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In many parts of the world there are four seasons every year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Summer, of course, is the time of _______ weather and winter of cold weather. And autumn and spring are in-between seasons. Many parts of a ____ have these four seasons. Lands near the equator, however, have pretty much the same temperature all the ______ round. Those lands that have 4 seasons do not all have them at the same time. When lands north of the equator are having winter, lands south of the _______ are having summer. The change of seasons is caused by the earth’s travelling around the ________.
HINT: warm, hot, world, year, equator, sun.
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XX. Try to do the crosswords filling in the names of English flowers.
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1.левкой 5. нарцис
2.лілія 6. первоцвіт
3.тюльпан 7. троянда
4.маргаритка
XXI. Think and say what kinds of weather are good or bad for doing these things:
1. Planting flowers in the garden.
2. Having a garden party.
3. Doing sightseeing in a big city.
4. Camping out in a tent.
5. Revising for an exam.
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6. Being ill with a high temperature.
7. Skiing in the mountains.
8. Fishing in the river.
9. Weeding potatoes.
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10. Driving long distances.
XXII. Read the following sentences and put their numbers in the corresponding column: (the first one is done for you)
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1. It is a good time for sledding, making snowmen and playing snowballs.
2. People enjoy picking mushrooms and berries in the forest.
3. Gradually it gets colder and colder and rains more often.
4. It is the time for nature to awake from its sleep.
5. The rivers and lakes are frozen and you can see a lot of fishermen on the ice.
6. The days become shorter and the nights become longer.
7. The nightingales start to sing their beautiful melodies.
8. It is a wonderful time when the trees stand red, brown, golden and yellow against the beautiful cloudless sky.
9. There are occasional storms with thunder and lightning but people usually welcome them as they bring a relief from the heat.
10. It is so pleasant to see snowdrops in the woods and to enjoy the fresh breath of the new season.
11. The sun sets very early and rises very late, it is still dark in the morning when you get up.
12. In this season people particularly dislike slush under the feet and the dull grey sky.
13. Strawberries are the first fresh fruit that you eat in this season.
14. The roads are icy and it is the most dangerous time for drivers.
15. Most birds fly away to warm countries.
16. New green grass cover the ground.
17. The dry winds usually bring droughts which are bad for crops.
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XXIII Give your own view on the weather answering the following questions:
1. What kind of weather do you like most of all/least of all and why?
2. Do you listen to the weather forecast for today and tomorrow before you left home? Why?
3. Does your mood depend on the weather?
4. Can you say that you have a favourite month or season? If yes, why do you prefer it to all other months or seasons?
5. Can you say that you particularly dislike any month or season and explain why?
6. Do you agree with the saying, “Nature does not have bad weather”? Why?
7. Some astrologists believe that people’s favourite season is the one they were born in. Do you agree with them?
8. Englishmen say, “There is no bad weather, there are just bad clothes”. Do you think it is true?
9. Some people don’t like to have holidays in winter. Do you agree with them?
XXIY. Insert the proper words concerning the theme “Weather”:
1. There are four … in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. (time; seasons; months).
2. It is usually … in summer. (hot; warm; cold).
3. The sun … brightly in the blue sky. (boils; shows; shines).
4. The temperature is … zero in winter. (above; below; high)
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5. It is usually … in winter. (hot; cold; cool).
6. The temperature is … zero in summer. (above; low; below).
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16. The ground is … with snow. (covered; carried; filled).
16. A cold … blows. (rain; moon; wind).
16. It often … in winter. (shines; rains; snows).
16. Nature … from its long winter sleep, (sleeps; awakens; gets up).
16. Green … appears. (brunches; leaves; grass).
16. It is usually … in autumn. (cool; warm; cold).
16. It often … in autumn. (rains; snows; shines).
16. What is the weather … today? (love; live; like).
15. Have you heard the weather …? (forecast; foregoing; forehead).
16. It is usually … in spring. (warm, cold, cool).
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ЗМІСТОВИЙ МОДУЛЬ № 6
Shopping and Meals
Pre-reading activity.
Read the topical words and expressions. Pay attention to their meaning.
