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The naughtiest thing in the worid is the weather. It's like a capricious woman who always does the opposite to what you ask her.

When you want to go for a picnic in the open air you ask the skies to remain clear and the day to be fine. Nervously you switch on the radio and listen to the weather forecast. You tremble with joy to hear that it'll stay warm and dry with bright sunshine, and moderate breeze. Your imagination draws a hot summer afternoon and yourself saying: 'Nice weather we are having today! ' You take a lot of food and no warm clothes, go to the countryside but... do not get anything sunny.

You get it cloudy and cool with intermittent drizzle which ends with a thundery shower. The sky is so heavily cast with clouds, the downpours follow one another with such frequency, the rumbling of thunder and Hashes of lightning are so frightening that you've got no illusions left. You throw away the food and go back hungry and angry. And when you are already approaching your home soaked to the skin it suddenly brightens up. Oh, Goodness!

Each summer every student survives through the best time of his or her life — an examination session. Then many students plead: 'Please, weather, stay cloudy, chilly or even cold with brisk northerly wind and nun torrents leaving pools and peddles everywhere, especially on the playground. And I'll be a good student'. The radio promises: 'Patchy light drizzle with showery outbreaks of rain. ' But the " patch" is never in the right place. Instead the skies send heat and excellent weather for a sun tan. Everyone knows that sun tan never helps at exams.

And it is always like this. When you go skiing and want to have frosty weather with a lot of snow, it starts thawing and your skissink in the slush. Instead of a snowfall and hoarfrost on the trees you get excellent sleet. The weather does not feel any pangs of remorse.

When you go in the car to the country, enjoying nice weather and a beautiful view of a rainbow in the blue sky, you pay no attention to some haze on the horizon. Some time later a thin mist in the distance turns into a thick fog and you spend a lovely two hours instead of one at the steering wheel.

When you plant some much-cared-for flowers in the garden, either a ground frost or a hail storm kills them. Digging muddy flowerbeds one feels exasperated: 'What beastly weather we've had this week! And it keeps nasty! Wretched! '

To tell the truth, sometimes the weather is ashamed and turns for the better. But not always. More often it sticks to its own pattern and after a short warm spell turns bad again. Why is it always like this? Maybe, because the weather likes surprises and wants to bring in adventures to our life, breaking the boring routine with marvellous happenings?

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Capricious. Капризный.

Remain. Оставаться.

Moderate. Умеренный, средний.

Intermittent. Периодический, прерывистый.

Downpour. Ливень.

Frequency. Частота, периодичность, регулярность.

Rumbling. Грохот.

Chilly. Прохладный, холодный.

Brisk. Порывистый.

Torrents. Ливень.

Tansun. Обжигающее солнце.

Thawing. Потепление.

Slush. Слякоть.

Sleet. Слякоть, мокрый снег.

Haze. Туман, мгла.

Mist. Туман, мгла, пелена.

Hail. Град.

Wretched. Проклятье.

Задания:

Задание 1.

Ответьтенавопросы (3-5 предложений):

1. Doyouagreethattheweatherislikeacapricious woman? Prove your point. Yes, I agree. Also capricious weather depends on the place. In England the weather is really changeable. The weather can change because the wind can change its direct in every momebt.

2. Say what weather you like best of all and why. I like not very hot and not very cold weather because you are not shivering because of frost and you are not dying because of hot. I like cloudy weather because I don’t need to use SPF cream. But I think there should be diversity. Every weather has pluses and minuses.

3. Do you listen to the weather forecasts? Do you trust them? Have you heard the weather forecast for today? Was it right? No, I don’t. I usually watch my weather app before going out. I am used to trust the weather forecast, but I often see it can lie. I have watched the weather forecast and it’s mostly sunny.

4. Look at the pictures and say what the weather Is like in them. (помните, чтомыописываемкартинкиспомощьюpresentcontinuous! )The first shows us an early spring. It’s little bit windy and quit cold. A boy is playing with a toy boat in a string. The second picture below shows us an autumn\fall. It’s rainy and windy. There is a man, walking through a rain with an umbrella. The third picture shows us a winter. It’s snowy. The lake is frozen and a girl is skating. The fourth picture shows us a summer. It’s hot and sunny. People are swimming and playing in the lake.

Выберитеподходящеесловоипереведитепредложения:

1. (slush, sleet)

a) The sleet under my feet was awful. I had an impression that I was walking through a muddy sea.

b) The rain changed into a slush. Wet snowflakes were falling on the ground and melted there.

2. (ice drift, snowdrift)

a) The path was hedged by two long snowdrift. They were like two mountain ranges.

b) The ice drift started at night. In the morning the children ran to the river to look at the huge blocks of ice drifting across the water.

3. (icing, icicle)

a) There was heavy icing on the road and all cars were moving very slowly.

b) After a thaw there appeared icicle on the edge of the roof; they looked like sparkling needles.

4. (frost, hoarfrost)

a) Tree branches were covered with hoarfrost and the forest looked enchanting and somewhat mysterious.

b) The frost was biting the nose and the cheeks. It was impossible to stay long in the street.

