2013
高考英语二轮阅读理解强化系列（03）及答案 a no one knows where the phrase “indian summer” got started. we are sure that the phrase was well－known by the year 1778, because crevecoeur, an american writer, described it like this: “a hard frost(霜冻)follows the autumn rains. this prepares the ground to receive the snows of winter. but before the snows come, the earth turns warm once again and there are a few days of smoke and mildness called indian summer.” there is a story about indian summer that goes back to the very first settlers of the new world. the first frost meant winter was coming. snow would soon follow. the indians, seeing the settlers preparing for winter, told them not to hurry. the weather would
