Ex.6. Look up the words in a dictionary, transcribe and learn them

Mild, tornado, gild, polar air, biting wind, prairie, flood, occur, though, damage, drought, grass, daffodil, cause, blizzard, calm, throughout, especially, whirlwind, hurricane.

Ex.7. Practise the sounds and sound combinations in the following words:

[ә:] – first, early, worst, whirlwind, occur, return; [ei] – rain, great, late, day, may, gale, change; [ai] – mild, night, biting, time, skies; [ou] – low, most; [br], [dr], [gr] – Britain, bring; dry, drought; great, grass, grow; [kr], [fr] – Christmas, frost; [kl] – clear, cloud, climate; [nӨs] – months; [mӨ] – warmth.

Ex.8. Write the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives. Transcribe them, Practice their reading

Dry, cold, heavy, low, early, soft, icy, great, bad, near, calm, narrow.

Ex.9. Answer the questions on the text:

1. What is the weather of the British Isles like? 2. Is it mild or rigorous? 3. What is Britain affected by in the winter months? 4. What brings black frosts? 5. What kind of winds blow in Britain in winter? 6. What are the months of most snow? 7. When can it snow in the Scottish Highlands? 8. Where can it snow in summer on the British Isles? 9. What is the driest season? 10. What are the skies? 11. What is the weather like in spring? 12. What kind of weather does wind send in early summer? 13. What is the change in the skies in early summer? 14. What is common in summer? 15. What counties get most rain? 16. Where is the rain heavier? 17. Where do great floods occur? 18. Where do the floods do damage? 19. What can you tell about the air and the sun in early autumn? 20. What elements can we observe in Britain when the temperature falls in autumn? 21. How long can foggy weather last? 22. What do strong winds bring? 23. When does the weather usually have a change? 24. What change in the weather can we observe in spring and mid-October? 25. Where do the highlands and the mountains mainly lie in Great Britain? 26. What winds are they affected by? 27. Where do the plains lie? What influences the weather in lowlands? 28. What territory is affected by frosts and drought? 29. Where can be a feel of wind? 30. What types of wind can blow over the territory of the British Isles? 31. What comes from Siberia by the opinion of the natives of Suffolk? 32. What winds come straight from Siberia? 33. How can the soft westerly winds be characterized? 34. What is true about rains in London? 35. What can one tell about the moods of the British weather? 36. What concerning weather in Great Britain belongs more to fiction than to fact? 37. What is so charming with a constant dense pea-soup fog? 38. In what pieces of literature is dense pea-soup fog mentioned? 39. What makes the climate of the British Isles mild? 40. What winds blow off the warm waters of the North Atlantic Drift? 41. In what parts of Great Britain does grass continue to grow in winter? 42. What is everlasting in Devon, Cornwall and Ireland in winter? 43. Where are flowers produced at Christmas? 44. Where do daffodils appear in early march? 45. Do droughts ever occur? 46. Do they bring any damage? 47. What can destroy houses? 48. What can stop traffic in Great Britain in winter? 49. What is the greatest disaster that can happen? What accidents can it cause? 50. What events fill the newspapers? 51. What disaster can happen in New York? 52. On the prairies? In China? In Australia? In Florida? In Kansas? 53. In the contrast of what disasters does British weather seem mild? 54. Do we ever have any disasters in our parts? 55. When did you observe them last?

Ex.10. Tell the following text in English

Климат Великобритании очень влажный, с мягкой зимой, сильными туманами и ветрами и прохладным летом. Погода переменчива даже в течение одного дня. В сводках погоды обычны слова «пасмурная или дождливая погода, временами – солнце». Поэтому важной деталью британского туалета является зонтик, с которым, почти никогда не расстаются.

На климат страны воздействуют циклоны Атлантики. С запада приходят воздушные массы, согретые теплым североатлантическим течением, и несут с собой дожди. Наименее влажная часть Великобритании – юго-восток.

Снег выпадает редко, обычно на севере в горах в течение одного-двух месяцев в году. Случается, что снег выпадает в других районах, но, тут же тает. Осенью, зимой и весной обычны сильные ветры, большей частью западные. Зимой часты туманы. Самый холодный зимний месяц – январь, а самый теплый летний – июль. В январе температура воздуха редко опускается ниже -6, а летом редко превышает +15. Когда температура достигает -7, англичане говорят, что сильный мороз, и все жалуются на холод. Англичане часто ворчат по поводу погоды, но вам не стоит обращать внимание на их выражения недовольства своим климатом, в конце концов – «не так страшен черт, как его малюют».

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