Учебное пособие по темам "SEASONS AND WEATHER" и "TIME". Волошина Г.Н - 45 стр.

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The two (самые плохие) months in Britain are January and February. Then
the days are (гораздо хуже) than in any autumn months, (самое хорошее) place
then is at home by a big fire. (Самая холодная) weather of all, when it freezes
night after night and remains cold during the day is (гораздо приятнее) than the
wet weather. One feels that one has (гораздо больше) energy than usual. This is
the time when hundreds of people put on skates and enjoy one of (самый пре-
красный) exercises in the world, skating on ice. If the ground is dry, the snow
remains for some time without melting; (больше) snow falls on top of it and
soon the whole countryside is coloured white. Nothing is (более приятно) than
to wake up one morning and find the whole world covered with a white blanket.
Exercise 2.
Translate the following sentences into English.
1) Если завтра погода будет такая же, как сегодня, мы поедем за город, ес-
ли же погода будет хуже, то мы останемся в городе.
2) Трудно сказать, какое время года я люблю больше всего.
3) Прошлая зима была намного теплее, чем зима три года назад. Было мно-
го снега, но он быстро таял. В этом году снега гораздо больше, но и тем-
пература гораздо ниже.
4) Погода на Британских островах испытывает на себе сильное влияние те-
чения Гольфстрим. Даже в горах на севере страны климат мягче, чем на
юге.
5) Климат, погода в разные времена года имеют, возможно, больше влия-
ния на характер людей, их традиции и мировоззрение (outlook), чем мы
думаем.
2. Text B
The Weather in Great Britain
“Other countries have a climate; in England we have weather.” This state-
ment, often made by Englishmen to describe the peculiar meteorological condi-
tions of their country, is both revealing and true. It is revealing because in it we
see the Englishman insisting once again that what happens in England is not the
same as what happens elsewhere; its truth can be ascertained by any foreigner
who stays in the country for longer than a few days.
In no country other than England, it has been said, can one experience four
seasons in the course of a single day! Day may break as a balmy spring morning;
an hour or so later black clouds may have appeared from nowhere and the rain
may be pouring down. At midday conditions may be really wintry with the tem-
perature down by about eight degrees or more Centigrade. And then, in the late
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