Exercise 1. Find in the main text the English equivalents for the following words or word combinations

Exercise 2. Translate the sentences from the text:

1. This may or may not be true, but it is certainly true that the land and climate in Britain have a notable lack of extremes.

2. …it has no active volcanoes, and an earth tremor which does no more than rattle teacups in a few houses is reported in the national news media.

3. The image of a wet, foggy land was created two thousand years ago by the invading Romans and was perpetuated in the twentieth century by Hollywood.

4. Generally speaking, the further west you go, the more rain you get.

5. Occasionally, a whole winter goes by in lower-lying parts without any snow at all.

6. There is a saying that Britain doesn't have a climate, it only has weather.

7. …if the thermometer goes above 80°F (27°C), people behave as if they were in the Sahara and the temperature makes front-page headlines.

8. Partly because of their habitual concern for privacy and their love of the countryside…