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满大街到处都能见到挂着Oilers旗子的车，让我这个对体育一向没兴趣，迄今为止只看过一次非正式的Hockey比赛的人也无法无视这个让加拿大人疯狂的运动的热潮。7 C- X" H7 N! ]% D& Z
9 e- P% t- I6 D+ M: D7 O但热归热，我还是不会疯的，只是看到这些旗子，忽然想起最近在看的一本关于加拿大的有趣小书里的一段话，抄上来，给大家补补关于加拿大"季节"的常识性问题：9 w) B: R3 L2 b x1 x- I
3 w8 }* ?# a1 @ l/ ?Canada has two anthems, two languages and two versions of its history. There is an assumption that Canada has only two seasons as well: Winter and Not Winter. But it isn't true. , R8 x4 s# k [
8 X; @% s! l2 G- j- G7 wIn fact, Canada has no fewer than six distinct seasons: Tax; Hockey; More Hockey; Still More Hockey; Summer (also known as the July Long Weekend, also known as "Was that it?"); and finally Good God, Isn't the Hockey Season Over by Now?!
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& A+ _% Y3 `" l( w0 XIn defiance of both Einstein and the space-time continuum, hockey in Canada now lasts sixteen months a year. Both the tax season and summer have been swaped by hockey -- and that's just regular hockey. The playoffs stretch things out even further. Glasiers move faster than the standard NHL season. There are teams with sideburns and disco hairdos still circling the ice trying to finish off the 1974 season. So if you are going to be a Canadian, you will have to get used to this. Hockey is the Muzak of Canadian society. It's always there, in the background, like radiation or white noise. "Da da da da DA DAA......"
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