Разговорные темы по английскому языку. Яшина Е.А. - 73 стр.

         What do you think?

         1. How “green” are you? What have you done to be more friendly to the envi-
         ronment?
         2. John thinks that people should try to change their lifestyle little by little, not
         all at once. How could you become more “green”.

         Part C

         The weather

         Cold weather

         In Scandinavia, the chilly (1) days of autumn soon change to the cold days of winter.
         The first frosts (2) arrive and the roads become icy. Rain becomes sleet (3) and then
         snow, at first turning to slush (4) in the streets, but soon settling (5), with severe bliz-
         zards (6) and snowdrifts (7) in the far north. Freezing weather often continues in the far
         north until May or even June, when the ground starts to thaw (8) and the ice melts (9)
         again.

         cold, but not very, (2) thin white coat of ice on everything, (3) rain and snow
         mixed, (4) dirty, browninsh, half-snow, half-water, (5) staying as a white cover-
         ing, (6) snow blown by high winds, (7) deep banks of snow against walls, etc.,
         (8) change from hard, frozen state to normal, (9) change from solid to liquid un-
         der heat.

         Fill the gaps with words from extract escribing weather.

         My first experience of real winter weather was when I went to Noorthern Can-
         ada. I was used to the sort of snow that falls in London, which quickly turns into
         brown ...............(1) with all the people walking on it. In fact, most of the time I
         was in London, it didn’t really snow properly, it was mostly ................(2). Apart
         from that, Brirish winters meant a bit of white ..................(3) on my garden and
         occasionally having to drive very carefully on icy roads early in the morning. I
         had never experienced the ............... (4) and ................. (5) that can paralyse a
         whole city in less than an hour and close roads completely. However, when the
         earth finally ..................(6) and all the snow .................(7) away in spring, eve-
         rything comes to life again and looks more beautiful than ever.

         Warm / hot weather
         Close – warm and uncomfortable
         Stifling – hot, uncomfortable, you can hardly breathe
         Humid – hot and damp, makes you sweat a lot
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