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І курс, І семестр
Практичне заняття 14. Тема «The seasons of the year»
1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ ТА ПЕРЕКЛАДІТЬ ТЕКСТИ.
2. ПІДГОТУЙТЕСЬ ДО ДЕТАЛЬНОГО ПЕРЕКАЗУ ОДНОГО З ТЕКСТІВ(НА ВИБІР).
Seasons and Months
A year is the average time it takes for the Earth to go once round the Sun. There are 12 months or 52 weeks or 365 days in a year. Every four years there is a leap year. It has 366
days. The names of the months are: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. The days of the week are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. There are 7 days in a week, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute.
There are four seasons in the year spring, summer, autumn and winter.
The Sun rises in the east in the morning and sets in the west in the evening. We tell the time by means of watches and clocks. Big Ben is the clock on the tower of the Houses of Parliament in London.
In the times of Julius Caesar the first month of the year was March, which is now the third month. Now the first month of the year is January. It is very cold in January. The second month is February. It has twenty-eight days. Every leap year February adds on a twenty-nineth day.
The third month — March is the first month of Spring. In spring the days grow longer and the weather becomes warmer. Spring like any other season has three months.
June, July and August are the summer months of which July and August are the hottest ones. In summer I often go to see my friends who live in the country. ‘When my vacation is over, I return to my native town.
In autumn the days grow shorter. The weather is bad. It often rains.
December is the twelfth and last month of the year. At the same time it is the first month of winter. There is usually much snow in winter. It’s windy and frosty. But children can enjoy going skating, skiing, tobogganing, thrawing snowballs and making a showman.
