In Britain, December, January and February     37     (be) the winter months. In winter the days are short and the nights are long. There are only about 8     38     (hour) of daylight (日光).     39     the weather is often cold.     40     in summer the days are longer (较长的). There are more than 16 hours of daylight in the middle of summer. The weather is usually warm     41     summer. It is sometimes hot, but it is not often very hot. There are often cool     42     (day).

The weather in summer here is often too hot. The temperature (温度) is sometimes more than 35℃ (35摄氏度). David, an Englishman,     43     (say) it is hot. Winter usually     44     (start) in December     45     China and     46     (go) on to February. It’s often very cold.

Tina will be free next month. She wants to take a     47    , but she doesn’t know where to go. The     48     is important. Tina doesn’t like too hot or too     49     days. She likes to go to some     50     or cool places. She thinks of Canada first. The weather in the     51     is fine. But it’s too far and she doesn’t have any friends there. Australia is her favorite place. She loves     52     like the koalas there. But it’s     53     in Australia now. It is very hot. “    54     not go to China?” her mother says. Wow, that     55     like a good idea. The weather is nice. And her good friend Peter is working there. She can visit     56     when she arrives in China. He must be very happy to see her.