(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
Todd: So, Marion, what you do you think of the winter we are having?
托德：马丽恩，你怎么看我们正在经历的冬天？
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.
马丽恩：目前是冬季，天气非常冷，是吧？不过大部分时间都是阳光明媚的。至少天气很干燥，所以我很喜欢像今天这样的晴朗冬日。在外面的时候虽然一开始非常冷，但是因为有太阳，我们很快就会暖和起来的。
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.
托德：对，今天天气非常好，不过冬季并不是我最喜欢的季节。我希望冬天快点结束。不过春天马上就要到了，春天非常好。我喜欢春天，春天之后就是夏天。我也喜欢夏天。夏天是我最爱的季节。
Marion: Really? Even when it's really, really hot?
马丽恩：真的吗？即使夏天非常非常热？
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.
托德：哦，我喜欢！去年夏天真的非常非常热，所有人每天都在抱怨，说天气太热了，不过我很喜欢。越热越好。我认为那令人很放松，而且可以让我平静下来。我在非常热的天气里会感到平静和放松。
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.
马丽恩：我也很喜欢炎热的天气，不过你刚才谈到的夏天，就是去年夏天，我不得不每天早上去坐非常拥挤的火车，而拥挤的火车里真的非常非常热，而且让人感觉很恶心，要和满身是汗的人挤来挤去，因为这个理由，我很不喜欢去年夏天。
Todd: Well, what's your favorite season?
托德：嗯，那你最喜欢的季节是什么？
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?
马丽恩：啊，秋天是我最爱的季节，我想是因为每个秋天都是开学的时候。这让人感觉是一年中的新的开始，对我来说，相比于1月份，秋天才是新的开始。我感觉九月是作出改变的最好时机，也是开始新事物的最好时机，而且树木也很漂亮，天气温和又怡人。你呢？你最喜欢的季节是什么？
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.
托德：嗯，可能是夏天到秋天之间的那个阶段，你刚刚说的我很赞同。秋天是非常棒的季节，树木很漂亮，是适合外出的好时节。秋天很少下雨，我讨厌下雨，还有，我的生日在十月，而且有趣的节日万圣节也在秋天。
Marion: Right, that's good.
马丽恩：没错，那真好。
重点讲解
重点讲解：
1. even though
即使；尽管；纵然；
eg. Even though he said he was not frightened at all, the nervous look on his face told on him.
即使他说他一点也不害怕，可是他脸上紧张的表情泄了他的底。
eg. Even though I'm quite a reserved person, I like meeting people.
我虽然性格极为内敛，但喜欢和人接触。
2. at first
最初；起初；开始时；
eg. Nothing unusual happened at first.
起初并无特殊事情发生。
eg. At first progress was slow.
开始时进展比较缓慢。
3. warm up
加热；使暖和；变暖和；
eg. The consensus amongst the world's scientists is that the world is likely to warm up over the next few decades.
世界各国科学家一致认为在未来几十年里地球有可能变暖。
eg. The fireplace will warm up the cold room.
壁炉将使寒冷的屋子暖和起来。
4. calm down
（使）平静下来；（使）镇定下来；
eg. Learning when and how to calm down can be very useful for people of any age.
学会何时及怎么使自己能够冷静下来对于正在发怒的人来说非常有用。
eg. Anyhow, let's calm down and try to figure things out.
无论如何，我们先静下心来把事情弄清楚。
5. pile in
挤入；挤进；
eg. The driver told us to pile in.
司机叫我们挤进去。
eg. Rui Faria wrestles him to the floor, and stewards and players pile in to restore order.
路易.法里亚把这个球迷摔倒在地上，然后工作人员和球员纷纷挤进来恢复秩序。
