美語情景對話 第188期:季節 Seasons

Todd: My favorite time of year is autumn, or fall. I like the fall season because I think that's when the weather's the best. It's not too hot. It's not too cold. It's just nice and cool all the time. Also, usually it doesn't rain that much in autumn. The trees also are really, really beautiful in the fall. I love the change in colors when the leaves turn from green to brown, and orange and yellow and I think it's also really pretty to see the leaves on the ground. Also, I really like fall because I'm a big baseball fan and in the fall we have the baseball playoffs and it's the start of the basketball season and the football season, so it's a good time for me to watch sports on TV. Lastly, I like autumn because my birthday is in October, and um, October 2nd, and Halloween is in October and Thanksgiving is in November and these are all my, these are my three days throughout the year.

託德：一年中我喜歡的季節就是秋天。我喜歡秋天的原因是，我認爲那是天氣最好的時候。不會太熱，也不會太冷。這個季節的天氣是舒適又涼爽的。而且，秋季不太常下雨。秋天的樹木非常非常漂亮。我喜歡樹木顏色的變化，樹葉會從綠色變成棕色，或是變成桔色或黃色，我認爲掉落在地上的樹葉看上去也很美。我喜歡秋天的另一個原因是，我是鐵桿棒球迷，秋天是棒球的季後賽時間，也是籃球和橄欖球賽季開始的時間，所以這是我在電視上看比賽的絕佳時機。我喜歡秋天還因爲我的生日在十月，嗯，10月2日，萬聖節也在10月，11月還有感恩節，這是我一年中最喜歡的三天。

重點講解：
1. all the time
一直；始終；
eg. We can't be together all the time.
我們不能始終在一起。
eg. I get the two of them mixed up all the time, they're so similar.
我一直把他們倆弄混，他倆太像了。
2. playoff
（常規賽季之後的）季後賽；
eg. The winner will face the Oakland A's in the playoffs this weekend.
獲勝者將在本週末的季後賽中對陣奧克蘭運動者隊。
eg. I know this gonna be a tough game, they got motivation and want to be in playoff.
我知道這會是一場艱苦的比賽，對手有動力，他們想進季後賽。
3. it's time for sb. to do sth.
做某事的合適時候；
eg. It was time for him to go to work.
他該去上班了。
eg. The holidays will be a good time for him to catch up with the others.
假期將是他補習功課的好機會。