WEATHER

  1. Advantages and disadvantages of summer and autumn.

I think, that the best time of the year is early summer. The cold winds and the heavy rains have all gone and the sun is warm for the fist time. Of course it rains sometime, but not so often as in autumn. A hot weather has set in. People enjoy the sun and go to the seaside, where they enjoy game of tennis, volleyball and etc. There are plenty of cherry, strawberries, raspberries, apricots, peaches and other fruits. In summer you don’t have to care that you will not have enough vitamins. And what pleasure can compare with that of watching the glorious sunrise and sunset! But sometimes it’s hardly the breath of air, and sometimes the air is wet and not a leaf is string. Strange as it might seem, I like thundering very much. And it can be only in summer-time, if the day is very hot and close.

What about the autumn? I think that the autumn is a time of very good weather with clear blue skies and beautiful leafs. But sometimes the weather lives much to be desired. The shorter days and longer nights are coming. But is there anything more beautiful than Indian Summer, when we have one. And what shall we do without apples, pears, grapes which get ripe in September and October? The sky is overcast, the weather is very uncertain. It’s beginning to drizzle any moment so you have to care an umbrella with you.

I can’t say I like summer more than autumn, I like them both. Autumn is very romantically time, I suppose, and summer is the season when everyone have a rest.

  1. Advantages and disadvantages of winter and spring.

I don’t like winter at all. It a season of snowstorms, and of ice, frozen rivers and ponds, and of slippery streets. One must take care not to be frost-bitten because the winter in Russia is very severуand its beastly cold outside. Because of the long frost the ice is hard enough and people get skates and skate on the rivers and pools. But I do not. For me the only advantage of winter is the opportunity to read, because I don’t like tobogganing and skiing, so, I stay at home. I take a cup of coffee or hot tea with sweets, and read some interesting book.

So, I like spring more then winter. Of coarse the weather is changeable, but it’s much warmer outside and you can go for a walk and not to catch a cold. The trees put forth little buds and new leaves. The streets become green again by and by. The flowers begin to bloom. I go to the country or to the parks of our city to make photos with beautiful flowers: lilacs, daffodils, narcissus and tulips.

For me, in compare with winter in spring we have a spell of wonderful weather. You know that there is a summer to follow and it will continue keep fine, it’s cleaning up and nights are starlit. And when you get up in the winter morning, it’s very cold and dark outside and you are shivering and you can’t say at all that we’ll have a fine day.

  1. The best time to go on holyday.

The best time to go on holyday is summer.

A hot weather has set in. People enjoy the sun and go to the seaside, where they enjoy game of tennis, volleyball and etc. There are plenty of cherry, strawberries, raspberries, apricots, peaches and other fruits. In summer you don’t have to care that you will not have enough vitamins. And what pleasure can compare with that of watching the glorious sunrise and sunset! But sometimes it’s hardly the breath of air, and sometimes the air is wet and not a leaf is string. Strange as it might seem, I like thundering very much. And it can be only in summer-time, if the day is very hot and close. I suppose summer is the season when everyone have a rest.

  1. The winter is the main season in Russia.

In our country we have snow even in October. And spring isn’t hurrying at all. It can be cool even in May. That’s why I agree that winter takes half of the Russian year.

Winter is a season of snowstorms, and of ice, frozen rivers and ponds, and of slippery streets. One must take care not to be frost-bitten because the winter in Russia is very severуand its beastly cold outside. Because of the long frost the ice is hard enough and people get skates and skate on the rivers and pools. But I do not. For me the only advantage of winter is the opportunity to read, because I don’t like tobogganing and skiing, so, I stay at home. I take a cup of coffee or hot tea with sweets, and read some interesting book.

When you get up in the winter morning, it’s very cold and dark outside and you are shivering and you can’t say at all that we’ll have a fine day. That’s why people in Russia don’t like winter much. And if in England fog is a great disaster, I can tell the same about the snow in Russia. Snow stops the traffic on the roads and people can’t come to their work-places in time. Cars are broken because of the strong frost. From the practical point of view winter in Russia winter bring lots of troubles and you don’t want to put up with its discomfort but you have to.

