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a. Write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:
[bi:tj] _____________ __ [hou'tel]
['kotid3] _ [ru:'ti:n]
['praivasi] [ad'valisimnt]
Lmdi'pendans] ____________ [ig'zo:stid]
e. Match the descriptions and the types of places people can spend a holiday in:
holiday camp accommodation like a hotel but cheaper and with a
fewer services youth hostel a place providing holiday accommodation in little
chalets or flats, with restaurants, bars, swimming
pools and lots of other facilities and entertainments
guesthouse cheap accommodation, mainly for young people, with,
perhaps, ten or more people sleeping in bunk beds in
one room.
f. Write out the words or sentences which prove that Ian was in very low spirits
when the family came to the sea.
g. Say if you agree or disagree and describe the scenes:
■ The next evening the Smiths returned to London.
■ They found some accommodation and stayed on enjoying the holiday.
b. Sum up what you have learned about:
■ the Smiths
■ the place they live and the place where they decided to have their holiday
■ how they found the place in Cornwall i how they made the booking
■ the mistake made
с Read the following paying attention to the sounds and intonation:
that this
the name the booking
the children the whole town
1 I am a'fraid there has been a mis^V take.
2 I am 'sure we can 'do 'something for the ^ children.
3 But I'm 'afraid we 'can't 'help you and your Л wife.
d. Read the trialogue between the landlady and the couple, with your group-mates.
h. Check how well you know the words associated with holidays and write down the corresponding numbers in the picture (using the list that follows):
Prompts: | |
1 tent | 17 deckchair |
2 groundsheet | 18 swimming/bathing trunks |
3 sleeping bag | 19 flipper |
4 rucksack | 20 bucket |
5 camping stove | 21 spade |
6 cliff | 22 beachball |
7 bungalow/chalet | 23 shell |
8 promenade/sea-front | 24 pebbles |
9 sea-wall | 25 rocks |
10 beach | 26 kite |
11 sunshade | 27 surf |
12 sunbather | 28 wave |
13 (beach-)towel | 29 motor-boat |
14 mask/goggles | 30 swimmer |
15 snorkel | 31 swirnming-/bathing-costume |
16 windbreak | 32 seaweed |
Щ Do you know this?
It was the British who started the fashion for seaside holidays at the end of the
eighteenth century.
Nobody in Britain lives more than 120 kms away from the sea.
Many Londoners go to Brighton for the day or weekend during the summer, and
Brighton is often called 'London by the sea'.
Billy Butlin, the Canadian who started the Butlin's camps, became immensely rich
and was knighted.
English employers are not forced by law to give their employees paid holidays.
Great majority of employers have written agreements with the employees giving
them three or four weeks' paid holiday a year, not counting the eight days of na-
tional holidays. _________________________________________________,
i. Write a short essay Sad weather cannot spoil summer holidays.
The following words describing hot weather may be of help:
stiffing scorching.,
boiling humid
a heatwave a drought
2. Weather report
(a clip from a newspaper)
Most places will start dry with sunny periods, but rain will spread to Northern Ireland, south-west Scotland and Wales during the morning, and will spread to all parts, except northern Scotland, by evening. Over the Highlands of Scotland, there may be some sleet or snow. Meanwhile, dry weather with sunny periods will reach Northern Ireland and west Wales during the afternoon. This dry weather with clear periods will spread to all of England during the evening, but Scotland will remain cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Cooler than yesterday.
Outlook: Bright intervals, heavy showers
Europe today | |||
Amsterdam | Showers | 7c/45f | |
Brussels | Rain | 8c/46f | |
Frankfurt | Rain | 8c/46f | |
Geneva | Fair | 10c/50f | |
Paris | Cloudy | 11c/52f | |
Rome | Cloudy Snow reports | 13c/55f depth in cm. | |
Temp | Lower | Upper | |
С | slopes | slopes | |
Austria | |||
Canada | |||
France | |||
Italy | |||
Switzerland | |||
United States | -10 |
Exercises
a. Have another look at the weather report and say what month of the year the report
relates to, to your mind. Say why you think so.,
wonderful |
nasty |
b. Make a few sentences of your own describing the weather in different parts of Europe that day:
perfect |
beautiful |
cold |
warm |
marvellous
calm |
windy
с Translate into English paying attention to tenses:
Погода стоит прекрасная.
Дождь идет с самого утра.
Вчера весь день шел снег, а сегодня он уже растаял.
Мне кажется, что завтра будет очень хорошая погода.
Когда он вышел из дома, светило солнце.
Когда он мне звонил, дождь уже шел часа два.
f. Form compound nouns matching the following words:
e.g. thunderstorm
thunder hail stones drift
down snow storm warning
heat gale wave pour
g. Complete the following sentences the way you find appropriate:
1 The storm damaged several houses_______________
2 They got wet in the thunderstorm_________________
3 Hailstones were battering the roof of our car________
4 The sky is a bit overcast, it may__________________
5 There has been a gale warning, it would be crazy_____
6 When people heard there was a hurricane on the way they
d. Sort out the following words into two columns: those referring to wet weather and those relating to cold weather:
damp, chilly, frosty, drizzle, flood, shower, hailstones, torrential rain, sleet, slush, bizzards, to thaw, to melt, to pour down
wet weather |
cold weather
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