Читайте также:
|
Exercise 4. Change the following sentences according to the example.
Example: When the sun shines... (the weather is sunny). - When the weather shines we say that the weather is sunny.
1. When it rains... (rainy). 2. When it drizzles and sleets... (nasty). 3. When a cold wind blows... (windy). 4. When there is a fine mist over the city... (misty). 5. When a frog is spreading... (foggy). 6. When the streets are covered with mud and slush... (muddy and slushy). 7. When the frost is hard... (frosty). 8. When it is warm... (fine). 9. When the temperature is + 25... (hot). 10. When the temperature has fallen to -25... (very cold). 11. When the air is hot and dry...(stifling). 12. When the sky is clear... (cloudless). 13. When the sky is coved with clouds... (cloudy). 14. When the weather often changes... (changeable). 15. When the rivers and lakes are covered with ice... (frozen). 16. When there is much snow... (snowy). 17. When we are in for a spell of good weather at the beginning of September... (Indian summer). 18. When it pours with rain... (beastly). 19. If the weather doesn't turn to worse... (to keep fine). 20. When the temperature falls below zero... (to freeze).
Exercise 5. What will you say if:
it rains cats and dogs; the sun shines brightly; it's warm; it pours with rain; everything is covered with hoarfrost; the air is cool and fresh; the temperature is falling; it sleets; the streets are slushly and muddy; it drizzles; the sky is overcast; the weather has turned to better.
Suggestions: it's lovely; the weather is nasty; it's beastly; we are in for a spell of good weather again; the wether is fine; it's a lovely day; it's a nasty day; it looks like rain; it looks like frost; it's pleasant to breathe fresh air.
Exercise 6. Complete the following sentences.
1. It looks like.... Take your umbrella. 2. The temperature has fallen to.... 3. The weather has turned to.... It is drizzling. 4. After a hard frost everything is covered.... 5. When the snow begins to melt the streets.... 6. The temperature has risen.... 7. The sky is dark, it is covered.... 8. In autumn it often.... 9. Summers are not very.... 10. London is famous for.... 11. St.Petersburg looks at its best in.... 12. Indian summer is a spell of good weather....
Exercise 7. Translate into English.
1. Какая прекрасная погода, не правда ли? Совсем не похоже на осень. - Да, сегодня очень тепло. И солнце светит ярко. - Вы не знаете, какая сегодня температура? - Я думаю, градусов 19-20. -Это довольно высокая температура для октября. - Да, такая погода осенью бывает не часто. Если такая погода простоит еще пару дней, давай поедем в воскресенье за город. - С удовольствием. Я думаю, в парках сейчас очень красиво.
2. Ты не знаешь сегодняшний прогноз погоды? - Днем обещают дождь. Возьми на всякий случай (to be on the safe side) зонтик и надень плащ.
3. Какая отвратительная погода! Совсем не похоже на весну. Небо опять затянуто тучами, похоже, что будет дождь. В апреле было всего несколько теплых солнечных дней.
4. Короткий период теплой погоды в начале осени называют "бабьим летом". Многие русские поэты воспевали это время года.
Дата добавления: 2015-02-16; просмотров: 192 | Поможем написать вашу работу | Нарушение авторских прав |