Учебное пособие по темам "SEASONS AND WEATHER" и "TIME". Волошина Г.Н - 19 стр.

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Wet weather
This wet weather scale gets stronger from left to right.
DAMP → DRIZZLE → POUR DOWN / DOWNPOUR → TORRENTIAL
RAIN → FLOOD
Autumn in London is usually
chilly and damp with rain and drizzle.
It was absolutely
pouring down - or - there was a real downpour.
In the tropics there is usually
torrential rain most days, and the roads often get
flooded - or - there are floods on the roads.
This rain won’t last long; it is only a
shower (short duration).
The
storm damaged several houses (high winds and rain together).
We got very wet in the
thunderstorm (thunder and heavy rain).
Hailstones were battering the roof of our car (small balls of ice falling from the
sky). Note also
hail (uncountable).
The sky’s a bit
overcast; I think it is going to rain (very cloudy).
We had a
drought last summer. It didn’t rain for six weeks.
Mist and fog
Nouns and adjectives: haze (легкий туман, дымка) / hazy (туманный, подер-
нутый дымкой, неясный) - light mist, usually caused by heat; mist / misty -
light fog, often on the sea, or caused by drizzle; fog / foggy - quite thick, associ-
ated with cold weather; smog (= smoke +fog) - mixture of fog and pollution.
Wind
There was a gentle breeze on the beach, just enough to cool us.
There is a good
wind today; fancy going sailing?
It is a very
blustery day; the umbrella will just blow away ( to bluster - буше-
вать о буре).
There has been a
gale (= a strong wind) warning; it would be crazy to go sailing.
People boarded up their windows when they heard there was a
hurricane on the
way.
2.3. Vocabulary Practice
Exercise 1. Consult your dictionary and give all possible derivatives from the
following words. sun mist air
fog wind light
rain dark warm
Exercise 2. Explain the difference between the synonyms or analogous words.
to chill - to freeze breeze - wind
veil - haze - mist - fog to smoke - to steam up
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