听一分钟英文：Four Seasons-四个季节

 I’m not sure how many people ever stop to think how wonderful four seasons are. I think people who live in cities don’t care about the seasons. City people spend half their lives indoors¹ or underground. I live in the country and I love watching the seasons come and go. Every day is different in the countryside. I love watching the crops² grow in the fields. I watch them push their way up from the ground in the spring and then grow tall in the summer sun. Just before autumn arrives, the farmer harvests them and then winter comes. Seasons means³ it’s like living in a new place every four months. Everything changes. One wonderful thing about seasons is the seasonal⁴ food you get. There’s always something tasty⁵ that’s just come in season.

1 indoors   

adv.(在)室内，(在)户内

参考例句：

• Because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.我们因天气寒冷呆在家里。
• It is very cold outside,you'd better come indoors across the board.外面很冷，你们所有人最好都进屋。

2 crops   

pl.农作物

参考例句：

• Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into new crops. 目前正鼓励农民兼种新的农作物。
• The crops will not grow on exposed hillsides. 在裸露的山坡上庄稼没法生长。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。

5 tasty   

adj.好吃的，可口的

参考例句：

• What a tasty pie!多好吃的派啊！
• This fish is very tasty.这种鱼很好吃。