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Todd: So, Marion, what you do you think of the winter we are having?
Marion: The winter at the moment, it's very cold, isn't it, but most of the time it's quite sunny as well. It's dry at least, so I quite like winter days that are sunny like today. I was outside and even though at first it seems quite cold, afterwards, with the sun we kind of warmed up very quickly.
Todd: Mm, yeah, it was nice today. Yeah, but winter is not my favorite season. (No!) No! I, yeah, I want winter to be over very quickly. Mm, so but soon spring will be here and spring is good. I like spring. (Yeah!) and then summer. I love summer. Summer is my favorite season.
Marion: Really! (Yeah!) Even when it's really, really hot?
Todd: Oh, I love it! Last year, it was really, really hot and everybody, every day would complain. (I remember) and say it was so hot, but I loved it. The hotter the better! (Really!) Yeah, so, I think it's very relaxing and it calms me down actually. I feel calm and very relaxed in very hot weather.
Marion: I quite like hot weather as well, but last summer, the summer you are talking about, I had to go on a very crowded train every morning, so when you have a crowded train, and it's very, very hot, it ends up being quite disgusting, piled in against all these sweaty people, so I didn't like last summer for that reason.
Todd: Hm, well, what's your favorite season?
Marion: Ah, autumn is my favorite season, cause I think, because every autumn I start at school. It always feels like a new beginning, time of year, for me, more so than January. I feel like September is a good time to change things and a good time to start new things, and also the trees are beautiful and the weather is quite mild and nice. How about you? What's your favorite season?
Todd: Ah, well, it's probably a tie between summer and fall, for what you just said. I agree. The fall has great weather. The trees are beautiful. It's a good time to be outside. (Yeah!) It rarely rains, and I hate the rain and, uh, plus, my birthday is in October. (Ah, OK) and Halloween which is a fun holiday.
Marion: Mm-hm, so.
Todd: Right, so that's good.