5. (draught, drought)

a) Severe drought killed the crops. Not a drop of rain fell on the ground for a month.

b) When the door opened, the draught blew off the papers down on to the floor.

6. (to freeze, to be freezing)

a) In winter all rivers and lakes in these parts always freeze.

b) The temperature was quite low and I felt that I am freezing.

7. (blizzard, drizzle)

a) Boring drizzle spoiled the day. It was too wet and dull.

b) The blizzard was blinding us. Snowflakes were swirling in the air.

8. (light, lightning)

a) There is not enough light in the room. The table should be moved closer to the window.

b) The lightning split the sky into two parts. A deafening thunder crack followed.

3. Прочитайте и переведите прогнозы погоды:

I. General situation: Many eastern coastal areas of England will; stay cloudy and cool, with patchy light drizzle during the morning. Western parts of Wales and south-west England will be cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain, although western Wales will brighten up during the afternoon. The rest of England and Wales will stay warm and dry with hazy sunshine, although there will be a brisk easterly breeze. Showery rain over Northern Ireland will clear during the afternoon. Scotland will be dry with sunny periods, but eastern coasts will be cloudy and western areas may have rain during the morning.

" TheIndependent"

Общая ситуация: многие восточные прибрежные районы Англии будутоставаться облачными и прохладными, с легким моросящим дождем утром. Западные части Уэльса и юго-западная Англия будут облачными с проливными дождями, хотя западный Уэльс прояснится в течение полудня. Остальная часть Англии и Уэльса будет оставаться теплой и сухой с неясным солнцем, хотя будет легкий ветер. Проливной дождь над Северной Ирландией пройдет во второй половине дня. Шотландия будет сухой с солнечными прояснениями, но восточные побережья будут облачными, и в западных областях может быть дождь в течение утра.

II. Cloud and outbreaks of rain over England and Wales will clear during the morning. The afternoon will be mostly dry with bright or sunny spells, although wintry showers will develop at times in the north and north-west.

Scotland and Nothern Ireland will have another cold day with sunshine and blustery showers expected. Theshowers will be heavy in places and falling as snow over the high ground.

Outlook: Bright with wintry showers at times, especially in the north. Rain spreading eastwards on Monday.

" Daily Express"

ОблакаичастичныедождинадАнглиейиУэльсомрассеютсяутром. Днем будет в основном сухо с солнечными прояснениями, хотя иногда на севере и северо-западе будут наблюдаться зимние дожди.

В Шотландии и Северной Ирландии будет еще один холодный день с ожидаемым солнцем и ливнем. Местами ливни будут сильными и на возвышенностях будет падать снег.

Прогноз: будет солнечно, время от временибудут идти дожди, особенно на севере. Дождьвпонедельникперенесетсянавосток.

III. Forecast: A dry, sunny start over England and Wales, but there may be light showers adjacent to the southern North Sea. Western Scotland and Nothern Ireland will become cloudy during the morning with outbreaks of rain moving to these areas by midday. This weather will spread south-eastwards to all parts of Scotland, north-west England and north Wales by the evening. Temperatures: 8 C° (46 F°) in East Anglia, 10 C° (50 F°) in Nothern Ireland.

Outlook: Little change in southern and eastern parts of England during Tuesday and Wednesday. There will be cool nights with frost and possibly patchy fog, but day with sunny spells during daylight hours. Early cloud and rain in north-western districts will gradually die out duringTuesday.

" TheIndependent"

Прогноз: сначала над Англией и Уэльсом будет сухо, но могут быть небольшие дождина прилегающих к югу территориях от Северного моря. Утром в Западной Шотландии и Северной Ирландии будет пасмурно, и к полудню в этих районах начнутся дожди. К вечеру эта погода будет распространяться на юго-восток во все части Шотландии, северо-запад Англии и север Уэльса. Температура: 8 ° C (46 ° F) в Восточной Англии, 10 ° C (50 ° F) в Северной Ирландии.

Прогноз: небольшие изменения в южной и восточной частях Англии во вторник и среду. Будут прохладные ночи с заморозками и, возможно, неравномерным туманом, но деньбудет солнечным. Во вторник ранние облака и дожди в северо-западных районах будут постепенно уходить.

IV. Weather: England and Wales will start cloudy with outbreaks of rain. However, brighter, showery weather already over Scotland and Nothern Ireland will slowly spread south and east throughout the day. The showers will be heaviest and most frequent in the north, falling as sleet or snow over hills and mountains, with drifting occurring in places. It will feel cold in the blustery and strong westerly wind.

Outlook: Sunny intervals and showers are expected. Feeling colder than of late in the north-westerly wind.

" DailyExpress"

Погода: Англия и Уэльс будет облачным с дождями. Однако, более солнечная, знойная погода уже над Шотландией и Северной Ирландией будет медленно распространяться на юг и восток в течение дня. Дожди будут очень сильными и наиболее частыми на севере, выпадая в виде мокрого снега или снега на холмы и горы, местами дрейфуя. Западный ветер будет чувствоваться холодным.

Прогноз: ожидаются солнечные интервалы и ливни. Северо-западный ветер будет чувствоваться холоднее.