Обучение говорению на английском языке на материале «Погода»

55 Exercise 11. Besides those signs, which are connected with natural phenomena, there are the ones that are connected with animals. Translate the following weather lore and comment on them. Share your own opinion about animals and their ability to sense the weather. 1. Курица на одной ноге стоит – к стуже. 2. Ласточки низко летают – к дождю. 3. Вороны в кучу собираются – к ненастью. 4. Лошадь храпит – к ненастью, фырчит – к дождю. 5. Свинья чешется – к теплу. 6. Весело и дружно чирикают воробьи – будет оттепель. 7. Кошка выбирает местечко потеплее, сворачивается клубком, прячет мордочку – к стуже. 8. Муравьи прячутся в муравейник – гроза приближается. 9. Если паук забивается в угол, то будет ветрено. 10. Гусь поджимает лапки – к стуже. 11. Воробьи в пыли купаются и щебечут – к дождю. 12. Лягушки сильно квакают – к непогоде. Exercise 12. Are people nowadays guided by weather lore? Read the text an insert articles where necessary. Look at the following table dealing with usage of the articles in English language. Everyone talks and worries about ... weather. In England we are lucky really, because it is always changing, and although sometimes it is a nuisance to take ... raincoat whenever we want to go for ... walk, it is more fun to have ... varied climate than to live in ... country where you know that... rain is going to come for certain at ... same time each year, and when it will be hot and when it will be cold. The incomparable beauty of our land is largely due to ... weather, and in ... country all ... farmer's work depends upon it. And so, through ... years, ... country people have passed down from father to son all sorts of quaint prophecies and sayings about ... weather, and some of them you will find most reliable. You can soon learn to read ... weather signs for