Confident English lesson. Today I'll be answering a question that I received by

自信的英語課。今天我'將回答一個問題，我收到了由

email just a few weeks ago. In that email Ahmad said, "Hi Anne Marie, thank you very

幾周前剛發來的電子郵件。在那封郵件中，艾哈邁德說："嗨，安妮-瑪麗，非常感謝你。

much for your emails and classes in English (you're super welcome.) but I would

多為您的電子郵件和英語課（你''re超級歡迎。），但我會

like to hear from you on how to talk about the winter season. I don't have

想聽聽你對如何談論冬天的季節。我不'有

good words to use when I speak about it, for example the positive points. Ahmad

當我說到它時，要用好的詞，比如說積極的點。艾哈邁德

that was a great question and I love it for two reasons: number one my goal is

這是一個偉大的問題，我喜歡它的兩個原因：第一，我的目標是。

always to help you have the language you need to speak with confidence and to

始終幫助您擁有自信發言所需的語言，併為您提供以下服務

speak naturally in English. So if you want to talk about the winter season

用英語自然地說話。所以，如果你想談論冬天的季節。

more easily in English, more naturally, than I'm excited to help you do that. And

更容易在英語中，更自然，比我'我很高興能幫助你做到這一點。而

number two, where I live it is the dead of winter so it's the perfect time to

第二，在我住的地方，它是死的冬天，所以它'是完美的時間，以

talk about this subject.

談論這個話題。

The dead of winter. That expression might give you an idea of how some people feel

冬日的深夜。這句話也許能讓你瞭解一些人的感受。

about the winter season. This idiom means to be in the middle of winter when it is

關於立冬時節。這個成語的意思是指在冬天的時候，正值

the coldest darkest period of the year and for many this idiom describes how

天寒地凍

the winter looks and feels. So for those of you who right now do not live in a

冬天的樣子和感覺。所以，對於那些現在還沒有生活在一個

country with a winter season - maybe you're in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil,

有冬季的國家--也許你在澳洲、紐西蘭、巴西。

Argentina - and maybe you're wondering right now it's the middle of summer so

阿根廷--也許你'想知道現在它'是夏天的中間，所以。

could you say it's the dead of summer? Absolutely not. We never use that

你能說它'是夏日的死期嗎？絕對不是。我們從來沒有用這個

expression when we're talking about the summertime. Summer is full of life and

的表達方式，當我們'說到夏天的時候。夏天是充滿了生命和

warmth, everything is in bloom, so instead we say the height of summer. So for those

溫暖，萬物盛開，所以我們反而說盛夏。所以對於那些

of you in the southern hemisphere where it's warm and wonderful right now, you

你在南半球的溫暖和美妙的現在，你

are experiencing the height of summer while many of us up north are in the

我們正在經歷盛夏，而我們北方的許多人正處於夏季。

dead of winter. Now of course there are many people who love the winter season.

冬天的死期。現在當然有很多人喜歡冬天這個季節。

They find it invigorating and full of activities. And then there are others,

他們覺得這裡充滿了活力和活動。還有一些人。

like me, who are simply waiting for the season to pass. Now as I said there are

像我這樣的人，只是在等待季節的過去。正如我所說

people who really love the winter season, like my husband. For them the winter is a

那些真正喜歡冬天的人，比如我丈夫。對他們來說，冬天是一個

time full of exciting sports and the winter chill gives them a bolt of energy.

時間充滿了刺激的運動，冬日的寒意給他們帶來了一絲活力。

A winter chill is a feeling of being really cold and often you're shivering.

冬天的寒氣是一種感覺，真的很冷，經常會發抖。

Shivering is that uncontrollable movement or shaking of your body when

顫抖是指當你的身體出現不受控制的運動或顫抖時，你的身體就會不由自主地顫抖。

you're really cold. Some people like that winter chill. Why? I

你'真的很冷。有些人喜歡冬天的寒冷。為什麼？I

have no idea but again for them it sparks life and invigorates them. Now

不知道，但對他們來說，這又是生命的火花，讓他們充滿活力。現在

there are a couple of other ways we can talk about the feeling of cold air in

我們還可以從以下幾個方面來談一談冷空氣的感覺。

the winter in a more positive way for example, we might say that the air is

例如，我們可能會說，空氣是一個更積極的方式的冬天。

brisk or the air is crisp. In the last few years during the winter season

爽朗或空氣清新。在過去幾年的冬季

Americans have become obsessed with a Danish word and concept.

