1970年中学英语教材（读故事学英语-）

Seasons

季节

There are four seasons.

一年有四个季节。

Winter is the cold season.

冬天是寒冷的季节。

It snows in the winter.

冬天会下雪。

The winds blow, and ice forms on the water.

风吹过，水面结冰。

We play hockey on the ice.

我们在冰上打曲棍球。

We play in the snow.

我们在雪中玩耍。

After winter is the spring.

冬天过后就是春天。

That is when it begins to get warmer.

那是天气开始变暖的时候。

Trees get buds on them.

树上长出了芽。

Flowers start to bloom.

花朵开始绽放。

It rains a lot in the spring.

春天经常下雨。

Spring is followed by the Summer.

春天之后是夏天。

It can get very hot in the summertime.

夏天可能会很热。

The sun shines brightly.

阳光明媚。

We go swimming in the summer.

我们夏天去游泳。

We spend a lot of time outdoors.

我们很多时间都在户外。

Many people go on vacations in the summer.

许多人在夏天去度假。

We get a summer vacation from school.

我们学校会放暑假。

Summer is followed by the fall or autumn.

夏天之后就是秋天。

The leaves on the trees change colors.

树上的叶子变色了。

They change from green to red, orange and brown.

它们从绿色变为红色、橙色和棕色

The leaves fall off the trees.

树叶从树上掉下来。

The weather gets cooler.

天气变凉了。

The days get shorter.

白天变短了。

We go back to school in the fall.

我们秋天回到学校。

Then, winter comes again.

然后，冬天又来了。

The seasons follow one after each other.

季节接踵而至。

单词解析：

1. bud /bʌd/ n.半开的花；未长大的叶 例：the first buds appearing in spring.春天的初芽

2. bloom /bluːm/ v.开花

3. fall /fɔːl/ n.秋天（美式英语的表达）；英式英语秋天通常表达为autumn

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