Intermediate - Winter Fun (C0714)

A冬天要到了,太好了!
dōngtiān yào dào le, tài hǎo le!
Winter has arrived, awesome!
B有什么好?冷死了,干什么都不方便。
yǒu shénme hǎo? lěng sǐ le, gàn shénme dōu bù fāngbiàn.
What is so good about that? It is freezing. Doing anything is a chore.
A怎么会呢?冬天能做的事可多了!滑雪、溜冰,多好玩儿!
zénme huì ne? dōngtiān néng zuò de shì kě duō le! huáxuě, liūbīng, duō hǎowánr!
No way. There is so much to do during the winter! Skiing, ice skating, all so much fun!
B好几年都没下雪了,怎么玩?
hǎo jǐ nián dōu méi xiàxuě le, zěnme wán?
It has not snowed in so many years. What is fun about that?
A可以去室内场地啊 。我去年就去了室内滑雪场,虽然没办法跟雪山比,但还是挺带劲儿的。
kěyǐ qù shìnèi chǎngdì a. wǒ qùnián jiù qù le shìnèi huáxuěchǎng, suīrán méi bànfǎ gēn xuěshān bǐ, dàn háishì tǐng dàijìnr de.
You can do stuff indoors. Last year I went and snow skied indoors. Although it doesn't compare with skiing in the mountains, it was quite exciting.
B我也去过。几乎全是平地,这算什么滑雪?
wǒ yě qù guo. jīhū quán shì píngdì, zhè suàn shénme huáxuě?
I have been there before too. It was nearly flat. How can you count that as skiing?
A你知足吧。在南方,有人造的雪场已经很不错了。不过有机会一定要去北方感受一下冬天。
nǐ zhīzú ba. zài nánfāng, yǒu rénzào de xuěchǎng yǐjīng hěn bùcuò le. bùguò yǒu jīhuì yīdìng yào qù běifāng gǎnshòu yīxià dōngtiān.
You should be happy with that. In the south, having artificial snow is pretty good. However, if given the chance, one should go up north and experience winter at least once.
B那绝对是冰天雪地啊。大街就是天然的溜冰场,爽死了。
nà juéduì shì bīngtiānxuědì a. dàjiē jiùshì tiānrán de liūbīngchǎng, shuǎng sǐ le.
There the snow goes on forever. The streets are natural ice rinks. It is so invigorating.
A也没那么夸张。不过那里的冰雪运动真的很多。
yě méi nàme kuāzhāng. bùguò nàli bīngxuě yùndòng zhēnde hěn duō.
It's not all that great. But there are plenty of winter activities there.
B说了这么多冬天的运动,最好的只有一样。
shuō le zhème duō dōngtiān de yùndòng, zuìhǎo de zhǐyǒu yīyàng.
Speaking of all these winter sports, there is one that is the best.
A吃火锅,对吧?
chī huǒguō, duì ba?
Eating hot pot, right?
B哎呀,你太了解我了!
āiyā, nǐ tài liǎojiě wǒ le!
Oh yeah, you know me too well.

Key Vocabulary

方便fāngbiànconvenient
滑雪huáxuěskiing
溜冰liūbīngice skating
室内shìnèiindoor
滑雪场huáxuěchǎngski hill
雪山xuěshānsnow capped mountain
带劲儿dàijìnrinteresting
几乎jīhūalmost
人造rénzàoman made
感受gǎnshòuto experience
天然tiānránnatural
溜冰场liūbīngchǎngskating rink
冰天雪地bīngtiānxuědìa world of ice and snow
shuǎnginvigorating
夸张kuāzhāngto exaggerate
火锅huǒguōhot pot

Supplementary Vocabulary

户外hùwàioutdoor
冬泳dōngyǒngwinter outdoor swimming
滑雪板huáxuěbǎnskis
雪橇xuěqiāosled
打冰球dǎ bīngqiúto play hockey
冰雕bīngdiāoice sculpture
花样滑冰huāyànghuábīngfigure skating