winter

This month on Spotlight Audio: Test your spoken English. Talking about winter. Writing reports. A short story. And much more.

"I was hitchhiking through Nashville, Tennessee, during this terrible blizzard. After freezing for a couple of hours, I gave up on living. No one was going to help me. Right when I closed my eyes, this guy came up and asked, 'Are you cold, boy?'" — Read the rest of the story.

The hunters are out. Our picture, taken in Vermont, shows a store where they go to weigh their kill. The state places limits on what kind of deer may be hunted and when. For example, in Vermont, they may be hunted only between 3 and 11 December of this year.

You can walk across a large part of downtown Montreal without ever going outdoors. But it is worth going outdoors, no matter what the weather, to see some of the unusual structures that give the city its distinctive character.

Mike Pilewski writes: "Get ready: an even worse winter storm is on its way!"