：蒙特利爾的冬天特別冷。要說衡量冷風的風寒因素的程度，基本上晚上的溫度可以降至零下25攝氏度。

Adrienne: Wow!

埃德里安娜：哇！

Lisa: Yes, but it's different than a lot of other countries that only go down to zero because in Montreal you dress warmly, whereas in places like New York or Tokyo or London, maybe you don't dress as warmly cause the temperature doesn't go down as low, but in Montreal in the wintertime, you're wearing hats, you're wearing mitts, you're wearing winter boots.

莉莎：對，與其他國家溫度只降到零度不同，在蒙特利爾通常會穿得很暖和，可是像紐約、東京和倫敦這樣的地方，可能你不會穿得那麼暖和，因爲溫度不會降得太低，不過蒙特利爾的冬天一定要戴帽子和手套、穿冬靴。

Adrienne: So what can you do in the winter? Just stay inside all the time?

埃德里安娜：那冬天能做什麼？就一直呆在房子裏嗎？

Lisa: Surprisingly, even though it's so cold, there's a lot to do in Montreal in the wintertime. Some great activities are you can go for a sleigh ride in old Montreal. Old Montreal is probably about five or six hundred years old, from around the time that the city was founded, and they have horse drawn sleigh rides. There are outdoor skating.rinks, that you can go skating. It's very romantic. You can drive forty-five minutes away and go skiing and go ice-skating or stay in little auberge, little lodges, on the ski hills or close to the ski hills. It's actually really nice and lends itself to a very cozy winter cause it's so cold outside and yet you can get nice and warm by the fire inside.

莉莎：令人驚訝的是，雖然冬天非常冷，但是蒙特利爾的冬季有很多可以做的事情。有很多不錯的活動可以選擇，比如你可以去蒙特利爾老城區玩雪橇。蒙特利爾老城區可能有五六百年的歷史了，在這座城市建成時還有馬拉雪橇。蒙特利爾有很多室外溜冰場，你可以去滑冰。我覺得這非常浪漫。你還可以開四五十分鐘的車去滑雪或是滑冰，可以住在滑雪場附近的小旅館裏。感覺真的非常好，而且可以度過一個舒適的冬天，因爲雖然外面很冷，但是室內生火以後又舒服又溫暖。

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重點講解：
1. think of 想起；想到；
例句：Every once in a trance when will recall the circumstances of the past, seems to think of the joy of sadness.
每一次發呆的時候，都會想起昔日的情節，想到歡樂中隱隱的哀傷。
2. go down （價格、水平或數量）下降，下跌；
例句：Average life expectancy went down from about 70 to 67.
平均預期壽命從70歲左右降到了67歲。
3. all the time 一直；始終；
例句：Then the scales fell from my eyes: he had been lying all the time.
我恍然大悟: 他一直在撒謊。
4. even though 即使；儘管；縱然；
例句：Even though I take medicine, I feel worse than I do yesterday.
雖然吃了藥，卻好像比昨天更嚴重。