3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them

1. Как вы думаете влияет погода на здоровье людей?

2. Вы согласны с утверждением, что настроение зависит от погоды?

3. Какая погода оказывает наибольшее влияние на людей?

4. Как вы чувствуете себя в дождливую, пасмурную погоду?

5. Погода в Англии очень изменчивая. Как вы думаете, на что это влияет?

6. Какие люди особенно чувствительны к переменам погоды?

7. Какая погода по вашему мнению является наиболее благоприятной для хорошего настроения и самочувствия людей?

4. Find statements in the text you agree with.

Find statements in the text you disagree with. Give your reasons for and against

5. Discuss the text with your friend. Speak on the effect of the weather on people’s health, mood and behaviour. Describe your own experience

6. There are two texts. Work in pairs. Student a reads the first text on page 46, Student b reads the second text on page 47 and do the tasks after the texts Weather in Britain

British people say:

"Other countries have a climate, in England we have weather."

The weather in Britain changes very quickly. One day may be fine and the next day may be wet. The morning may be warm and the evening may be cool.

People talk about the weather more in Britain than in most parts of the world. When two Englishmen are introduced to each other, if they can't think of anything else to talk about, they talk about the weather. The weather is also considered a safe topic of conversation. If you do not know each other well enough to talk about personal matters, you can at least sound friendly by talking about the weather. When two people meet in the street they will often say something about the weather as they pass, just to show their friendliness.

Every daily paper publishes a weather forecast. Both the radio and television give the weather forecast several times each day.

All Students A do TASK I together.

TASK I. Make up different kinds of questions the answers to which will cover the content of the text. Let your groupmate answer them.

TASK II. Look through the Text . Pick out from the text key words, write them down. Write down an associative chain to the key words

TASK III. Draw the graph using the chosen key words and associations

TASK IV. Using the graph retell theText to Student B.

Weather in New York

The only thing you can rely on is that New York weather is entirely unreliable. A temperature change of as much as 4 degrees within a single day is not uncommon. It may be freezing cold one afternoon, and bright, warm and sunny the very next morning, or unfortunately vice versa.

According to the US Weather Bureau, New York City has a modified continental climate.

New Yorkers live in a relatively damp climate of cold winters and warm, humid summers. Hot spells can be difficult to bear. During the summer months there are brief but intense thunderstorms. Rains which continue for a few days are not uncommon. On an average it will rain or snow 120 days out of the year. New York has many beautiful sunny days, especially during autumn.

July is the hottest month of the year, with an average temperature of 30° and the coldest months are January and February with an average temperature of 30 degrees.

Most of the strong winds that visit New York are from the northwest.

All Students B do TASK I together.

TASK I. Make up different kinds of questions the answers to which will cover the content of the text. Let your groupmate answer them.

TASK II. Look through the Text . Pick out from the text key words, write them down. Write down an associative chain to the key words

TASK III. Draw the graph using the chosen key words and associations

TASK IV. Using the graph retell theText to Student A