美語情景對話 第664期:Winter in Sweden 瑞典的冬天

Todd: OK, Peter, can you talk about your country, Sweden, and what is life like in Sweden in winter?

託德：彼得，你能談談你的祖國瑞典嗎？瑞典冬天的生活是怎樣的？

Peter: Swedish life in winter is really harsh, especially, it tends to get pretty cold, especially around December, January, that's when it's really cold. The temperature can actually drop down to twenty minus and so it's something you have to do, is that you always have to go and buy new clothes, new thick clothes in order to survive the winter.

彼得：冬天在瑞典生活很艱難，因爲瑞典的冬天特別冷，十二月和一月是最冷的時候。氣溫會下降至零下20度左右，所以必須要買新的厚衣服來度過冬天。

Todd: Wow, that sounds pretty crazy. So, in Sweden in winter, what kind of activities do you like to do? What do people do?

託德：哇，聽起來太瘋狂了。那瑞典的冬天有沒有你喜歡的活動？人們在冬天都做什麼？

Peter: Well, there are many things you can do, especially in wintertime in Sweden is either you go like sled. So in Sweden, in winter in Sweden, you can actually go sledding and also you can go ice-skating, and of course you can also go skiing up in the mountains, which is really popular among people right now, and also for the young people, you can actually go with a snowboard, but usually around Stockholm where I've been raised we tend to do very little things because the coldness actually, it's like an obstacle, because you can't do much really, mostly you sit home and study or you sit by your computer or you just hang around with friends celebrating Christmas.

彼得：嗯，有很多事可以做，冬天可以去瑞典玩雪橇。冬天在瑞典可以去滑雪橇，可以滑冰，當然你也可以去山上滑雪，現在滑雪是非常受歡迎的休閒活動，年輕人還可以玩滑雪板，不過對於在斯德哥爾摩長大的我們來說，冬天的時候很少外出，因爲寒冷會造成阻礙，你不能做太多事，大部分時間都呆在家裏學習或是玩電腦，或者和朋友們一起慶祝聖誕節。

Todd: OK, what about the food? Like what foods do people eat in Sweden in winter?

託德：好，那食物呢？冬天的時候瑞典人會吃什麼食物？

Peter: In Sweden in wintertime, we usually eat a lot of meatballs, which is the typical Swedish cuisine. Meatballs, you got potatoes, and of course we got all kinds of variations of sausages. We got ham and it's a little but hard for me now because I can remember so much and it's been a long time since I was in Sweden.

彼得：冬天的時候瑞典人經常吃肉丸，這是瑞典的代表美食。肉丸，土豆，當然還有各種香腸。還有火腿，這只是其中的一些食物，我不太瞭解現在的情況，我只記得這麼多，因爲我有很長時間沒有回瑞典了。

Todd: Sounds like a cool place to live. Anyway, thanks, Peter.

託德：聽起來生活在瑞典會很酷。好，謝謝你，彼得。

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重點講解：
1. tend to do sth. 往往會；經常就；
例句：Such feelings tend to remain submerge beneath a mask of social politeness.
在社交禮貌的掩蓋下，這樣的情感往往不會顯露出來。
2. in order to 爲了；以便；目的在於；
例句：Mr. Lin advertises in order to sell the goods.
林先生爲了出售貨物而登廣告。
3. hang around 經常和…在一起；經常泡在；
例句：He used to skip lessons and hang around the harbor with some other boys.
他過去經常逃課，在碼頭上和其他幾個男孩瞎混。
4. what about （用於引出與之前內容相關的新的話題或觀點）那麼…怎麼樣；
例句：'I don't like being in the house on my own.' — 'What about at night? Do you mind being by yourself at night?'
“我不喜歡獨自一個人呆在屋子裏。”——“那晚上呢，你介意晚上一個人呆着嗎？
5. all kinds of 各種類型的；五花八門的；
例句：These woods are frequented by all kinds of birds.
這些樹林裏經常棲息着各種鳥類。