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c) Answer the teacher’s questions.

d) Reproduce the weather forecast for Great Britain.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

1. sleet – 1. дождь со снегом, мокрый снег; крупа. 2. ледяная корка (на деревьях, проволоке, дороге) / to sleet – идти (о мокром снеге) e.g. It often sleets in November in this part of the country.

2. slush – 1. талый снег, жидкая грязь, слякоть. e.g. She imagined the life of a country doctor walking in the slush to see a patient and shuddered at the thought. / to slush – окатывать (грязью, водой); шлепать по грязи
3. to drizzle – моросить, e.g. It has been drizzling since morning.
4. hoar [hO:] frost – иней, e.g. In the morning the trees and grass were covered with hoar frost.
5. slippery – скользкий, e.g. Be careful while driving, the roads are slippery.
6. icicle ['aIsIkl] – сосулька
7. thaw – оттепель, e.g. It is likely that next week thaw will set in. /

to thaw – оттаивать (в т.ч. перен.), e.g. The ice has thawed.
8. mist – легкий туман, e.g. From the top of the hill the town covered with mist looked mysterious and unreal. / fog – густой туман, e.g. In the thick fog one could only see the lights of cars and hear the horns blowing.
9. to clear up – проясниться (о погоде), e.g. The weather forecast says that it will soon clear up.
10. an Indian Summer – бабье лето
11. gale – сильный ветер, шторм / storm – буря, шторм / snowstorm – буран, метель / thunderstorm – гроза / thunder – гром / lightning – молния / rainbow [ 'reInbou] – радуга

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What is the weather like today? – Какая сегодня погода?

to get wet to the skin – промокнуть до костей

We are in for a spell of good weather. – Снова наступает хорошая погода.

It looks like rain. – Похоже, собирается дождь.

6. Answer the teacher’s questions.
7. a) Listen to the following dialogues and give the Russian equivalents to the underlined words and expressions:

Dialogue 1:

A – Fairly mild for the time of year.

B – Yes. Quite different from the forecast.

A – They say we are in for snow.

B – Let’s hope it keeps fine for the weekend.
Dialogue 2:

A – It seems to be clearing up.

B – It makes a change, doesn’t it?

A – Apparently it’s going to turn colder.

B – Still, another month should see us through the worst of it.
Dialogue 3:

A – Nice and bright this morning.

B – Yes. Much better than yesterday.

A – The wind’ll probably get up later.

B – As long as it doesn’t rain.
Dialogue 4:

A – It’s good to see the sun again.

B – A big improvement on what we’ve been having.

A – It’s supposed to cloud over this afternoon.

B – I didn’t think it would last.
b) Act out the dialogues in pairs.

c) Complete the dialogues given below.

Dialogue 1:

A – Rather chilly today, isn’t it?

B – Yes, it’s supposed …

A – …

B – As long as …
Dialogue 2:

A – …

B – It makes a change, doesn’t it?

A – Still, …

B – Let’s hope …

Dialogue 3:

A – They say we are in …

B – …

A – A big improvement on …

B – …

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8. Read the following weather forecast and translate it into Russian.

Europe today

Portugal and western Spain will be windy with thundery showers. The rest of Spain will be mainly fine and dry. The Netherlands will brighten after early rain and snow. France, France, Luxemburg, Belgium and western Germany will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Denmark and northern Germany will be mainly fine but cold. Central Germany and the Alps will have snow. Sweden and much of Norway will be fine and dry but cold. Eastern Europe will be dry with sunshine, but it will be cold. Italy will have heavy showers or longer spells of rain, with a risk of thunder. Eastern Mediterranean will have thundery showers.

Five-day forecast

Greece and the Balkans will have heavy rain into next week. Eastern Europe will become unsettled next week. France, the Low Countries and Germany will have heavy rain for the next few days. Italy will have rain tomorrow, clearing on Sunday. Scandinavia will have heavy snow on Saturday.

9. a) Listen to the text Learning Foreign Languages.

b) Find the English equivalents and illustrate them with sentences from the text:

независимо от того, как; нахальный / наглый; окончание (слова); двуязычный; славянский; разговорник; проявлять интерес к; интенсивный курс; учиться / изучать что-либо самостоятельно; расширять (свой) кругозор; широкий выбор источников информации; обходиться (в какой-либо ситуации); быть в курсе событий, происходящего; носители языка; субтитры.

10. Get ready to discuss the text in class.

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