A I hope your wife likes cold weather.

A 我希望你的妻子喜歡冷天氣。

B I know January and February are really cold months.

B 我知道一月和二月是非常寒冷的月份。

A Yes, very cold indeed!

A 是的，的確非常冷！

B But we live in Canada. It’s usually freezing there in January and February.

B 但是我們住在加拿大。那里的一月和二月通常也非常寒冷。

A Then she’s used to cold winters.

A 那么她就習慣寒冷的冬天了。

B Yes. And she prefers cold weather to hot. The air is clearer.

B 是的。而且跟熱天比起來她更喜歡冷天。冷天的空氣更新鮮。

Notes 注釋

1 To talk about cold weather, you can talk about: cold weather / cold weather, cold months / cold months, / cold winters / cold winters. You can say more: very cold indeed / very cold indeed, or: it’s usually freezing / it’s usually freezing.

要談論寒冷的天氣，你可以談論：cold weather /冷天氣，cold months /寒冷的月份，cold winters /寒冷的冬天。你還可以說得更多：very cold indeed /的確非常寒冷，或者it’s usually freezing /通常很寒冷。

2 The winter months are the coldest: January and February / January and February / January and February are really cold months. / January and February are really cold months.

冬天的幾個月是最冷的： January and February /一月和二月。January and February are really cold months. /一月和二月是非常寒冷的月份。

Key phrases and sentences

I hope your wife likes cold weather.

I know January and February are really cold months.

Yes, very cold indeed!

But we live in Canada. It’s usually freezing there in January and February.

Then she’s used to cold winters.

Yes. And she prefers cold weather to hot. The air is clearer.

重要的短語和句子

我希望你的妻子喜歡冷天氣。

我知道一月和二月是非常寒冷的月份。

是的，的確非常冷！

但是我們住在加拿大。那里的一月和二月通常也非常寒冷。

那么她就習慣寒冷的冬天了。

是的。而且跟熱天比起來她更喜歡冷天。冷天的空氣更新鮮。

（實習編輯：于曉偉）