CRI听力:Indoor Snow Park - The Coolest Place in Beijing

短语讲解：

1. Steve Zdarsky: "it's basically a big fridge that's turned on all summer long."

turn on打开（水、电视、收音机、灯、煤气等）
例句：Please turn the light on for me; it's getting dark.
天要黑了, 请把灯给我打开。

2. "If you think about skiing or snowboarding, China is definitely not the first country you think about.

think about 考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：Elinor is thinking about emigrating to the United States.
埃莉诺正在考虑移居美国。

3. If you look at Japan, for example, which was or still is the biggest snowboarding market in the world, so Asians are really into freestyle snowboarding and skiing.

for example例如, 譬如
例句：Japan, for example, has two languages.
譬如说, 日本就有两种语言。

4. One for beginners, and one full of riders practicing jumps.

full of充满
例句：Mary's heart was full of distress.
玛丽的心里充满痛苦。

5. I'm currently being pulled up a ski slope inside a huge building.

pull up (使)停下(住)
例句：The car pulled up outside the inn.
轿车在旅馆外面停了下来。

6. I used to skateboard but decided I needed something more.

used to过去一向,过去时常;过去曾(而现在不再)做
例句：John used to smoke.
约翰过去抽烟。

7. Especially in the summer and it totally contrasts with the temperature outside.

contrast with与…截然不同, 形成鲜明的对照
例句：The yellow curtains contrast with the blue bedcover.
黄色窗帘与蓝色床罩形成对比。

8. Running an indoor ski slope in the middle of summer must be expensive.

in the middle of在…的中间
例句：The table is in the middle of the room.
桌子在房间的中心。

9. But at the end of the day, if the ski resort makes money or not, I'm not sure.

at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句：The audience clapped at the end of the play .
剧终时观众鼓掌。
make money挣钱
例句：His single aim was to make money.
他的唯一目标是挣钱。