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Unit 18. Some men are weather wise, others are otherwise —
OQ FiH in prepositions into the weather jokes below and enjoy them.
April in Paris
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(7) April?" Duke asked. "The weather |
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is always terrible then." "1 went because |
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friend cried. "Ah," the composer replied apologetically, "well we really meant May, but the rhythm required two syllables."
x-iAn Accurate.
Forecast
It was autumn, and the Indians _{1) the remote reservation
asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or rather warm.
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been taught the old secrets, and when he looked |
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didn't see what the winter was going to be like. |
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(4) the safe side, he replied _ |
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*)A Most weather proverbs are very old and belong to folklore. More often than not they are rhymed. Choose the right rhyming word from the box and complete the proverbs.
•delight *head 'pass -warning : "still *way -mouth -day 'finely •tune *hay -soon 'flowers
1)When the wind's in the south, the rain's in
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2)When dew is on the grass, rain will not come
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3)A morning fog that hides the sun's ray means the coming of a clear
4)Red sky at night, sailor's
Red sky at morning, sailors take
5)Clear moon, frost
his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and they |
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should collect wood to be prepared. But also being a practical |
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leader, |
(6) several days he got an idea. He went _____ |
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the phone, called National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming
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be quite cold," the weather service responded. |
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So the Chief went |
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(10) his people and told them |
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io collect even more wood |
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week later he phoned the Service again. "Is it going to be a very cold
winter?" "Yes," the man |
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again, "it's going to be cold." |
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The Chief again went |
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(14) his people and told |
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them to collect every scrap |
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(15) wood they could find. Several |
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weeks later he called the Weather Service again. "Arc you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?" "Absolutely," the man replied. 'It will be one of the coldest winters we've ever had. "How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked. The weather man replied, "The Indians are collecting a lot of wood."
6)Evening red and morning grey help the traveller
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Evening grey and morning red bring down rain upon his
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8)April showers bring Mav
9)Mist in May and heat in
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A cold May is |
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Unit 18. Some men are weather wise, others are otherwise
28 Choose the correct weather idiom for each blank. Make all the necessary changes.
a)under the weather
b)to rain on someone's parade
c)head in the clouds
d)to get wind of something
e)to blow hot and cold
f)to weather the storm
g)to make heavy weather of something
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You have been looking a bit |
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2)1 can never tell what mood she is going to be in. She always
and you have to be really careful around her.
3)Your uncle was so happy about his new model car that he had finished but his wife turned round and really saying it was just a toy for kids.
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It was only five mites to the next hotel but we |
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Pat lost his job and his wife had a surgery but they |
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I never knew about the chance of a new job at all. I only |
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from Kathy who had overheard the managers talking |
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at lunch in the staff canteen. |
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Daisy always has |
— a real dreamer who finds |
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it difficult to accept the mundane in life. She is a typical |
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teenager! |
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OQ Below you will find several modern sayings about the weather. How do you understand them? Do you agree with them?
1)All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
2)Nine tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if the weather didn't change once in a while.
3)Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
4)The trouble with the weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.
5)Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, and snow is exhilarating: there is no such thing as bad weather —just different kinds of good weather.
6)There is no season such delight can bring as summer, autumn, winter and spring.
7)Wherever you go. no matter what the weather is, always bring your own sunshine.
8)Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.
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