美語情景對話 第372期:Seasons 季節
Todd: So, Marion, what you do you think of the winter we are having?
託德：馬麗恩，你怎麼看我們正在經歷的冬天？Marion: The winter at the moment, it's very cold, isn't it, but most of the time it's quite sunny as well. It's dry at least, so I quite like winter days that are sunny like today. I was outside and even though at first it seems quite cold, afterwards, with the sun we kind of warmed up very quickly.
馬麗恩：目前是冬季，天氣非常冷，是吧？不過大部分時間都是陽光明媚的。至少天氣很乾燥，所以我很喜歡像今天這樣的晴朗冬日。在外面的時候雖然一開始非常冷，但是因爲有太陽，我們很快就會暖和起來的。Todd: Yeah, it was nice today, but winter is not my favorite season. No, I want winter to be over very quickly. But soon spring will be here and spring is good. I like spring, and then summer. I love summer. Summer is my favorite season.
託德：對，今天天氣非常好，不過冬季並不是我最喜歡的季節。我希望冬天快點結束。不過春天馬上就要到了，春天非常好。我喜歡春天，春天之後就是夏天。我也喜歡夏天。夏天是我最愛的季節。
Marion: Really? Even when it's really, really hot?
馬麗恩：真的嗎？即使夏天非常非常熱？Todd: Oh, I love it! Last year, it was really, really hot and everybody, every day would complain, and say it was so hot, but I loved it. The hotter the better. I think it's very relaxing and it calms me down actually. I feel calm and very relaxed in very hot weather.
託德：哦，我喜歡！去年夏天真的非常非常熱，所有人每天都在抱怨，說天氣太熱了，不過我很喜歡。越熱越好。我認爲那令人很放鬆，而且可以讓我平靜下來。我在非常熱的天氣裏會感到平靜和放鬆。Marion: I quite like hot weather as well, but last summer, the summer you are talking about, I had to go on a very crowded train every morning, so when you have a crowded train, and it's very, very hot, it ends up being quite disgusting, piled in against all these sweaty people, so I didn't like last summer for that reason.
馬麗恩：我也很喜歡炎熱的天氣，不過你剛纔談到的夏天，就是去年夏天，我不得不每天早上去坐非常擁擠的火車，而擁擠的火車裏真的非常非常熱，而且讓人感覺很噁心，要和滿身是汗的人擠來擠去，因爲這個理由，我很不喜歡去年夏天。Todd: Well, what's your favorite season?
託德：嗯，那你最喜歡的季節是什麼？Marion: Ah, autumn is my favorite season, cause I think, because every autumn I start at school. It always feels like a new beginning, time of year, for me, more so than January. I feel like September is a good time to change things and a good time to start new things, and also the trees are beautiful and the weather is quite mild and nice. How about you? What's your favorite season?
馬麗恩：啊，秋天是我最愛的季節，我想是因爲每個秋天都是開學的時候。這讓人感覺是一年中的新的開始，對我來說，相比於1月份，秋天纔是新的開始。我感覺九月是作出改變的最好時機，也是開始新事物的最好時機，而且樹木也很漂亮，天氣溫和又怡人。你呢？你最喜歡的季節是什麼？Todd: Well, it's probably a tie between summer and fall, for what you just said, I agree. The fall has great weather, the trees are beautiful, it's a good time to be outside. It rarely rains, and I hate the rain and plus, my birthday is in October, and Halloween which is a fun holiday.
託德：嗯，可能是夏天到秋天之間的那個階段，你剛剛說的我很贊同。秋天是非常棒的季節，樹木很漂亮，是適合外出的好時節。秋天很少下雨，我討厭下雨，還有，我的生日在十月，而且有趣的節日萬聖節也在秋天。Marion: Right, that's good.
馬麗恩：沒錯，那真好。
重點講解：
1. even though
即使；儘管；縱然；
eg. Even though he said he was not frightened at all, the nervous look on his face told on him.
即使他說他一點也不害怕，可是他臉上緊張的表情泄了他的底。
eg. Even though I'm quite a reserved person, I like meeting people.
我雖然性格極爲內斂，但喜歡和人接觸。
2. at first
最初；起初；開始時；
eg. Nothing unusual happened at first.
起初並無特殊事情發生。
eg. At first progress was slow.
開始時進展比較緩慢。
3. warm up
加熱；使暖和；變暖和；
eg. The consensus amongst the world's scientists is that the world is likely to warm up over the next few decades.
世界各國科學家一致認爲在未來幾十年裏地球有可能變暖。
eg. The fireplace will warm up the cold room.
壁爐將使寒冷的屋子暖和起來。
4. calm down
（使）平靜下來；（使）鎮定下來；
eg. Learning when and how to calm down can be very useful for people of any age.
學會何時及怎麼使自己能夠冷靜下來對於正在發怒的人來說非常有用。
eg. Anyhow, let's calm down and try to figure things out.
無論如何，我們先靜下心來把事情弄清楚。
5. pile in
擠入；擠進；
eg. The driver told us to pile in.
司機叫我們擠進去。
eg. Rui Faria wrestles him to the floor, and stewards and players pile in to restore order.
路易.法里亞把這個球迷摔倒在地上，然後工作人員和球員紛紛擠進來恢復秩序。
