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春捂秋冻

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ID: 1535 Advanced
中国人除了爱好美食，也特别讲究穿衣。在春天和秋天这两个季节里中国人有着一种独特的穿衣理论——"春捂秋冻"。哪怕是同样的温度，穿的衣服也会完全不同。春天讲究保暖，哪怕是大太阳，也最好穿着棉衣。秋天讲究受冻，哪怕是大风吹，也最好穿着T恤，感受寒冷。这种穿衣理论科学吗？人人都会这么做吗？请让Chinesepod告诉你吧！
Thu Nov 04 2010 | Connie, David
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
冷飕飕 lěngsōusōu chilly
只要风度不要温度 zhǐyào fēngdù bùyào wēndù to only care about style, not the temperature
寒冬腊月 hándōnglàyuè dead of winter
裹 guǒ to wrap up in
小夏，你能把窗户关一下吗？风直往我这边吹，冷飕飕的！
Xiǎo Xià ，nǐ néng bǎ chuānghu guān yīxià ma ？fēng zhí wǎng wǒ zhèbiān chuī ，lěngsōusōu de ！
Xiao Xia, could you close the window? The wind is blowing directly on me – it's chilly!
哎，你们女孩子啊，本来身体就弱，还只要风度不要温度。你看看你，都秋天了，还穿着裙子！
āi ，nǐmen nǚháizi a ，běnlái shēntǐ jiù ruò ，hái zhǐyào fēngdù bùyào wēndù 。nǐ kàn kan nǐ ，dōu qiūtiān le ，hái chuān zhe qúnzi ！
Hey, you girls have weak bodies to begin with yet you only care about style, and don't pay any attention to the temperature. Take a look at you for example. It's already fall and you're still wearing a skirt!
难道个个都要像你一样，没到寒冬腊月，就裹上大衣？那以后下大雪，怎么办？你不会裹着棉被来上班吧？
nándào gègè dōu yào xiàng nǐ yīyàng ，méi dào hándōnglàyuè ，jiù guǒ shàng dàyī ？nà yǐhòu xià dàxuě ，zěnme bàn ？nǐ bùhuì guǒ zhe miánbèi lái shàngbān ba ？
You want everyone to be like you? It's not even the dead of winter and you're already wrapped up in your overcoat. When it really starts snowing later, what are you going to do? Come to work in wrapped in a quilt?
以后的事儿以后再说，现在别冻出病来就成。身体可是革命的本钱，别还没开始革命，身体就先垮了。
yǐhòu de shìr yǐhòu zài shuō ，xiànzài bié dòng chū bìng lái jiù chéng 。shēntǐ kěshì gémìng de běnqián ，bié hái méi kāishǐ gémìng ，shēntǐ jiù xiān kuǎ le 。
I'll worry about that later. As long as I don't get sick from the cold, I'm fine. The body is the means of the revolution. Don't let your body collapse before the revolution has even begun.
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