The weather in England

Great Britain has a mild climate, that is, cooler in summer and warmer in winter than in other countries of Northern Europe. This is due to the winds blow from the south-west, from the ocean and the Gulf Stream, which warms the seas around the British Coast. Winter is mild, the temperature seldomfalls below zero and the grass remains green all the year round.

Spring is a nice season. The weather is warm, the sun is shining brightly.

In summer temperature seldom exceeds +25. The weather is very changeable even during a day. Rains and fogs are very often. Englishmen can’t do without umbrella. Cool winds often blow from the sea. There are many sunny days in summer.

The wettest months are from October to January, but Britain has rain all the year round. Sometimes the fog is so thick that it causes much problems to drivers and walkers. The sky is grey in autumn, leaves on the trees change their colour from green to yellow.

a mild climate – умеренный климат

due to – благодаря

ocean – океан

coast – побережье

seldom – редко

fall below – падать ниже

remain – оставать(ся)

exceed – повышаться, превышать

changeable – изменчивый

fog – туман

thick – густой

cause – служить причиной

1 Answer the questions

1 What climate does Great Britain have? 2 What does a mild climate mean? 3 What can you say about winter in Great Britain? 4 What can you say about summer? 5 What can you say about the weather in summer? 6 From where does the wind blow? 7 What are the wettest months? 8 What can you say about the fog?

2 Translate the sentence

1 Winter is mild, the temperature seldom falls below zero and the grass remains green all the year round.

2 The weather is warm, the sun is shining brightly.

3 Rains and fogs are very often.

4 The wettest months are from October to January, but Britain has rain all the year round.

5 The sky is grey in autumn, leaves on the trees change their colour from green to yellow.

6 In summer temperature seldom exceeds +25.

7 The weather is very changeable even during a day.

3 Fill the gaps

1 This is …. the winds blow from the south-west, from the ….. and the Gulf Stream, which warms the seas around the British ……...

2 Sometimes the fog is so …… that it ….. much problems to drivers and walkers.

3 The weather is very ……. even during a day.

4 Great Britain has …….. ……..

5 The grass ….. green all the year round.

6 Winter is mild, the temperature seldom …… ….. zero.

7 Cool winds often ….. from the sea.

4 Make up your own sentences with the words

густой	изменчивый	падать ниже
океан	редко	туман

5 Translate

Климат в Японии умеренный. Зима безветренная, температура редко падает ниже 5. Трава остается зеленой круглый год. Весна – прекрасное время года. Погода теплая, солнце светит ярко. Летом температура редко достигает +23. Погода очень изменчива в течении дня. Люди не могут обойтись без зонта. Летом много солнечных дней. Самые жаркие месяца с сентября по декабрь. Самые влажные месяца с июня по август.

6 Make the sentences negative

1 Spring is a nice season.

2 The weather is warm, the sun is shining brightly.

3 In summer temperature seldom exceeds +25.

4 The weather is very changeable even during a day.

5 Rains and fogs are very often.

6 Englishmen can’t do without umbrella.

7 Cool winds often blow from the sea.

8 There are many sunny days in summer.

7 Make the sentences interrogative

1 Great Britain has a mild climate.

2 The wettest months are from October to January.

3 The temperature seldom falls below zero.

4 The grass remains green all the year round.

5 The sun is shining brightly.

6 The sky is grey in autumn.

7 Cool winds often blow from the sea.

8 Rains and fogs are very often.

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