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south-east
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Exercise 17
Choose the right word from a couple of similar looking ones. Change word forms if necessary.
1. (slush, sleet)
a) The ... under my feet was awful. I had an impression that I was walking through a muddy sea.
b) The rain changed into .... Wet snowflakes were falling on the ground and melted there.
2. (ice drift, snowdrift)
a) The path was hedged by two long .... They were like two mountain ranges.
b) The ... started at night. In the morning the children ran to the river to look at the huge blocks of ice
drifting across the water.
3. (icing, icicle)
a) There was heavy... on the road and all cars were moving very slowly.
b) After a thaw there appeared ... on the edge of the roof; they looked like sparkling needles.
4. (frost, hoarfrost)
a) Tree branches were covered with ... and the forest looked enchanting and somewhat mysterious.
b) The ... was biting the nose and the cheeks. It was impossible to stay long in the street.
5. (draught, drought)
a) Severe ... killed the crops. Not a drop of rain fell on the ground for a month.
b) When the door opened, the ... blew off the papers down on to the floor.
6. (to freeze, to be freezing)
a) In winter all rivers and lakes in these parts always ....
b) The temperature was quite low and I felt that I ....
7. (blizzard, drizzle)
a) Boring ... spoiled the day. It was too wet and dull.
b) The ... was blinding us. Snowflakes were swirling in the air.
8. (light, lightning)
a) There is not enough ... in the room. The table should be moved closer to the window.
b) The ... split the sky into two parts. A deafening thunder crack followed.
Exercise 18
I. Below you see examples of several weather forecasts from English newspapers. Read and translate
them.
I. General situation: Many eastern coastal areas of England will; stay cloudy and cool, with patchy light
drizzle during the morning. Western parts of Wales and south-west England will be cloudy with showery
outbreaks of rain, although western Wales will brighten up during the afternoon. The rest of England and
Wales will stay warm and dry with hazy sunshine, although there will be a brisk easterly breeze. Showery
rain over Northern Ireland will clear during the afternoon. Scotland will be dry with sunny periods, but
eastern coasts will be cloudy and western areas may have rain during the morning.
"The Independent"
II. Cloud and outbreaks of rain over England and Wales will clear during the morning. The afternoon
will be mostly dry with bright or sunny spells, although wintry showers will develop at times in the north
and north-west.
Scotland and Nothern Ireland will have another cold day with sunshine and blustery showers expected.
The
showers will be heavy in places and falling as snow over the high ground.
Outlook: Bright with wintry showers at times, especially in the north. Rain spreading eastwards on
Monday.
"Daily Express"
III. Forecast: A dry, sunny start over England and Wales, but there may be light showers adjacent to the
southern North Sea. Western Scotland and Nothern Ireland will become cloudy during the morning with
outbreaks of rain moving to these areas by midday. This weather will spread south-eastwards to all parts of
Scotland, north-west England and north Wales by the evening. Temperatures: 8 C° (46 F°) in East Anglia,
10 C° (50 F°) in Nothern Ireland.