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In Harbin, the winter temperature temperatures is dropping as drop as low as minors 30 degrees Centigrade.
查了词典，虽然它是可数名词，但没发现temperature有用复数的例子啊。
But for the people who live here, this frozen world is just a way of life.
Topped away Tucked away at the frozen north east of China, Harbin was originally a tiny tiny rural settlement until the railways arrived.
tucked away
把…隐藏;把…隐匿 If someone or something is tucked away, they are well hidden in a quiet place where very few people go.
settlement
A settlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes.
e.g.: The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
这个村子里只住了 50户人。
The Chinese eastern railway connected eastern Siberia via Haribin to Russia, it transformed this city into the beating heart of commerce and industry in this region.
[saɪ'bɪə.ri.ə] Siberia 西伯利亚
And the Russian connection is everywhere.
The people who built the railways and settled down here were made of pretty strong stuff.
Looking around I’m the only one …
这句，很明显字幕也不准~ 以后水平高了再看看能不能听懂吧
Even the kids here, they look hardier than me.
hardy
People and animals that are hardy are strong and able to cope with difficult conditions.
The people here aren’t just surviving, they embrace the sub-zero temperatures.
In fact, five million people are happy to call Harbin their home.
By following away By far in a way, the most extreme example of this city’s passion for the cold, it’s the local tradition of ice swimming.
With an average temperature of minors 30 degrees outside this is a showcase for the strong physique and iron will of the Harbin locals.
During the winter months, these brave swimmers, they head to the river to take a plunge in this special pool cut out of the ice. It’s truly a local pass time.
字幕是had to the river?
take a plunge
一头扎入水中
If something or someone plunges in a particular direction, especially into water, they fall, rush, or throw themselves in that direction.
The river water is a painful one degree Celsius. Without these motives to keep the water constantly moving, it would simply freeze over.
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