winter weather冬天的天氣
I grew up in Minnesota where the summers are hot and humid and winters are bitterly cold. Living in Los Angeles now, it's sometimes hard to describe to people how winter weather can be in chillier climates. In L.A. most of the year, the weather is sunny, clear, and warm. In one of my favorite movies, LA Story, the weathercaster pre-recorded his weather forecasts because the weather was the same everyday!
我從小在明尼蘇達(dá)長大，那里夏天炎熱而潮濕，但冬天卻很冷?，F(xiàn)在我住在洛杉磯，有時我都沒辦法告訴這里的人一個真正寒冷的冬天是什么樣子的。在洛杉磯，多數(shù)情況下冬天是陽光燦爛且很溫暖。在我喜歡的一個電影《洛杉磯故事》中，天氣預(yù)報員甚至提前錄好了天氣預(yù)報的內(nèi)容，因為每天的天氣都是一樣的。
Well, that's an exaggeration, because even in L.A., it can sometimes be quite cool in the winter and some areas around the beaches can have dense fog and occasionally drizzling. But, that's nothing compared to Minnesota. In winter, they get snow flurries and blizzards, when as much as 3 feet of snow can fall. As I kid, I would build snowmen and make angels on the ground. That part was fun. But I also froze my buns off!
當(dāng)然，這是一個夸張的玩笑。即使是在洛杉磯，冬天有時也是相當(dāng)冷的，在海灘地區(qū)會有濃霧，有的時候還會有細(xì)雨。不過這些與明尼蘇達(dá)一比就算不上什么了。明尼蘇達(dá)的冬天常常有大風(fēng)與暴雪，地上的雪有三英尺厚。小時候，我常常在地上堆雪人與天使，很是有趣。不過常常將我凍得夠嗆。
And, of course, one thing that Minnesota has a lot of in the wintertime is snow. Sometimes, we get so many inches of snow, we have to shovel and plow our way out of our houses. The worst is when there is freezing rain and sleet and the roads are slippery. Needless to say, there are a lot of fender benders on the road with this kind of weather. Luckily, Minnesota doesn't get any hurricanes that far north, but other parts of the country are hard hit by those every year.
當(dāng)然，明尼蘇達(dá)冬天最富有的就是雪。有時雪太厚了，我們不得不用鏟車在我們房子外開出一條道路來。最糟糕的天氣是又碰上凍雨與雨加雪，弄得路上很濕滑。不用說，碰到這樣的天氣，路上汽車的刮蹭的小事故就特別多。還好，明尼蘇達(dá)沒有任何颶風(fēng)困擾，而其它地方每年都會遭遇颶風(fēng)。
Well, I have to say that it's nice not to have to scrape ice off my windshield in the mornings, but I do miss the white Christmases.
不過我得承認(rèn)住在洛杉磯至少每天早上不用刮汽車檔風(fēng)玻璃上的雪還是不錯的，雖然我有點(diǎn)懷念明尼蘇達(dá)那白白的圣誕節(jié)。
I grew up in Minnesota where the summers are hot and humid and winters are bitterly cold. Living in Los Angeles now, it's sometimes hard to describe to people how winter weather can be in chillier climates. In L.A. most of the year, the weather is sunny, clear, and warm. In one of my favorite movies, LA Story, the weathercaster pre-recorded his weather forecasts because the weather was the same everyday!
我從小在明尼蘇達(dá)長大，那里夏天炎熱而潮濕，但冬天卻很冷?，F(xiàn)在我住在洛杉磯，有時我都沒辦法告訴這里的人一個真正寒冷的冬天是什么樣子的。在洛杉磯，多數(shù)情況下冬天是陽光燦爛且很溫暖。在我喜歡的一個電影《洛杉磯故事》中，天氣預(yù)報員甚至提前錄好了天氣預(yù)報的內(nèi)容，因為每天的天氣都是一樣的。
Well, that's an exaggeration, because even in L.A., it can sometimes be quite cool in the winter and some areas around the beaches can have dense fog and occasionally drizzling. But, that's nothing compared to Minnesota. In winter, they get snow flurries and blizzards, when as much as 3 feet of snow can fall. As I kid, I would build snowmen and make angels on the ground. That part was fun. But I also froze my buns off!
當(dāng)然，這是一個夸張的玩笑。即使是在洛杉磯，冬天有時也是相當(dāng)冷的，在海灘地區(qū)會有濃霧，有的時候還會有細(xì)雨。不過這些與明尼蘇達(dá)一比就算不上什么了。明尼蘇達(dá)的冬天常常有大風(fēng)與暴雪，地上的雪有三英尺厚。小時候，我常常在地上堆雪人與天使，很是有趣。不過常常將我凍得夠嗆。
And, of course, one thing that Minnesota has a lot of in the wintertime is snow. Sometimes, we get so many inches of snow, we have to shovel and plow our way out of our houses. The worst is when there is freezing rain and sleet and the roads are slippery. Needless to say, there are a lot of fender benders on the road with this kind of weather. Luckily, Minnesota doesn't get any hurricanes that far north, but other parts of the country are hard hit by those every year.
當(dāng)然，明尼蘇達(dá)冬天最富有的就是雪。有時雪太厚了，我們不得不用鏟車在我們房子外開出一條道路來。最糟糕的天氣是又碰上凍雨與雨加雪，弄得路上很濕滑。不用說，碰到這樣的天氣，路上汽車的刮蹭的小事故就特別多。還好，明尼蘇達(dá)沒有任何颶風(fēng)困擾，而其它地方每年都會遭遇颶風(fēng)。
Well, I have to say that it's nice not to have to scrape ice off my windshield in the mornings, but I do miss the white Christmases.
不過我得承認(rèn)住在洛杉磯至少每天早上不用刮汽車檔風(fēng)玻璃上的雪還是不錯的，雖然我有點(diǎn)懷念明尼蘇達(dá)那白白的圣誕節(jié)。