  1. My favorite season.

I think, that the best time of the year is early summer. The cold winds and the heavy rains have all gone and the sun is warm for the fist time. Of course it rains sometime, but not so often as in autumn. A hot weather has set in. People enjoy the sun and go to the seaside, where they enjoy game of tennis, volleyball and etc. There are plenty of cherry, strawberries, raspberries, apricots, peaches and other fruits. In summer you don’t have to care that you will not have enough vitamins. And what pleasure can compare with that of watching the glorious sunrise and sunset! But sometimes it’s hardly the breath of air, and sometimes the air is wet and not a leaf is string. Strange as it might seem, I like thundering very much. And it can be only in summer-time, if the day is very hot and close. The best time to go on holyday is summer and everyone like to have a rest.

  1. The weather and my mood.

The only season that have influence on my mood is winter. In our country we have snow even in October. And spring isn’t hurrying at all. It can be cool even in May. That’s why I agree that winter takes half of the Russian year.

Winter is a season of snowstorms, and of ice, frozen rivers and ponds, and of slippery streets. One must take care not to be frost-bitten because the winter in Russia is very severуand its beastly cold outside. Because of the long frost the ice is hard enough and people get skates and skate on the rivers and pools. But I do not. For me the only advantage of winter is the opportunity to read, because I don’t like tobogganing and skiing, so, I stay at home. I take a cup of coffee or hot tea with sweets, and read some interesting book. When you get up in the winter morning, it’s very cold and dark outside and you are shivering and you can’t say at all that we’ll have a fine day. That’s why people in Russia don’t like winter much. And if in England fog is a great disaster, I can tell the same about the snow in Russia. Snow stops the traffic on the roads and people can’t come to their work-places in time. Cars are broken because of the strong frost. From the practical point of view winter in Russia winter bring lots of troubles and you don’t want to put up with its discomfort but you have to.

  1. The weather in spring, summer, autumn, winter.

The best time of the year is spring and early summer. The cold winds and the heavy rains have all gone and the sun is warm for the fist time. Of course it rains sometime, but not so often as in autumn. A hot weather has set in. People enjoy the sun and go to the seaside, where they enjoy game of tennis, volleyball and etc. There are plenty of cherry, strawberries, raspberries, apricots, peaches and other fruits. In summer you don’t have to care that you will not have enough vitamins. And what pleasure can compare with that of watching the glorious sunrise and sunset! But sometimes it’s hardly the breath of air, and sometimes the air is wet and not a leaf is string. And it can be only in summer-time, if the day is very hot and close. In spring the weather is changeable, but it’s much warmer outside and you can go for a walk and not to catch a cold. The trees put forth little buds and new leaves. The streets become green again by and by. The flowers begin to bloom. I go to the country or to the parks of our city to make photos with beautiful flowers: lilacs, daffodils, narcissus and tulips.

What about the English autumn? I think that the autumn is a time of very good weather with clear blue skies and beautiful leafs. But sometimes the weather lives much to be desired. The shorter days and longer nights are coming. But is there anything more beautiful than Indian Summer, when we have one. And what shall we do without apples, pears, grapes which get ripe in September and October? The sky is overcast, the weather is very uncertain. It’s beginning to drizzle any moment so you have to care an umbrella with you.

Sometimes England has no snow at all in winter, but the North and Scotland usually have some after Christmas. If there a long frost and the ice is hard enough, then everyone who has skates gets them out and skates on the rivers and pools. The east wind is cold and blows in from the North Sea. Than all England shivers, especially in the east. The Welsh are lucky, because Wales is in the west and is warmer than most of England.

The foggy weather is the very worst. The thick white fog rolls in from the sea all over London and the cities, and then mixed with smoke from million chimneys. The fog gets thicker and dirtier, and yellower and full of black soot. In London this is called smog. Mixture between smoke and fog. Than it’s dark in the middle of the day and people cant see their way, buses and cars craw along slowly with their lights on, blowing their horns and everyone coughs. Everyone in England hates the yellow fog.

