Путешествие - Travelling. Руденко Т.П. - 30 стр.

SPEAKING THROUGH LISTENING                                                     to be long periods of rain. One can never depend on the weather! So most
                                                                               people, who look forward to the summer holidays, plan to go abroad for the
1. Listen to the weather report for the answers to these questions. Com-       summer, to France, Spain or somewhere else on the Continent. Though the
   pare your answers with a partner.                                           sea in England is usually, even in the middle of summer, quite cold, those
       1. Is the weather in Washington cool or warm tonight (Friday)?          who stay in England go to the seaside or plan some sort of walking trips,
          ______                                                               especially in the northern districts of England, such as the Lake district. A
       2. Which day will be the best for sightseeing – tomorrow (Saturday)     very great many people spend the summer simply walking, staying in youth
          or Sunday? Why? _________
                                                                               hostels and enjoying the beautiful places around. The English winter on the
       3. What is the temperature in Washington right now (at the time the     whole is not as severe as the Russian winter. They have some frosts, snow,
          report is being given)? _______                                      it’s very cold, damp, unpleasant, but it’s never too cold to go outside or to
       4. What is the specific time? _________                                 enjoy winter sports. Again in England they don’t have a great deal of snow,
                                                                               it’s never deep and sometimes is very little at all. The most unpleasant as-
2. Listen to the WFRM jet commuter forecast again and complete the             pect of English weather, especially in big towns, is fog and smog. They can
   chart below.                                                                stop traffic and it’s hard to bear dampness. When autumn comes, of course,
        City               Temperature                 Conditions              they get a great deal of rain, the weather is rather nasty.
                                                                                      In the past this was partly compensated by the fact that many people
 Atlanta
                                                                               in England had large open fires in their homes though nowadays central
 Boston
                                                                               heating and electric fires substituted them in many households. When
 Chicago                                                                       people gather round the fire and talk or watch TV, the cold and dampness
 Dallas                                                                        outside doesn’t seem to matter so much.
 Miami
 New York
                                                                               According to the text are the statements true or false?
                                                                                    1. The English summer is usually not very warm.
With a partner discuss which city has the best weather today? Why do
                                                                                    2. Many people who look forward to the summer holidays stay in
   you think so?
                                                                                       England.
                                                                                    3. They don’t have a great deal of snow in England.
READING                                                                             4. The sea in England is not warm enough to bathe.
Read the text and do the assignments that follow                                    5. You can always depend on the English weather.


              The English about English Weather                                SPEAKING THROUGH READING

       English weather on the whole is not exceptionally good. It’s very       1. Read the texts and in small groups discuss the following questions:
damp, they have a great deal of rain and the English summer is usually dis-      a) Do you believe in weather reports? Have you ever experienced the
appointing. During winter they dream of having two or three months of               situation like the one described in the text?
extremely good weather, sunshine and hot weather, hot enough to bathe, to        b) Have you ever had bad luck with weather while travelling?
go to the sea. But usually when the summer comes, summer months are
rather cold, much colder that one had expected, always a great deal of rain.
The weather is very changeable and one never knows when there are going

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