The World of Ice and Snow

The World of Ice and Snow

冰雪世界

天氣真冷啊！同學們的家鄉下雪了嗎？2022年我們的首都就要舉辦第24屆冬季奧運會啦，冰雪項目（ice and snow sports）也越來越受到關注。除了被我們熟知的打雪仗（snow fight）、堆雪人（building snowmen），大家還知道什么活動是可以在冰雪里玩的呢？哈爾濱國際冰雪節(Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival)將于1月5日開幕，并持續一個月。同學們會去參加這場冰雪的盛會嗎？去不了也沒關系，我們可以一起來了解好玩的冰雪世界！

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How does snow form?

Snow is the flake of ice that falls from clouds. Snow usually can be seen in cold places, such as in the north of China and on the high mountains.

How to play with snow

Building snowmen

To build a snowman is to make a man-shaped figure out of snow—often using a large snowball for the body and a smaller snowball for the head. A snowman is often decorated with household things. People usually use a carrot for a nose, and coal for the eyes and the mouth.

Snow angel

A snow angel is made in fresh snow, by lying on one’s back and moving one’s arms up and down, and one’s legs from side to side, to form the shape of an angel. Making snow angels is a common childhood game.

Riding a sleigh

One of the most common uses of snow is riding a sleigh. A sleigh is usually drawn by horses or dogs.

form [f?:m] v. 形成

flake [fle?k] n. 小薄片

figure ['f?g?] n. 身材，形狀

decorate ['dek?re?t] v. 裝飾（過去分詞：decorated）

household ['ha?sh??ld] adj. 家常的

fresh [fre?] adj. 新鮮的

sleigh [sle?] n. 雪橇

draw [dr?:] v. 拖，拉（過去分詞：drawn）

Snow and ice sports

Curling originated in the sixteenth century in Scotland. Now it is an event of the Olympic Winter Games. Two teams take turns to slide the heavy granite curling stones towards the target. The distance between the stones and the target decides the result. This sport has its nickname of “chess on ice”.

Many other sports are played upon snow and ice, such as skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, snowmobiling, and snowshoeing.

curling ['k?:l??] n. 冰壺，冰上溜石游戲

originate [?'r?d??ne?t] v. 起源于（過去式：originated ）

slide [sla?d] v. 滑動

granite ['gr?n?t] n. 花崗石

nickname ['n?kne?m] n. 綽號，昵稱

世界著名滑雪勝地

圣莫里茨，瑞士（St. Moritz, Switzerland）

圣莫里茨被壯麗的阿爾卑斯山峰環繞，是兩屆冬季奧運會的舉辦地，被認為是高山滑雪的“麥加圣地”。著名的冰湖賽馬（White Turf）發源于此。

基茨比厄爾，奧地利（Kitzbuhel, Austria）

基茨比厄爾被稱為“阿爾卑斯山的珍珠”，這里是整個奧地利最著名的滑雪度假勝地。這座有著700多年歷史的村莊給游客們展示了最典型的阿爾卑斯風格。

路易斯湖，加拿大（Lake Louise, Canada）

坐落在加拿大著名的班芙國家公園中心的路易斯湖，被視為整個北美景色最迷人的山區度假村之一。

夏蒙尼，法國（Chamonix, France）

作為1924年歷史上首屆冬奧會的舉辦地，夏蒙尼被評為“世界上最著名的滑雪勝地”。

韋爾，美國（Vail, USA）

韋爾被評為世界前五佳滑雪度假村。它擁有美國最大的單片滑雪場地，提供了將近21平方千米的可滑雪區域。

科爾蒂娜，意大利（Cortina, Italy）

科爾蒂娜滑雪度假村主辦過1956年冬奧會。作為歷史最悠久的滑雪度假村，科爾蒂娜無疑是意大利最具風格的旅游度假地。