5 Describe the weather in the pictures. (Опишите погоду на картинках.)

a) b)

Example (Пример): It is sunny.

c) d)

6 What season is it? (Какое это время года?)

a) b)

Example (Пример): It is spring.

c) d)

7 Act out one of the dialogues from exercise 1 in class. (обыграйте один из диалогов из упражнения 1 в классе.)

8 There are some unfamiliar words in the following texts about seasons. Before you read the texts, translate these unknown words into Russian using a bilingual dictionary. (В следующих текстах о временах года вы встретите незнакомые слова. Перед прочтением текстов переведите эти слова с помощью словаря.)

Remember! (Запомните!)  Для того чтобы найти нужное слово в словаре, нужно отбросить все окончания, например в тексте о зиме слово come идет с окончанием s, при поиске этого слова в словаре мы убираем окончание и ищем слово come.  Большинство слов в английском языке многозначны, поэтому очень важно выбрать правильное значение. Обычно первое значение в словаре самое общее, тем не менее, нужно подобрать значение исходя их контекста (данного текста). Например, слово turn имеет первое значение «поворачивать», нам такое значение не подходит, смотрим дальше и видим значение «становиться» – это то, что нам нужно – Листья становятся желтыми (желтеют).
Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
come	begin	tree	prepare
set	melt	look	turn
dull	street	pretty	yellow
most of	slushy	vacation	red
shine	grass	people	get
sparkle	show up	beach	cool
icicle	leaves	camp	almost
glitter	appear	forest	still
chilly	flower	pick up	everything
star	bloom	berry	multicolor
visible	bird	mushroom	call
during	sing	nut	Indian summer
	song	a lot
	smell	area
	fresh	pleasant
	bush	essential
	fill	plant
	air
	happiness
	everywhere
	symbol
	nature
	born
	again

9 Read the following texts about four seasons. (Прочитайте следующие тексты о временах года.)

a) In winter, there is snow everywhere. The sun comes very late in the morning. It sets very early in the evening. It is dull and cloudy most of the day. When the sun shines, snow sparkles and icicles glitter. The wind is always cold. It is very chilly in February. Even the stars are not visible during the winter!

b) In spring, the snow begins to melt. Streets get slushy with the melted snow. Grass starts showing up. Days get brighter and warmer. New leaves appear; new flowers bloom. Birds sing their spring songs. The smell of fresh leaves, grass, and bushes fills the air. There is happiness everywhere. Spring is a symbol of new life –nature is born again.

c) In summer, days are warm and hot. Trees look beautiful. Flowers look pretty. Students have vacation. Some people go to beaches; some people go camping, and some people go to forest to pick up berries, mushrooms, and nuts. It rains a lot in some areas in summer. The summer rain is usually warm and pleasant and is essential for plants.

d) In fall, the nature prepares itself for the winter. The leaves in the trees start turning yellow and red. It gets cool in October. It rains almost every day. The wind is very chilly. The period when it is still warm and everything is multicolor is called Indian summer.

10 Say whether the following sentences make any sense (in terms of the seasons/months they refer to) by choosing either true or false. If you choose false, please rewrite the sentences to make them meaningful. Use the model given for the first sentence. (Скажите, верны или неверны следующие утверждения. Если предложение неверно – исправьте его.)

Example: People go to beaches in winter.

It’s false - People go to beaches in summer.

1. The smell of fresh leaves, grass and bushes fills the air in fall.

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2. It is very chilly in February.

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3. Students have vacations in spring. _________________________________________________

4. The Russian summer refers to the warm and multicolor days

in fall.

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5. Spring is a symbol of the rebirth of life.

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