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The English weather on the whole is not exceptionally good. It's very damp, we have a lot of rain. Our weather is very changeable: a fine morning may change into a wet afternoon and evening. Conversely, a miserable morning may give place to a glorious afternoon.
The English summer is usually disappointing. We expect during winter to have two or three months of extremely good weather, sunshine and hot weather, hot enough to bathe, to go to the sea. But summer months are often cool, there is always plenty of rain. Planning summer holidays is not easy because you can never depend on the weather. One year June may be hot and sunny and July and August rainy, another year it might be the other way round. So many people who look forward to the summer holidays, if they can afford it, go abroad for their holidays, though there are so many lovely beaches on the English coast.
The English winter is not cold. The temperature seldom falls below 3-4 degrees. The usual temperature is about zero. The air is frequently damp and foggy. It often rains and it seldom snows. The snow melts very quickly.
Autumn is the season of foggy, windy days. A spell of sunny weather in October is called an Indian Summer.
Spring is a warm and beautiful season. Spring flowers start to bloom from February. The weather in spring however, is changeable, and even if the sky is blue without a single cloud in the morning there is no guarantee that it may not rain within a short time. It is always wise to take a mac or an umbrella.
No conversation ever starts in England without a comment on the weather. It is almost a formality like shaking hands. "How do you do?", "Nice day today, isn't it?", "Isn't it hot today?", "Isn't it a beastly day?", "Shocking weather, isn't it?" - these remarks are often used when speaking about the weather.
Exercise 2.Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences. Begin your sentence with one of the following: I don't think so; I'm afraid you are wrong; on the contrary; it's not so; far from it; you are quite right; I agree with you; as far as I know.
1. The Ehglish weather is very changeable. 2. The English summer is usually fine. 3. It is usually cold in winter. 4. Spring is a very pleasant season. 5. The weather in autumn isn't very pleasant as a rule. 6. The English like to speak about the weather. 7. An Indian Summer is a spell of rainy weather in summer. 8. The English like to spend their holidays on the English coast. 9. In winter the snow doesn't melt. 10. The English take an umbrella only in rainy weather.
Exercise 3. Imagine you've just come from England. Your friends want to know about the English weather. They are asking you questions. (10 questions)
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