Самостоятельная работа №13

Цель: умение находить, анализировать и систематизировать нужную информацию, формирование учебно-познавательных и коммуникативных компетенций.

Задание:

1.Найдите в словарях слова и выражения, составьте глоссарий по теме "Времена года, погода, климат"

2.Прочитайте текст «Weather», выполните задания к тексту.

3.Оформите глоссарий на листе формата А-4, вложите в папку для самостоятельных работ.

Рекомендуемые источники информации:

1.Учебники для СПО под редакцией А.П. Голубева, И.П.Агабекяна, Английский язык

2.http://slovo.ws/topic/britain/

3. 100 тем английского устного (Каверина В., Бойко В., Жидких Н.) 2002
4. Английский язык для школьников и поступающих в ВУЗы. Устный экзамен. Топики. Тексты для чтения. Экзаменационные вопросы. (Цветкова И. В., Клепальченко И.А., Мыльцева Н.А.)

5. English, 120 Topics. Английский язык, 120 разговорных тем. (Сергеев С.П.)

Weather

I. Read the text. What is the main idea of this text?

The weather is a subject we can always talk about. It often changes and brings cold and heat, sunshine and rain, frost and snow. One day is often unlike the next. In summer the sun shines, often there is no wind and there are no clouds in the sky which is blue and beautiful. We can see stars and the moon at night and people like walks, outdoor games and sports in the fresh air.

When autumn comes, the days become shorter and colder. It gets dark earlier and often heavy clouds cover the sky bringing rain with them.

Sometimes there is heavy rain, so that an umbrella or a raincoat is necessary if we don't want to get wet through. Then you can hear people say, "What bad weather! When is this rain going to stop?" Many people then catch cold and must go to bed. Then a fire at home is so pleasant. At last frost and snow come.

Fields, forests and houses are covered with snow and rivers and lakes with ice. But spring again brings sunshine and warm winds. Sometimes it snows but snow will not remain long, it will melt in the warm sun. Spring will bring bright sunshine, green grass and flowers.

We usually say: "A nice day", "Not a bad day" or "It's nice weather for the time of the year" if the weather is fine.

We can say: "It looks like rain", "It looks like snow" of "It's bad weather" when the weather is bad.

The weather in England is very changeable. A fine morning can change into a wet afternoon and evening. And a nasty morning can change into a fine afternoon. That is why it is natural for the English to use the comparison "as changeable as the weather" of a person who often changes his mood or opinion about something. "Other countries have a climate; in England we have weather". This statement is often made by the English to describe the meteorological conditions of their country.

The English also say that they have three variants of weather: when it rains in the morning, when it rains in the afternoon, or when it rains all day long.

The weather is the favorite conversational topic in England. When two Englishmen meet, their first words will be "How are you?" And after the reply "Very well, thank you; how are you?" the next remark is almost certain to be about the weather. When they go abroad the English often surprise people of other nationalities by this tendency to talk about the weather, a topic of conversation that other people do not find so interesting.

The best time of the year in England is spring (of course, it rains in spring, too). The two worst months in Britain are January and February. They are cold, damp, and unpleasant. The best place in the world then is at home by the fire.

Summer months are rather cold and there can be a lot of rainy days. So most people, who look forward to summer holidays, plan to go abroad for the summer, to France or somewhere on the Continent.

The most unpleasant aspects of the weather in England are fog and smog.

II. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? not stated

1. The weather is a subject we can always talk about.____________

2. When autumn comes, the days become longer and hotter___________

3. In winter fields, forests and houses are covered with snow

and rivers and lakes with ice.__________________

4. It’s cold and wet in autumn in the central part of Russia.________________

5. The weather in England is very changeable.___________________

6. The weather in America is windy and stormy in autumn._______________

7. The best time of the year in England is spring.________________________

8. The two worst months in Russia are January and February._______________

9. The most unpleasant aspects of the weather in England are fog and smog.___________

10. Summer months are rather cold and there can be a lot of rainy days in England._______

III. Name five things you usually do when:

a)The weather is fine and warm.

b) the weather is cold and windy.

c) the weather is rainy and misty.

d) you don’t like the weather.