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Winter has arrived! (冬天到了!)

2024/12/19
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冬至快到了,終於迎來冷呼呼的冬天,大家的圍巾、毛衣、手套、毛帽都出動了嗎?

 

冬天的溫度雖然寒冷,但季節的氛圍總是讓人感到溫暖又溫馨,有西洋的聖誕節,也有東方的冬至節日,

讓12月都圍繞著團聚與歡樂的氣氛,不僅要團圓,人也要吃的圓圓的才能禦寒~~~

 

[學習目標]: 學習使用英文討論冬天的禦寒妙招及傳統節日冬至等相關的字詞

Practice Target: Learn some useful expressions about ways to stay warm in winter and the Winter Solstice Festival.

 

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Dialogue: (對話)

 

Hope:

How’s life, Joey?

Joey:

Good, but it’s freezing cold!

Hope:

Yes, it’s freezing today, isn’t it?

Joey:

It is! But Hope, how come you only wear that thin jacket and I am almost in five layers of clothes!

Hope:

Oh, I’ve got these hand warmers in my pockets. Look! Here!

Joey:

Oh~暖暖包 Hand warmers. I see. Wait! 它們是可充電式的嗎?

Hope:

Yes, they are rechargeable. I think they are more environmentally friendly than those disposable ones.

Joey:

I see. rechargeable hand warmers are more environmentally friendly than those disposable ones.

可充電式的比一次性的暖暖包來得環保。

Hope:

And this brand lasts almost 8 hours.

Joey:

That’s cool! But how can you only go with those two hand warmers in such a cold day?! It’s only ten degrees outside!

Hope:

Well, I drove here today and I have left my windbreaker, mittens and scarf in my car.

Joey:

Windbreaker is 風衣外套, right?

Hope:

That’s right. It’s called a windbreaker.

Joey:

So, what are mittens?

Hope:

Oh, mittens are a type of gloves. It has a single part for all the fingers and a separate part for the thumb.

Joey:

Oh! 連指手套 mittens. So a scarf is 圍巾, right?

Hope:

That’s right. And I’ve left all those clothing items in my car because I don’t want my seat occupied with lots of clothes!

Joey:

But look at me! I have my 羽絨外套,my毛帽,and this pair of gloves. How do you say羽絨外套in English, Hope?

Hope:

It’s a down jacket.

Joey:

A down jacket. 羽絨外套. And what about 這種毛帽?

Hope:

It’s a toque or a beanie. It’s usually made of wool with a round wool ball on top of it. And some people call it a bobble hat.

Joey:

A toque, a beanie, and a bobble hat! Wow, there are so many names for this kind of hat.

Hope:

And I usually call it a toque. By the way, your toque looks so cute and trendy!

Joey:

Yes. It’s cute, isn’t it? I wore this toque to go skiing in Japan last year. And I also have these 耳罩.

Hope:

Earmuffs!

Joey:

Yes. I love this pair of earmuffs!

Hope:

Wow! Now these earmuffs perfectly fit your toque!

Joey:

By the way, how do you say 發熱衣in English, Hope?

Hope:

Well, in English, you can call it, “thermal wear”, “thermal clothing” or “heat-tech clothing.”

But to be more specific, you may say “thermal underwear” , ”a thermal top” , “thermal pants” , etc.

Joey:

I see. so, look, I am wearing five layers of clothes today. I have a thermal underwear, a blouse, a vest, a sweater and a down jacket!

And if I don’t need to use the computer, I would almost want to put on my gloves!

Hope:

No, kidding! Joey! It’s not that cold! I think all you need is a cup of hot tea or a bowl of hot glutinous rice balls!

Joey:

Glutinous rice balls? Tangyuan?! Hey, is tomorrow 冬至?

Hope:

Yes, it is the Winter Solstice Festival tomorrow.

Joey:

Right! It is the Winter Solstice Festival tomorrow. No wonder 我一直冷到骨子裡!

Hope:

Hah, now you are saying you are chilled to the bone!

Joey:

Yes. I am chilled to the bone! And I can’t wait to have a bowl of hot yummy Tangyuan tonight!

Hope:

I bet! So, happy Winter Solstice Festival!

Joey:

Happy Winter Solstice Festival! 冬至快樂!

 

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Vocabulary(單字)

 

1.Winter Solstice Festival 冬至

2.glutinous rice balls = tangyuan 湯圓

3.freezing cold 極冷

4.hand warmers 暖暖包

5.rechargeable  可充電式的

6.disposable  一次性的

7.windbreaker  風衣

8.down jacket 羽絨外套

9.mittens  連指手套

10.gloves  (五指)手套

11.scarf  圍巾

12.toque 毛帽

13.bobble hat 小圓帽

14.beanie  小圓毛帽

15.trendy  時髦的

16.earmuffs  耳罩

17.layer  層

18.thermal  熱的;發熱的

19.thermal clothing

20.thermal underwear

21.thermal pants

22.thermal leggings

23.heated blanket = electric blanket 電熱毯

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