  1. A frosty winter day, a hot summer day, a dull autumn day, a lovely spring day.

Winter-day is a day of snowstorms, and of ice, frozen rivers and ponds, and of slippery streets. One must take care not to be frost-bitten because the winter-days in Russia is very severуand its beastly cold outside. Because of the long frost the ice is hard enough and people get skates and skate on the rivers and pools. But I do not. For me the only advantage of this day is the opportunity to read, because I don’t like tobogganing and skiing, so, I stay at home. I take a cup of coffee or hot tea with sweets, and read some interesting book. When you get up in the winter morning, it’s very cold and dark outside and you are shivering and you can’t say at all that we’ll have a fine day. And if in England fog is a great disaster, I can tell the same about the snow in Russia. Snow stops the traffic on the roads and people can’t come to their work-places in time. Cars are broken because of the strong frost. From the practical point of view winter-days in Russia winter bring lots of troubles and you don’t want to put up with its discomfort but you have to.

The best days of the year are in early summer. The cold winds and the heavy rains have all gone and the sun is warm for the fist time. Of course it rains sometime, but not so often as in autumn. A hot weather has set in. People enjoy the sun and go to the seaside, where they enjoy game of tennis, volleyball and etc. In summer days you don’t have to care that you will not have enough vitamins because there are a lot of fruits. And what pleasure can compare with that of watching the glorious sunrise and sunset in summer day! But sometimes it’s hardly the breath of air, and sometimes the air is wet and not a leaf is string. And it can be only in summer-days, if the day is very hot and close.

What about the autumn-day? I think that this day is a time of very good weather with clear blue skies and beautiful leafs. But sometimes the weather of autumn days lives much to be desired. The shorter days and longer nights are coming. But is there anything more beautiful than Indian Summer day, when we have one. Today the sky is overcast, the weather is very uncertain. It’s beginning to drizzle any moment so you have to care an umbrella with you in that autumn-day.

In spring day the weather is changeable, but it’s much warmer outside and you can go for a walk and not to catch a cold. The trees put forth little buds and new leaves. The streets become green again by and by. The flowers begin to bloom. In such days I go to the country or to the parks of our city to make photos with beautiful flowers: lilacs, daffodils, narcissus and tulips.

  1. English talking about the weather.

The English are famous for their tea and their weather. And the English are always talking about their weather. But English weather is never the same two days running.

The weather in England reminds me of winning candidate who promises everything but you never know just when to expect it at all. For example, 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 sunshinewas brilliant, the weather balmy and delicious and the mud and slush deep and-pervading. Sometimes it’s April in January, and March often behaves like December or May.

People always talking about changes, and they always discussing the news. That’s the main reason, I suppose, why the weather-theme is favorite in England. The weather never stays the same, it brings lots of surprises – good and worse.

FLATS

1The advantages and disadvantages of living in the central part of the city

There are different points of views at on living in the centre of the city.

From one point of view, children are the main reason why town-planning will make flats for families popular. But I can’t agree with it, because children often need medicines or a doctor/ medical help/ care. And there are a lot of round-the-clock shops in the centre. Moreover, the service is better there.

In the city-centersmost of buildings consist of shops, office blocks, luxury flats and public buildings. So you canalways get what you want or what you need.People, who live in the suburbs form the tidal wave of passengers surging by train and bus to the offices and shops in the centre and ebbing away to the suburbs at night. Travelling the rush-hours is horrible. If you live in the centre, your way to work much shorter, and the English underground will always help you get where you want.

From the other point of view the big problem of living in the centre of the city is high rents. If you have a flat of your own, you’re lucky, because being a tenant is a great burden. Houses and flats are commodities and are bought and sold like other commodities. They are allocated, not according to social need, but according to the naked ability to pay. Private tenants who cannot pay higher rents may be evicted, for the housing shortage is so great that the landlord can usually find a tenant who is willing to pay what he demands. The second main problem with living in the centre is bad ecology. The thick white fog rolls in from the sea all over cities and mixes with smoke of the cities. In London this called smog. It’s not very healthy of course.

It’s hard to live in the city-centers, they are overcrowded, but it’s more comfortable from other points of view. And the person is free to choose.

2. The agvattages ang disadvantages of living in the suburbs

There are difference point of views at living in the suburbs.

From one point of view, children are the main reason why not amountof town-planning will make flats for families popular. In the suburbs of British towns there must be several million compact residences with three bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs and two rooms and a kitchen downstairs. There live a large suburban nation. They don’t want to bring up their children in a cramped flat ten or twelve floors up in the middle of the city, with it’s shops, factories and where’s no room to turn around.