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根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
It's December. It's snowing and the weather
is really cold in the north of China. You can see many children playing with
snow. Some of them are making snowmen. Some are skating on the river, because
it's so cold that the water in the river freezes(结冰).
It's a white world. How beautiful! But in
Australia now, the weather is hot. Many people go swimming in the sea. They are
having a good time. Jim and his friends are playing soccer near the sea. The
sunny weather is really cool to them. They want to swim after playing soccer.
Why are they swimming in December? It is winter, isn't it? Yes, it is in China.
But it isn't in Australia. That's because we, Chinese and Australians, have
different seasons in a year.
