People have different activities in different seasons. They enjoy the happiness of ice and snow world in winter, going skiing and skating, making snowmen and throwing snowballs at each other. If they dislike the cold ,they go to parks, fly kites, go camping or mountain-climbing. In summer, people enjoy sunshine on the beach, or go swimming. Whatever the season is, people can choose their activities according to their preference.

人们在不同的季节有不同的活动。冬天，人们沉浸在冰雪的世界中，滑雪溜冰，堆雪人，打雪仗。如果怕冷，也可以躲在家里或到暖和的地方去旅游。在春秋天，人们可以有更多的户外活动，他们去公园、放风到野外宿营或

爬山。夏天，人们可以在海滨享受日光浴，或游泳。不论什么季节，人们都可以根据自己的爱好选择他们喜欢的活动。

 

Exercise    Talk about your favorite activities in the four seasons.

 Background knowledge

     China lies in the temperate zone (位于温带) and the climate as a whole is mild, although it varies（变化）from place to place. The monsoon （季风）climate is a distinctive feature (突出的特征)as the mainland (大陆)faces the Pacific. It is summer all the year round on the Leizhou Peninsula(半岛)of Guangdong, on the Hainan Island（海南岛）and the South China Sea islands（南海群岛）。On the other hand. The Heilongjiang area in the northeast has short summer and long winter, where the climate is frigid（严寒的）and the snow and ice are everywhere in winter. There are big temperature changes in Xinjiang （新疆）and Gansu（甘肃）in the northwest. Down in Kunming and its surroundings in Yunnan Province in the

Southwest, however, the local people know no hot summer nor cold winter. Kunming is thus called the “ City of Spring”.

     Temperature differs greatly（差别很大）between the north and the south in winter, but not so in summer. Rain coat is a must in the southeast and central south while wind-breaker is a must in the windy north in spring.