やさしい英語会話 (213) Hiroshima Is Cold But Indonesia Is Warm

広島も寒くなってきました。広島大学のある東広島市は盆地（basin area）にあるので、冬は広島市内よりも少し寒くなります。今回の会話に登場する留学生はインドネシア出身。年中暖かい国から来た彼には、特に寒さが身に堪えているようですね…。



リスナーの皆さんも、どうか風邪には気をつけて、英語の勉強に励んでくださいね！



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all year long

一年中



no wonder

なるほど、〜してもふしぎではない



one-digit temperature

一桁台の気温



sort of / kind of

ある程度（to some extent）



I can't wait for 〜

〜が待ち遠しい



humid

湿度が高い



a basin area

盆地



the air is kind of trapped

空気が少し閉じ込められる感じになる





*** Script ***

(Slow speed) 03:35-06:05

(Natural speed) 11:15-13:25



Hiroshima Is Cold, But Indonesia Is Warm!



M: Brrr… It's cold! Why doesn't the bus come?



F: You call this cold? This is NORMAL winter for Hiroshima.



M: Really?? I'm freezing here…



F: What's the lowest temperature back in Indonesia?



M: As far as I can remember… only down to 18 degrees on rainy days. And it's not so often.



F: What?? 18 degrees? That's early autumn here!



M: Most of the time it's around 28 to 32 degrees all year long in Indonesia.



F: Oh, no wonder you're freezing. It's only one-digit temperature now.



M: Yeah, I'm still not used to it.



F: So, it's always like summer down there?



M: Sort of. There are only two seasons in Indonesia, rainy and dry.



F: Wow. That's really different from Japan's four seasons!



M: I really can't wait for summer to come. Warm and sunny days!



F: Yeah… and no. Actually, Hiroshima's summer can get extremely hot.



M: Well, I come from a tropical country. I'm used to it already.



F: It's not just that. The weather gets really humid around in summer here.



M: So does Indonesia's weather!



F: I don't think you understand…



M: What's so different about it?



F: You see, Saijo and Higashi Hiroshima are in a basin area. It's surrounded by mountains. So the air is kind of trapped, causing winter to be really cold and summer to be really hot.



M: Oh! So that's why…



F: Now you don't really wish for summer to come soon, do you?



M: Yeah. Spring would be just perfect!



F: I really envy Indonesia's tropical weather. Ah! The bus!



Both: Yeah!



(Written by Armafitriani Zaitoon)