Winter s por ts

Only two areas of the USA are mild in winter, the coasts, especially Florida and southern Californ ia, and the southern part of the Mississippi basin.

Everywhere e lse it gets cold, often very cold. By the end of November, many Ame rican states are often covered in snow; and although recent winters have been less cold, sport in winter usually means winter sports, or indoor sports.

By January, many people in North America will have temperatures of -30°C; not every day, of course, but such low temperatures are not rare. In Chicago and Minneapolis, the temperature can fall below -40°.

When it is very cold, especially when there is a cold wind, people want to go outside, unless they have to; but on sunny winter days, winter sports are popular.

In the large flat regions in the middle of No rth America, winter sports are snowmobiling, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Ice-skating is popular too; lakes and rivers freeze, and many towns and cities have free open-air skating rinks. In many places, these are flood-lit after dark, so that people can enjoy skating in the evening.

Adapted from http://linguapress.com/intermediate/wintersports. usa.htm

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