Text 3. ANNA AND HER FAMILY

Exercise 8. Cloze Test

Listen to the recording of the text entitled Anna and her Family and fill in the blanks with one or more missing words:

Anna is nearly.... She is married.with two children and works..., so she is always busy. Every morning she... early and gets up.... She makes breakfast, then wakes... up. They never want to get up so she has to tell them.... While they are having their breakfast they... about their day ahead. Her husband usually leaves the house first to get... on time. When she is walking to school... she often meets friends taking their children to school too. They don't have...to chat, however, and just exchange a few words. Then she catches... to the library where she works all day. On her way... she buys some bread and meat and a few vegeta­bles. This evening... are having dinner with them as they usually do once or twice.... They like spending a lot of time with their grandchildren and always bring them some sweets or....

Exercise 9. Group Work

Discuss in groups:

1. What do you think British people mostly talk about if they want to start a con­versation with strangers?

2. Do you think British people often complain about the weather? Why?/Why not?

3. Do you think the weather somehow influences people's lives? If so, in what way?

Text 4. THE WEATHER FORECAST

Exercise 10. Comprehension Test

Listen to the recording of the weather forecast, try to find out what season is de­scribed, what the temperatures are and describe the weather conditions in different parts of the country. Tick the appropriate box.

Region	chilly	cloudy and windy	dry, bright and sunny	dry with fog and sunny spells	cloudy with drizzle
South of England
North of England
Scotland
North Sea Coast

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Everyday Life

Exercise 11. Cloze Test

Listen to the recording of the weather forecast and fill in the missing words in the blanks:

1. Last week there were some fine... days.

2. In the past few days you may have noticed overnight... with... and... in many places.

3. Our long-range forecast shows that the weather will be very... and. at times.

4. Next week's outlook is that southern parts of England will be... with... in places.

5. Temperatures are going to be......

6. Light east winds could make North Sea coasts feel.....

7. The weather in Scotland is going to be dry with sunny... after early... clears.

8. Winds will be generally... but they'll bring more... into the west.

Exercise 12. Composition

Make up a weather forecast for tomorrow, using words and phrases from the re­cording.

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