To go shopping ходити за покупками
Fatting-room примірювальна
Cash-desk каса
To be sold продаватися
Haberdashery галантерейний магазин
Behaviour поведінка
Sociological research соціологічне дослідження
To be polite бути ввічливим
Foodstuffs продукты харчування
Dairy молочний магазин
To wear носити
To have a wide choice of великий вибір
To be looking for шукати
Cheap дешевий
Expensive коштовний
To try smth. on приміряти
Pointed toes каблуки з гострими носками
Stiletto shoes каблуки-шпильки
Tight обтягувати
To be in fashion бути в моді
To be out of fashion вийти з моди
Knee length по коліна
Victim жертва
Shop window вітрина магазина
Price list цінник
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One-colour однотонний
Low-cut відкритий
I. Read the text. Define the main idea.
Shopping
Shops play an important role in our life. Some people go shopping when they are short of food or goods. For other people shopping is a pleasant hobby.
There are different types of shops: special shops for men and women where they can buy boots, shoes, underwear, dresses, costumes, coats, jackets, blouses and shirts.
Shop assistants are at your service. They help you to choose the right thing that can suit you perfectly. You may go to the fitting-room and try a thing on. After that you go to the cash-desk and pay.
There are shops that can help you to make your flat or house comfortable and cosy. They provide us with modern furniture, TV sets, tape-recorders and other necessary things.
Many people prefer to go shopping at the supermarkets where everything is sold, beginning from sugar up to fur coats, carpets and furniture. There you can roam hours and hours even have a cup of coffee with cakes and sandwiches.
Sugar, tea, coffee, bacon, salt and pepper are sold at the grocer’s. Bread is sold at the baker’s, meat and poultry – at the butcher’s. We go for vegetables and fruit to the greengrocer’s. Cakes and sweets are sold at the confectionery.
It is very interesting to characterize shopping from the point of view of sociology. Sociology is a way of understanding behaviour of people and human social life. Sociologists have carried out an interesting sociological research. They have determined that people like to go shopping best when it gets warm, the trees begin to bud and flowers begin to bloom. Buyers prefer to do shopping in summer because there are a lot of vegetables and fruit, all shop assistants are very polite and ready to please you and prices on foodstuffs are rather low.
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My mother usually goes to the market to buy food.
At the market we can buy everything we need. But the prices are very high. And in the nearest future we can hardly expect the reduction of prices.
II. Put “+” next to the true statements from the text and “-” to the false ones.
• Some people go shopping when they have a lot of goods and food.
• Shopping is a pleasant hobby for everyone.
• There are different types of shops where we can buy everything we need.
• The shop assistances are at our service.
• The psychologists help to choose the thing that can suit you perfectly.
• You may pay for goods at the cash-desk.
• In the fitting-room customs try things on.
• Furniture shops provide us with things that make our flat comfortable and cosy.
• Few people prefer to go shopping at the supermarkets.
• Sugar, tea, coffee and pepper are sold at the butcher’s.
• Bread, rolls, buns, croissants are sold at the baker’s.
• We buy fruit and vegetables at the confectionary.
• It is not very interesting to characterize shopping from the point of view of sociology.
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• Sociology is the way of understanding the world.
• Sociologists have carried out an interesting sociological research.
• They have determined that people don’t like to do shopping in summer and spring.
• Shop assistants are rude and aren’t ready to please you.
• In the nearest future we shall expect the reduction of prices.
III. Complete the sentences with the topical vocabulary given below.
1. People go _____ when they are short of goods and food.
2. Shop assistants help you to choose the thing that can _____ you ____.
3. You may go to the _____ and ______ a thing on.
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4. Sugar, tea and coffee ______ at the _______.
5. It is interesting to ______ ______ from the _______ of _______.
6._____ is the way of understanding ______ of people and ______ _____.
7. Buyers prefer to do ______ in spring and summer.
8.______ have determined that people like to go ______ best when it gets warm.
9. In the nearest future we can ______ the reduction of prices.
(characterize; fitting-room; shopping; are sold; behaviour; suit; social life; hardly expect; perfectly; grocer’s; point of view; try; sociologists; human; sociology).
