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3.13. Find collocations for these words. Use a dictionary.

. ______________ 4. ________________

______________ climate the winds of ________________

______________ ________________

2. _____________ 5. _______________

prevailing _____________ a frosty _______________

_____________ _______________

3. _____________ 6. _______________

to cloud _____________ a hail of _______________

_____________ _______________

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3.14. Read the text and find the words in the text which mean the following.

. average 6. rays from the sun

2. dry 7. make less extreme

3. height above sea level 8. situated very far from the sea

4. distance from the equator 9. differing weather conditions at

5. rain and snow different times of the year

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3.15. Read the text and single out the main features of each season. Are

they true for your region?

chemes for dividing the Earth into climatic regions are based on a combination of indices of mean annual temperature, mean monthly temperature, annual precipitation totals and seasonality. The climate of a place is affected by several factors. Latitude affects the amount of solar radiation received, with the greatest in equatorial` regions and the least in polar regions. Elevation affects both temperature and precipitation; mountainous areas are generally cooler and wetter. Location close to the sea or to large bodies of water moderates temperature; continental areas are generally more arid and more affected by extremes of temperature.

Seasons and Weather

It’s a universal truth that every season is beautiful in its own way.

Isn’t it wonderful when in winter everything is white with snow and it crunches under your feet? When winter comes, we are to spend more time at home, because it is cold outside. Ponds, lakes, rivers and streams are frozen, and the roads are sometimes covered with slippery ice or deep snow. We may get fog, sleet and frost. The trees are bare, because bitter winds have stripped them of all leaves.

In spring nature awakens from its long winter sleep. A warm wind blows up heavy grey clouds and the sun shines brightly in the cloudless azure sky. The trees are filled with new life. The weather gets gradually warmer. The fields and meadows are covered with fresh green grass. The sky is blue and cloudless. At night millions of stars shine in the darkness.

When summer comes, the weather gets warmer, and sometimes it’s very hot. It’s the farmers’ busy season. They work in their fields from morning till night. Sometimes the sky is overcast with heavy clouds. There are storms with thunder, lightning and hail. Autumn brings with it the harvest time. The days get shorter and the nights longer. The woods turn yellow and brown, leaves begin to fall from the trees. The sky is grey and it often rains. The weather is so changeable in autumn and people have to wear raincoats and umbrellas if they don’t want to get wet through. The roads are slippery and wet, there are lots of puddles in the streets and everyone is looking forward to frosty winter days and much snow out-of-doors.

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