10. Complete the following dialogues:

A: What a nasty day today 1 B: ...

A: I hate when it rains. B: ...

A: What's the weather forecasf for tomorrow? B: ...

A: What a pity! I shan't be able to go fishing.

10. Make up your own dialogues using the following word and word-combinations:

weather; nasty; cold; wind; to blow; low clouds; to rain hard; to hurry along the streets; to get wet; passers-by; to carry an umbrella; deep in autumn; dull; to be caught in the rain; to keep the rain out; weather forecast for today.

10. Read and retell the text: seasons

The year is divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter. Each season has three months.

Spring begins in March and ends in May. In spring, nature awakens from its winter sleep. The trees are filled with new life, the earth is warmed by the rays of the sun, and the weather gets gradually milder. The fields and the meadows are covered with fresh green grass. The blossoms on the fruit-trees come out, filling the air with fragrance. The woods and forests are filled with twitter in the trees. Spring is the revival of nature.

The three summer months are June, July and August. In summer the weather gets warmer still and sometimes it is very hot. The days are long and the nights are short and warm. It's the farmer's busy season. The grass must be cut and the hay must be made, while the dry weather lasts. Sometimes the skies are covered with heavy clouds. There are storms with thunder, lighting and hail.

Autumn is the season of harvesting. Apples, pears and other fruits are ripening in our orchards. The days get shorter and the nights longer. The woods turn yellow and brown, leaves begin to fall from the trees and the ground is covered with them. The skies are grey and it rains very often.

Winter lasts for three months: December, January and February. In winter the sun shines rarely. It rises late and sets early. The temperature is low. We are obliged to spend more time indoors because out-of-doors it's cold. Lakes, rivers and streams are frozen, the roads are sometimes covered with slippery ice or deep snow. The trees are bare. Winter is the season of preparatory work in agriculture.

XIII. Read and translate the text:

ON CLIMATE AND WEATHER

There are many jokes about the English climate. One of them is that there is no climate in England, only weather. And it is true that there is no time of the year when we can really count on its being fine or rainy, warm or cold.

One of the most striking things about the British Isles is the rapidity with which the weather changes from day to day or even during the day.

The British Isles are situated in the temperature zone between the parallels on which Kyiv is situated. The cli­mate is mild and strong frosts are rare. Due to the mo­derating influences of the sea and of the Gulf Stream, the January temperature is higher and the July temperature is lower than in any other country of the same latitude. That is why the British ports are ice-free and the rivers are not frozen throughout the year.

It is hard to say that England has typical weather be­cause of the sudden changes that occur — showers from what was only a few hours before a clear blue sky; sunshine {.hat makes you want to leave off most of your clothes followed by winds that set you wishing for two overcoats.

There is an abundance of rainfall in the west. As a result, there are thick fogs which last for days and weeks at a time during autumn and winter. The winter fogs of London are, indeed, awful. They surprass all imagination. In a fog the air is hardly fit for breathing.

The outstanding features of the climate of Britain are its humidity, mildness and variability.