美國人已經迷戀上了一個丹麥詞和概念。

This word is hygge (and I'm probably mispronouncing it if I am I'm so sorry

這個詞是hygge（如果我是的話，我可能唸錯了，我很抱歉。

feel free to correct me) but this concept if I understand it correctly is focused

但這個概念如果我理解正確的話，它的重點是......。

on the idea of coziness, that feeling of warmth and comfort. With this idea in the

舒適的概念，那種溫暖和舒適的感覺。在這個理念下

winter we think of warm fires, drinking hot chocolate, wrapping ourselves in

冬天，我們想到的是溫暖的火爐，喝著熱巧克力，裹著自己的衣服

blankets, chunky knit sweaters and just being at home and comfortable. Now a

毯子，厚重的針織毛衣，只是在家裡，舒適。現在，一個

chunky knit sweater is one of those thick, heavy, warm sweaters that we wear

大塊頭針織毛衣是我們穿的那種又厚又重又暖和的毛衣。

on the coldest days of the year. This is the perfect weather for those lazy

在一年中最寒冷的日子裡。這是最適合那些慵懶的天氣

weekends when you just want to read your favorite book or do some binge watching

週末，當你只想讀你最喜歡的書或做一些狂熱的觀看。

on Netflix. For those of us who live in winter seasons with a lot of snow we of

在Netflix上。對於我們這些人生活在冬季季節與大量的雪我們的

course think of winter sports like skiing downhill skiing or cross-country

當然想到的是冬季運動，如滑雪、下坡滑雪或越野等。

skiing. There's snowshoeing sledding and even

滑雪。有'的雪鞋雪橇，甚至是

snowkiting. Snowkiting. Have you ever heard of snowkiting? To be honest I had

雪鳶。踏雪而行你聽說過雪鳶嗎？說實話，我有

never heard of it until very recently but it has become my husband's brand-new

從來沒有聽說過它，直到最近，但它已成為我丈夫'的品牌新。

hobby. Snowkiting is when you use a board like

嗜好。Snowkiting是當你使用一個板，如

a snowboard and you glide across the snow or the ice

雪板和你滑行在雪地或冰上

using kite power. All of these sports provide a great workout of course and

使用風箏動力。所有這些運動都提供了一個偉大的鍛鍊當然和

they often give us an adrenaline rush. An adrenaline rush is that sudden burst of

它們常常給我們帶來腎上腺素的刺激。腎上腺素衝動是指突然迸發的

energy and excitement that we get with an increase of our adrenaline hormone

腎上腺素激素的增加讓我們獲得能量和興奮感

and some people love that feeling, they can't wait for the winter to arrive so

和一些人喜歡這種感覺，他們不能等待冬天的到來，所以'。

they can dive into those favorite sports and get that adrenaline rush. And then

他們可以潛入那些喜愛的運動項目，獲得腎上腺素的刺激。然後

you have people like me who prefer to just stay home in that cozy feeling and

你有像我這樣的人誰喜歡只是呆在家裡在那種舒適的感覺和。

wait for the winter to end. For those who don't like the winter season because the

等待冬天的結束。對於那些不喜歡冬季的人來說，因為冬季的

days are so short and dark they might find the winter season to be very bleak -

白天是如此的短暫和黑暗，他們可能會發現冬天的季節是非常淒涼 -

it means empty or barren, to not have any warmth or life. And we're always jealous

它的意思是空虛或貧瘠， 沒有任何溫暖或生命。而我們'總是嫉妒

of people who live in that southern hemisphere where it's the height of

的人誰住在南半球，它的高度'的

summer. For us that winter chill doesn't feel invigorating or full of energy. Nope.

夏天的時候。對於我們來說，冬天的寒意並沒有讓人感覺到活力，也沒有讓人感覺到滿滿的能量。不對。

Instead for us it might feel raw, biting, or harsh. These are all words that we use

反而對於我們來說，可能會覺得生硬、刻薄、刺耳。這些都是我們使用的詞彙

to describe a feeling that is really unpleasant or something that makes us

來形容一種很不舒服的感覺，或者說是一種讓我們

feel uncomfortable for example a biting wind or a harsh wind. And speaking of

感到不舒服，例如刺骨的風或刺耳的風。而說到

wind, for us it isn't crisp giving us that burst of excitement.

