【新编英语教程】（第一册）Unit7 比较天气(1/2)

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HINTS：
staff room
Shanghai
BeijingTwo Chinese teachers are sitting in the staff room, chatting with a teacher from Britain.
I really hate Shanghai in the summer. It's so hot and the shops are always full of people. We never get any rain, do we?
No, but in the spring we do. In fact, we get too much rain then.
I really love the summer in England because it's usually quite sunny then.
What are the winters like in England?
Well, rather cold actually, and in January or February it usually snows.
I can't stand Shanghai in the winter, either! It's far too cold.
But you don't have any snow, do you?
No, even so, it's still cold. I think I'd much prefer to be in Beijing during the winter.办公室里两位中国老师正和一位来自英国的老师聊天。
“我真讨厌夏天呆在上海，实在是太热了，而且商店也总是有很多人。这儿好像从来没有下过雨，是吧？”
“是的，但是到了春天这儿会下雨。而且事实上，到那时候雨量就会很大。”
“我真的很喜欢夏天的伦敦啊，因为那时候阳光非常好。”
“在伦敦，冬天是什么样的？”
“啊，事实上相当寒冷，而且在一月或二月会经常下雪。”
“我也受不了在上海的冬天！实在是太寒冷了！”
“但是你们这儿没怎么下雪，是吧？”
“是的，尽管如此，还是相当的冷。我想我宁愿在冬天的时候去北京过。”       
——译文来自: 顾春敏