SEASONS AND WEATHER (l)

Everyone knows that there are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autunm and winter. Each of them lasts 3 months.

Spring comes in March and ends in May. It often rains in spring, especially in April.

Summer is the hottest season in the year. It begins in June and ends in August. In summer the sky is clear and cloudless. The days are long and the nights are short and warm. Summer brings fruits and vegetables. It is pleasant to spend this sea­son by the seaside or somewhere in the country.

Autumn months are September, October and November. The days are becoming shorter, the sun loses its force. It often rains. It is the season of harvesting.

Winter lasts three month as well: December, January and February. It is getting colder day by day. The sun shines rare­ly and it snows of fen. But everything looks so pretty сovered with snow.

So in every season there are bright and dark sides. But we must be thankful together whatever the weather.

QUESTIONS:

1. How many seasons are there in a year? 2  How long does each month last? 3What is the hottest season?

4 What are autumn months?  5What are winter months?  6 What is the weather like in each season?

VOCABULARY:

season — время года                                                  spring —- весна

summer — лето                                                          autumn — осень

winter — зима                                                           month — месяц

cloudless — безоблачный                                         seaside — берег моря

bright — яркий                                                              dark — темный

thankful — благодарен                                                 

SEASONS AND WEATHER (2)

The year is divided into four seasons: spring, summer, au­tumn and winter.

When winter comes, we are to spend more time at home, because it is cold outside. Ponds, lakes, rivers and streams are frozen, and the roads are sometimes covered with slippery ice or deep snow. We may get fog, sleet and frost. The trees are bare, because bitter winds have stripped them of all leaves. In spring nature awakens from her long winter sleep. The trees are filled with new life. The weather gets gradually warmer. The fields and meadows are covered with fresh green grass. The sky is blue and cloudless. At night millions of stars shine in the darkness.

When summer comes the weather gets warmer and some­times it's very hot. It's the farmer's busy season. He works in his fields from morning till night. Sometimes the sky is over­cast with heavy clouds. There are storms with thunder, light­ning and hail. Autumn brings with it the harvest time. The days get shorter and the nights longer. The woods turn yellow and brown, leaves begin to fall down from the trees, The sky is grey and it often rains.

QUESTIONS:

1.  How many seasons are there in the year? 2 Why do we spend more time at home in winter?  3 We may get fog and sleet in winter, don't we? 4 What is the farmer's busy season? 5 What is your favourite season?

VOCABULARY:

pond — пруд                                                                                   fog — туман

sleet — град с дождем ,                                                                  meadow — луг

thunder — гроза                                                                              lightning—молния

hail — град