VII. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below. The first letter or letters of the missing words are given, and the dashes correspond to the number of missing letters

1. A ridge of high pres _ _ _ _ is building up strongly over the Atlantic.

2. The city has received only half its average rai _ _ _ _ _ of four inches.

3. The cl _ _ _ _ _ of southern Florida attracts thousands of tourists each winter.

4. They had the shattering, overwhelming strength of earthquake and hur _ _ _ _ _ _ .

5. They made their way through the thick vege _ _ _ _ _ _ in the valley.

6. The se _ _ _ _ for strawberries usually starts in early June.

7. The temp _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the water was just right for swimming.

8. There was a spectacular thun _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that night.

8. There were frequent showers of rain and h _ _ _ .

10. We couldn't see anything because of the sl _ _ _ and snow.

11. Wea _ _ _ _ patterns have been changing as a result of global warming.

ACTIVATION EXERCISES

I. Find in the text the following words and word combinations, translate the sentences in which they are used and make up sentences with them

all the year round; atmospheric pressure; beautiful lawns; breeze blowing; changeable as the weather; climate; cloud; damp; dew; distinctive temperature; dry; flood; foggy; frost; gale; hail; heat; hurricane; melt; meteorological conditions; moisture; out of doors; popular belief; rainfall; rivers will flood; sleet; snow; spells; starts out bright; take the weather; tendency to talk about the weather; thunderstorm; two days running; vegetation; weather; wind.

II. Find English equivalents of the words and word combinations given below and make up sentences with them

атмосферні опади; вологий клімат; гроза; кімнатна температура; легкий вітерець; ожеледь; період гарної погоди; погодні умови; пора цвітіння; похмура погода; прогноз погоди; ранкова роса; рослинність; середня температура; сильний вітер; сніг, покритий крижаною кіркою; спека; тиск; ховатися від дощу; ураган; хмарність.

III. Fill in prepositions, where necessary

1. Britain is a green country … long rich grass … the cattle and sheep, and beautiful lawns … the gardens.

2. Even … … doors we began to experiment … changing the weather.

3. Everyone who comes … Britain says that it is very beautiful.

4. … places where the weather often changes, everyone is interested … it.

5. … some parts … the world the weather stays very much the same day … day.

6. It rains quite often all the year … … Britain.

7. The British people love their country and take care … it.

8. The English are famous … their weather as it is very changeable.

9. The weather affects the lives … all … us … many ways.

10. The weather usually depends … the season.

11. Weather is the condition … the atmosphere … a certain time.

12. We can turn … lights if it is dark and cloudy … … doors.

IV. Fill in articles where necessary

1. … farmer may want … rainy day because his crops need … rain.

2. … summer day that starts out bright and sunny may end with … thunderstorm.

3. By simple turning of … switch of … electric fan we can start … pleasant breeze blowing.

4. Even out of … doors we began to experiment with changing … weather.

5. In some parts of … world … weather stays very much … same day after … day.

6. … London gets no more rain in … year than … most other major European cities.

7. Some people know that … snow is melting so fast that … rivers will flood.

8. … British people love their country and take care of it.

9. … people have learned to change … 'weather' inside their houses.

10. … popular belief that it rains all … time in … Britain is not true.

11. … thick white fog rolls in from … sea all over … country.

12. … weather affects … lives of all of us in many ways.

13. … weather is … favourite conversational topic in … England.