風，對於我們來說，它並不是清脆的給我們帶來了那一陣陣的刺激。

Instead the wind for us is howling. A howl is the sound that a dog makes when

而對我們來說，風是嚎叫。嗥叫是狗在

it's injured or in pain so if you imagine the wind sounding like that it

它的受傷或痛苦，所以如果你想象風的聲音是這樣，它

has that strong sound and we can almost hear how cold the wind feels. And on

有那種強烈的聲音，我們幾乎可以聽到風的感覺有多冷。而在

those coldest days you have to brace yourself just to go outside. To brace

在最冷的日子裡，你必須撐起身子才能出去。為了支撐

yourself means to prepare or get ready to do something

自身的意思是指準備或準備做某件事。

that is really unpleasant or challenging. Now of course people who don't like the

是真正的不愉快或挑戰。現在，當然人們誰不'喜歡的。

winter can still appreciate those days when you look outside and it's just a

冬天仍然可以欣賞那些天，當你看外面，它只是一個'。

winter wonderland. A winter wonderland is a scene when you look outside

冬日仙境。冬日仙境是指當你向外看時的場景

after hours of snowfall and everything is white and perfect, beautiful and it's

在下雪的幾個小時後，一切都很白，完美，美麗，它'的

so quiet. But then unfortunately those huge snow plow trucks come and they plow

如此安靜。但不幸的是，那些巨大的掃雪車來了，他們犁了

the snow from the roads, they remove the snow. And at that point the snow becomes

路上的積雪，他們就會把雪移走。這時，雪就變成了

dirty and brown and slushy. Slush is melted or watery snow. And finally, yes

又髒又糙又泥濘。泥濘是融化的或有水的雪。最後，是的

even though we don't like the winter, we do also appreciate that idea of hygge,

即使我們不'喜歡冬天，我們也欣賞這種想法的hygge。

that warmth and comfort, sitting somewhere cozy and wonderful. But we only

那種溫暖和舒適，坐在某個舒適而美好的地方。但我們只

do it because we have to. We stay inside to avoid freezing our butts off and we

因為我們不得不這樣做。我們呆在屋裡，以免凍壞了我們的屁股，我們...

try to find the new best Netflix series for some binge watching. (Side note: right

試圖找到新的最好的Netflix系列，進行一些狂看。(附註：右

now my favorite Netflix show is The Crown. If you haven't watched it yet

現在我最喜歡的Netflix節目是《皇冠》。如果你還沒有'看了它還

I definitely recommend it.) But let's get back to the winter. Now that you have

我絕對推薦它）。)但讓我們'回到冬天。現在，你已經

some language to talk about the good the bad and a little bit of the ugly during

一些語言來談論好的，壞的和一點點的醜陋的過程中。

the winter season I want to hear from you. I want to know what you love or

冬天的季節，我想聽聽你的意見。我想知道你喜歡什麼或

don't like so much about the winter season where you live. As always I do

不'不喜歡這麼多關於冬季的季節，你住的地方。一如既往，我做

have some challenge questions for you in the online lesson, so after you watch

在網上課程中為大家準備了一些挑戰題，所以在你看完後

this video take the opportunity to practice using some of this new language,

這個視頻藉此機會練習使用一些這種新的語言。

learn from others in the Confident English Community and even get feedback

向自信英語社區中的其他人學習，甚至獲得反饋。

by sharing your thoughts and ideas in the comments section

請在評論區分享您的想法和觀點。

at the bottom of the lesson. And if you enjoyed today's video be sure to give it

在課程的底部。如果你喜歡今天'的視頻一定要給它

a thumbs up on YouTube or share it on Facebook. Those are two perfect ways to

在YouTube上豎起大拇指或在Facebook上分享。這是兩種完美的方式來

let me know that this lesson was useful to you. And with that no matter where you

讓我知道這堂課對你有用。無論你在哪裡

live, I hope that you have a wonderful week full of warmth and comfort and I'll

住，我希望你有一個美好的一週，充滿了溫暖和舒適，我'會。

see you next week for your Confident English lesson.

下週的Confident English課見。