THE COLDEST CAPITAL CITIESIN THE WORLD 世界上最冷的首都城市

Oishimaya Sen Nag

每到冬天，氣溫下降，南方人裹著被子羨慕北方人的暖氣，北方人在寒冷的室外玩著潑水成冰的游戲。似乎每到寒冷的季節(jié)，南北方哪里更冷的討論就開始了，但你知道世界上最冷的首都城市是哪里嗎？可能我們的第一反應是加拿大的首都或是俄羅斯的首都。真的如此嗎？一起了解一下吧！

Capital cities are usually the most important cities in their respective countries. These cities act as the political， economic， educational， and cultural centers of their countries. Capital cities are most often located 2strategically to allow the government proper control over other parts of the country. Capital cities are also popular centers of tourism and attract a large number of tourists from across the world. Here， we discuss some of the coldest capital cities in the world.

首都通常是各自國家中最重要的城市，是其國家的政治、經(jīng)濟、教育和文化中心。首都通常位于戰(zhàn)略位置，以使政府能夠適當控制該國其他地區(qū)。首都也是受歡迎的旅游中心，吸引了來自世界各地的大量游客。下面列舉世界上一些非常寒冷的首都。

1） respective 【r'spektv】 adj.各自的

2） strategically 【stra'ti：d3lkali】 adv.戰(zhàn)略地

Ulaanbaatar

驗巴托，世界上最冷的首都

When speaking of the coldest capital cities in the world， we usually think of the capital cities of Canada， Russia， Iceland or the Scandinavian countries. However， it is Mongolia's capital， Ulaanbaatar that is the coldest capital city in the world. The city experiences an 3annualaverage temperature of -1.3"C. The city has short， warm summers while winters are 4bitterly cold and dry. Temperatures in January are as low as -36'C to -40*C.

1） annual [aenjual] adj.年度的

2） bitterly ['brtali] adv.極其

說到世界上最寒冷的首都，我們通常會想到加拿大、俄羅斯、冰島或斯堪的納維亞國家的首都。但是，蒙古首都烏蘭巴托是世界上最冷的首都。該市的年平均氣溫為-1.3C。這個城市夏季短而溫暖，冬季又冷又干燥，一月的溫度低至-36C至-40C。

Astana

阿斯塔納，世界第二冷的首都

Astana， Kazakhstan's capital city， is the world's second coldest capital city. The city has an extreme continental type of climate. Summers are short and warm in Astana while winters are severely cold and dry. Winter temperatures are as low as -30"C to -35'C. The IshimRiver of the city remains frozen from mid-November to April beginning.

哈薩克斯坦首都阿斯塔納是世界第二冷的首都。這個城市是極端的大陸性氣候。阿斯塔納的夏天短而溫暖，冬天則嚴寒干燥，冬季溫度低至-30*C至-35C。

從11月中旬到4月初，該市的伊希姆河一直處于結冰狀態(tài)。

Moscow

莫斯科，世界第三冷的首都

Russia's capital city is the third coldest capital city in the world. Moscow has a continental climate 5）characterized by long， cold winters and warm summers. Winter temperatures in Moscow 6range from -25'C in the city proper to -30'Cin the 7suburbs.

俄羅斯的首都莫斯科是世界上第三冷的首都。莫斯科擁有大陸性氣候，冬季漫長而寒冷，夏季溫暖。莫斯科的冬季溫度范圍從城市中的-25C到郊區(qū)的-30C。

5） characterize 【kaeraktaralz】 v.使具有特點

6） range 【relnd3】 v.變化

7） suburb 【'sAb3：b】n.郊區(qū)

Heisinki， Finiana

芬蘭，赫爾車基

Helsinki is the capital city of Finland that experiences a humid continental climate. Though it experiences a cold winter， temperatures here are relatively higher than in many other locations along the same 8latitude in other parts of the world.

This is due to the moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current and the Baltic Sea. Winter temperatures in Helsinkifall as lowas -20'C. The lowest temperature recorded in Helsinki was -34.3'C on January 10，1987.

8） latitude 【laettju：d】n.緯度;范圍

赫爾辛基是芬蘭的首府城市，大陸性氣候，潮濕。盡管冬季寒冷，但這里的溫度要比許多世界相同緯度的其他地方高。這是由于北大西洋暖流和波羅的海的緩和影響。赫爾辛基的冬季氣溫可降至-20C。赫爾辛基有記錄的最低氣溫是1987年1月10日的-34.3C。

ReykjaviK， ceiand

冰島，雷克雅未充

The capital city of Iceland， Reykjavik， ranks fifth among the coldest capital cities in the world. The city has a sub-polar oceanic climate， and despite its northern latitude， temperatures rarely fall below -15"C. The lowest temperature of -19.7'C was recorded in this city on January 30，1971.

冰島的首都雷克雅未克在世界上最冷的首都中排名第五，該市屬副極地海洋性氣候，盡管位于北方緯度地區(qū)，但溫度很少低于-15C。有記錄的最低氣溫是1971年1月30日的-19.7C。