Lesson 12, страница 28 - гдз по английскому языку 5 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

Climate, Weather, Wildlife - страница 28.

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LESSON 12

Read the text to know more about the British climate and weather, about its animal and plant life.

Climate, Weather, Wildlife

NEW WORDS

generally	['dʒenərəli]	—	обычно
the Gulf Stream	['gʌlf stri:m]	—	Гольфстрим
cool	[ku:l]	—	прохладный
humid	['hju:mɪd]	—	влажный
to melt	[melt]	—	таять
a thistle	['θɪsl]	—	чертополох (эмблема Шотландии)
a leek	[li:k]	—	лук-порей (эмблема Уэльса)
a shamrock	['ʃæmrɒk]	—	трилистник (эмблема Ирландии)
an oak	[əʊk]	—	дуб
an elm	[elm]	—	вяз
a beech	[bi:tʃ]	—	бук
a pine	[pain]	—	сосна
a law	[lɔ:]	—	закон
a deer	[dɪə]	—	олень
a blackbird	['blækbɜ:d]	—	дрозд
a starling	['stɑ:lɪŋ]	—	скворец
a robin	['rɒbɪn]	—	малиновка

The climate in the UK is generally mild because of the Gulf Stream and it is usually described as cool, humid and changeable. The weather is so changeable indeed that the English often say that they have no climate but only weather. They also say that they have three kinds of weather: when it rains in the morning, when it rains in the afternoon or when it rains all day long. Sometimes it rains so heavily that they say, "It's raining cats and dogs". The weather is never too hot or too cold. Winters are very mild. Sometimes it snows, but snow melts quickly, and the English seldom have "white Christmas".

In fact, in the South of England the grass remains green all the year round. This humid mild climate is good for plants. The trees and flowers begin to blossom early in spring. Some of them have become symbols in the UK. You may know that the poppy is the symbol of peace, the red rose is the national emblem of England, the thistle is the national emblem of Scotland. The daffodils and the leek are the emblems of Wales and the shamrock is the emblem of Ireland. The UK used to be a land of big forests, mainly oak, elm and beech forests in England, while Scotland had pine and birch forests. But nowadays these territories ['terɪtərɪz] are cultivated ['kʌltɪveɪtɪd]. The animal life of the UK is much like that of Europe, to which it was once joined. Many animals are now protected by law. About 50 land animals are found in the UK, foxes, hares, rabbits, deer among them. Some 230 kinds of birds live in the UK. The most numerous are blackbirds, sparrows and starlings. The robin is the national bird of the UK. But wildlife in Britain is in great danger because of pollution. Many British rivers have become "biologically" [,baɪə'lɒdʒɪkəlɪ] dead. There is no fish in them and wildlife around them is not growing the way it should.

1. Make the right choice.

1) The emblem of England is the ... a) leek, b) poppy, c) rose.

2) The emblem of Ireland is the ... a) daffodil, b) rose, c) shamrock.

3) The emblem of Scotland is the ... a) rose, b) thistle, c) poppy.

4) The emblems of Wales are the ... a) poppy and leek, b) leek and rose, c) leek and daffodil.

5) The symbol of peace is the ... a) birch, b) poppy, c) rose.

2. Put the sentences in a logical order and use them as a plan to retell the text.

1) Wildlife in Britain is in great danger.

2) The British climate is mild, cool and changeable.

3) Different flowers are emblems of different parts of the UK.

4) The animal and plant life of the UK is much like that of Europe.

Решение.