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3.18. Fill the gaps in these sentences.

. Alec has spent most of his life in London, but he is keen to _______back to his

roots when he retires.

2. The business is firmly ________in the west of England.

3. The idea took some time to_________ root, but it's very fashionable now.

4. His grandfather sowed the ___________of the business's success.

5. The US bookshop chain is opening a number of _______ in the UK.

6. It's about time she __________ down some roots.

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3.19. Suggest three nouns that each of these adjectives could describe.

. The idea for her novel _________ from her interest in mountain climbing.

8. St James's Drama College turns out a hundred ______ actors every year.

budding flourishing withering

fading deeply rooted

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3.20. Play the guessing game. Prepare a description of any country using

the expressions below, without naming the country. Read your

description to class for them to guess the name of the country.

CQUIRING COMMUNICATION SKILLS

lie north/ south of __ parallel of latitude

temperature

continental / tropical/ moderate/ subtropical/ subarctic climate

be bounded by / border on/ abut

administratively, _____ includes ___ states/ counties/ provinces/ cantons

an area constitutes

from north to south/ west to east ____ extends more than ___

encompass ___ time zones

Northern/ Southern/ Western/Eastern hemisphere

stretch across

mark the boundary

principal islands

mountain chains

geologic structures

surface formations

be divided into several broad geographic regions

3.21. A) Read the following texts (a, b) about the climate in the usa.

b) Compare it with the Russian climate.

c) Explain why the author compares the weather in Washington with a

winning candidate. What can you compare the weather in your town

with?

a) The USA is a very large country, so it has several different climate zones. The coldest regions are in the north and north-east, where much snow falls in winter. The south has a subtropical climate. Hot winds blowing from the Gulf of Mexico often bring typhoons. The climate along the Pacific coast is much warmer than that of the Atlantic coast. The region around the Great Lakes is known for its changeable weather. In general, the climate in North America is much colder than in Europe and the average annual temperature of New York, for example, is 11° C.

b) The weather in Washington reminds me of a winning candidate who promises everything, but you never know just when to expect it at all.

Sometimes it’s April in January, and March often behaves like December or May. Or as Mark Twain found it here: “When you arrived (at the station at night) it was snowing. When you reached the hotel it was sleeting. When you went to bed, it was raining. During the night it froze hard and the wind blew some chimneys down. When you got up in the morning, it was foggy. When you finished your breakfast at ten o’clock and went out, the sunshine was brilliant, the weather balmy and delicious, and the mud and slush deep and all-pervading. You will like the climate - when you get used to it.”

If you care to follow Mark Twain’s advice, take an umbrella, and an overcoat, and a fan, and go forth.

My advice on what to expect, season by season, regarding the weather is:

Spring - it’s a wonderful, most attractive, liveliest time of the year. Mild weather usually arrives earlier than it does in most northern cities. (Prepare for possible 27° C in March), flowers burst into bloom starting with magnolia, and then followed by cherry blossoms, azalea and pansies.

Summer - it can be hot, humid, and sticky. Men wear tropical outfits.

Autumn - the best season except for spring; in some ways the best of all. The climate is dry and mild. If you are driving, the colour in the mountains is beautiful.

Winter - unpredictable, some years raw, cold and soggy, others - short and mild. You don’t have to bring your umbrellas, but come prepared to buy them.

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