we are having today! 4. It's a lovely morning, isn't it? 5. Isn't it a hot day? 6. It's
wonderful weather we are having. I hope it will keep fine. 7. What a tremendous
clap of thunder! 8. Look! It's clearing up.
b) Continue the exercise suggesting your own verbal context.
XIX.
Think of stimulating phrases to which those below could be replies. Work in
pairs:
1. Very well indeed, thank you. 2. I don't know exactly. 3. Sometimes I do. 4. I
think so. 5. I've no idea, I'm afraid. 6. No,
I don't think I'll ... . 7. Yes, I'll have to change my clothes. 8. I think that's a
very good idea. 9. I don't think so. 10. I've lost my umbrella. 11. Fancy that!
XX.
Complete the following sentences and add something to develop a situation:
1. I shall go skiing if ... . 2. The pond will be frozen over when ... . 3. The
farmers will reap the corn when ... . 4. The unpleasant time comes when .... 5. We
shall go for a walk as soon as ... . 6. I'll stay out-of-doors till... . 7. She'll be able
to help you if she ... . 8. He'll make good progress if... . 9. I shall put up my
umbrella when ... . 10. Don't go out before ... .
XXI.
Team up with another student and have a friendly talk using words and word
combinations of Text 2 concerning weather.
XXII.
a) Read the following text. Give a title to the story, b} Retell
the story using the vocabulary of the lesson:
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The weather in England can change very quickly. One day last week 1 went
for a walk in the country. When I started early in the morning the weather was
beautiful. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and there were no clouds at all.
In the middle of the morning a sudden change came. A cool wind started to blow,
black clouds covered the sun and in a very short time it started to rain heavily.
There were no houses in sight and I had no coat with me. So I got yery wet indeed
and very cold too. After about an hour I managed to catch a bus which took me
home. But when I arrived I was shivering and sneezing and I've had a cold ever
since. We sometimes say that England is the only country where you can have
four seasons in one day.
XXIII.
Translate the following into English:
A. 1. Сегодня не такой туман, как вчера. Вчера туман был такой густой, что я боялась
ехать на машине и предпочла идти в театр пешком. 2. Неприятно гулять, когда небо
покрыто тучами и идет дождь, а автобусы и машины забрызгивают прохожих водой и
грязью. 3. Какая сегодня скверная погода! Моросит дождь, и улицы такие грязные. 4.
Небо потемнело, и с моря начал дуть холодный ветер. Но сегодня ветер не такой
сильный, как вчера. Вчера он был гораздо сильнее. 5. Сильно подмораживает. Скоро
пруд замерзнет, и мы сможем кататься на коньках. 6. Парк выглядит
так прекрасно, когда земля покрыта снегом, а на деревьях сверкает иней.
7. Я не слышала прогноза погоды сегодня и не знаю, будет ли сегодня дождь.
Если дождя не будет, я обязательно поеду за город. 8. Погода становится
теплее, я думаю, что скоро зацветут (будут в цвету) фруктовые деревья. 9.
Зерно начинает созревать. Скоро начнется уборка. Некоторые студенты
поедут помогать убирать урожай, 10. Возьми плащ или зонт. Погода может
измениться. 11. Сегодня очень холодно. Тебе придется остаться дома. Если
ты выйдешь, ты опять простудишься и не сможешь посещать школу. 12. Я
думаю, что он вам не позвонит до того, как вернется в Москву. 13. Завтра
утром приезжает мой брат. Я не знаю, получу ли от него телеграмму, но даже
если не получу, я поеду на вокзал встречать его. Г4. Мы сможем обсудить
наши планы в понедельник. 15. Вы не должны учить это стихотворение
наизусть, пока вы не отработаете его в лаборатории. 16. Она не знает,
закончит ли свою статью сегодня. Если закончит и если сегодня не будет
дождя, мы пойдем в театр. 17. Я буду рада, если дождь прекратится. Мне
надо торопиться на вокзал. 18. Через час начнут прибывать первые делегаты.
19. В Англии поля и парки остаются зелеными даже зимой. 20. Посмотри!
Выпало много снега. Завтра дети будут кататься на санках и лепить
снеговика. 21. Как красиво! Капельки дождя и росы сверкают на листьях и
на траве. 22. Я думаю, что дождь не будет продолжаться очень долго и мы
сможем пойти в лес собирать грибы и ягоды.
В. 1. Сегодня очень душно. Боюсь, что скоро будет гроза. 2. Эти ужасные
раскаты грома разбудили меня ночью. Дождь лил как из ведра всю ночь. 3.
Посмотри! Дождь перестал. Облака рассеялись. На небе красивая радуга.
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Надеюсь, будет хорошая погода. 4. Согласно прогноза погоды на этой неделе
изредка будут выпадать дожди. 5. Идет сильный дождь, раскрой зонтик, а то
ты совершенно промокнешь.
XXIV. a) Translate into Russian, b) Give synonyms to the following words:
silly, ruin, jolly, completely, chuckle, lovely, flimsy, start.
c) Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations in English:
tomfoolishness, occasional, depression, to be plagued, set-fair day, keep on
steadily, a thing that is beyond me.
d) Retell the text:
George got hold of the paper, and read us the weather forecast "rain, cold, wet
to fine, occasional local thunderstorms, east wind with general depression over
the 'Midland Counties'." I do think that, of all the silly, irritating tomfoolishness
by which we are plagued, this "weather forecast" fraud is about the most
aggravating. It "forecasts" precisely what happened yesterday or the day before,
and precisely the opposite of what is going to happen today.
I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn by our
paying attention to the weather report of the local newspaper. "Heavy showers,
with thunderstorms, may be expected today," it would say, and so we would give
up our picnic, and stop indoors all day, waiting for the rain. And people would
pass the house, going off in wagonettes and coaches as jolly and merry as could
be, the sun shining out, and not a cloud to be seen.
"Ah," we said, as we stood looking out at them through the window, "won't
they come home soaked!"
And we chuckled to think how wet they were going to get. By twelve o'clock,
with the sun pouring into the room, the heat became quite oppressive, and we
wondered when those heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms were going to
begin. At one o'clock the landlady would come in to ask if we weren't going out,
as it seemed such a lovely day.
"No, no," we replied, with a knowing chuckle, "not we. We don't mean to get
wet — no, no." But not a drop ever fell, and it finished a grand day, and a lovely
night after it.
The next morning we would read that it was going to be a "warm fine to set-
fair day, much heat," and we would dress ourselves in flimsy things, and go out,
and, half-an-hour after we had started, it would commence to rain hard, and a
bitterly cold wind would spring up, and both would keep on steadily for the whole
day, and we could come home with cools and rheumatism all over us, and go to
bed.
The weather is a thing that is beyond me altogether. I never can understand it.
(Abridged from "Three Men in a Boat"
by Jerome K. Jerome)
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XXV.
Find a picture on the topic "Season and Weather** for your discussion in
class. Prepare 8—10 questions which would help your fellow-students to describe the
