电视英语口语教材 第十二课

 　　[00:00.00]Lesson 12

　　[00:01.02]第十二课

　　[00:02.04]THE SEASONS

　　[00:02.83]四季

　　[00:03.63]There are four seasons in a year.March,April and May make the spring season.

　　[00:07.30]一年有四季。三、四、五月是春季，

　　[00:10.97]June,July and August make the summer season.September,October and November make the autumn season.

　　[00:15.73]六、七、八月是夏季，九、十、十一月是秋季，

　　[00:20.48]December,January and February make the winter season.

　　[00:23.08]十二、一、二月是冬季。

　　[00:25.68]Near the North Pole¹ there are two seasons:winter and summer.

　　[00:28.41]靠近北极的地方一年只有两季：冬季和夏季。

　　[00:31.14]The winter nights are long.For more than two months you can’t see the sun,even at noon.

　　[00:34.64]冬季夜长，两个多月里即便是在中午也见不着太阳。

　　[00:38.14]The summer days are long.For more than two months,the sun never sets,and there is no night.

　　[00:41.74]夏季日长，两个多月里太阳一直不落，没有夜晚。

　　[00:45.35]In the tropics² there are also two seasons:a rainy season and a dry season.

　　[00:48.99]赤道地区一年也只有两季：雨季和旱季。

　　[00:52.64]season

　　[00:54.01]季节

　　[00:55.38]month

　　[00:56.69]月

　　[00:57.99]January

　　[00:59.08]一月

　　[01:00.16]February

　　[01:02.11]二月

　　[01:04.05]March

　　[01:05.57]三月

　　[01:07.08]April

　　[01:08.43]四月

　　[01:09.77]May

　　[01:10.83]五月

　　[01:11.89]June

　　[01:12.83]六月

　　[01:13.77]July

　　[01:14.75]七月

　　[01:15.73]August

　　[01:16.75]八月

　　[01:17.77]September

　　[01:18.93]九月

　　[01:20.09]October

　　[01:21.44]十月

　　[01:22.78]November

　　[01:23.98]十一月

　　[01:25.19]December

　　[01:26.49]十二月

　　[01:27.80]make

　　[01:29.00]组成

　　[01:30.20]four

　　[01:31.65]四

　　[01:33.10]near

　　[01:34.62]靠近

　　[01:36.13]north

　　[01:37.70]北方的

　　[01:39.27]pole

　　[01:40.06]极

　　[01:40.86]the North Pole

　　[01:42.31]北极

　　[01:43.76]night

　　[01:45.13]夜

　　[01:46.50]for

　　[01:47.38]长达

　　[01:48.25]more

　　[01:49.23]更多的

　　[01:50.21]than

　　[01:51.73]比…

　　[01:53.24]can’t

　　[01:54.98]不能

　　[01:56.72]sun

　　[01:57.80]太阳

　　[01:58.88]even

　　[01:59.97]甚至

　　[02:01.05]noon

　　[02:02.54]中午

　　[02:04.03]at noon

　　[02:05.26]在中午时

　　[02:06.48]never

　　[02:07.50]永不

　　[02:08.52]set

　　[02:09.97]落

　　[02:11.42]tropics

　　[02:12.91]热带

　　[02:14.40]rainy

　　[02:15.99]多雨的

　　[02:17.59]rainy season

　　[02:19.14]雨季

　　[02:20.70]dry

　　[02:22.18]干的

　　[02:23.67]dry season

　　[02:25.31]旱季

1 pole   

n.极点，磁极，电极，杆，竿，相反的极端；vt.用竿支撑，用棒推；vi.撑篙

参考例句：

• The earth's poles are called the North Pole and the South Pole.地球的极点称作北极和南极。
• The horse broke away from my horse pole and ran wild.这匹烈马挣断了我的套马杆狂奔起来。

2 tropics   

(名)热带

参考例句：

• The disease is thought to have originated in the tropics. 这种疾病据说起源于热带地区。
• I went to the tropics for the first time last year. 我去年第一次去了热带地区。