Учебное пособие по темам "SEASONS AND WEATHER" и "TIME". Волошина Г.Н - 38 стр.

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The weather changes with the change of the season. Winter cold comes back
when spring seems already to be here, or warm fine summer days return in mid-
October (Indian summer) gilding
the autumn leaves.
The highlands and the mountains lie mainly in the west and are affected by
the winds off the ocean. The plains lie mainly in the east, and are affected by
frosts and drought
. But there is a feel of wind almost everywhere. The moods of
British weather are really surprising. On the whole the warm moist winds off the
warm waters of the North Atlantic Drift are so common that the general climate
is very mild.
Droughts occur, but crops are never a complete loss, nor do animals perish.
Sometimes a little whirlwind
(a “twister”) can destroy houses, heavy snowfalls
and the much commoner icy roads can stop traffic but fog is the greatest disaster
that can happen, causing accidents on roads and railways. These events fill the
newspapers, but in contrast with the heatwaves in New York, or blizzards
on the
prairies, floods in China, droughts in Australia, hurricanes in Florida or torna-
does in Kansas, British weather seems indeed mild.
In England they always have the weather to talk about. So whenever you
strike up a conversation in England, may be at the barber’s, in the street or on a
train journey, you inevitably get around to two subjects - the weather and sport,
which are as much part of English life as bacon and eggs, roast beef and the
Houses of Parliament.
1.1. Notes on Text A
1) a belief
- the feeling that something is definitely true or definitely exists
2) to perpetuate
- to make something continue to exist for a long time - увекове-
чивать, сохранять навсегда
3) to count on...
- to depend on or to be certain of someone or something - рас-
считывать на...
4) a comment on smth.
- an opinion you express about someone or something
5) to be apt to do smth.
- to have a natural tendency to do smth. - быть склон-
ным к...
6) a prevailing wind
- a wind that blows over a particular area most of the time
7) black frost
- a low temperature that causes intense cold without ice crystals -
мороз без инея
8) to merge into smth.
- to seem to disappear into smth. and become part of it
9) skies
(sg. sky) - the space above the earth. Used mainly in the singular - “не-
бо, небеса”. The plural form enters many idiomatic expressions such as “to
praise to the skies”. In the text the plural form is used for emphasis.
10) clouds build up ≠ die away / disperse / lift
- clouds, that is the mass of water-
vapour which can be seen floating above the earth gather together (disappear)
- облака собираются (исчезают)
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