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Season and weather», 1 êóðñ, ïàïêà ¹ 3.

 

ANN:I’m afraid you got caught in the rain. Did you get wet?

ROBERT: Nothing to speak of. The shower came on all of a student, but I escaped the worst of it.

ANN: It didn't look like rain at all this morning, did it? But you never can tell.

ROBERT:I usually carry an umbrella all the time at this season. But I forgot all about it this morning.

ANN: You must be careful in this weather.

ROBERT: Yes, it's awfully wet. See, the sky is heavy; it's going to come down again.

ANN:I'm so glad you needn't go out any more.

ROBERT: So am I.

*****

MOTHER:Why don't you go out skating, Bess? I don't like the way you sit at hame and read all day long.

BESS:But there's a hard frost, Mummy.

MOTHER:You haven't been out yet, so how do you know?

BESS:Nell says it's very cold and windy.

MOTHER:Never you mind what she says. She was out early in the morning, and I've only just come in. It's not so frosty, and the wind has dropped…

BESS:But, Mother, I've got such a wonderful book, and I'm so comfortable here.

MOTHER:Look how pale you are. An hour or two on the ice will do you good. So take your skates like a good girl and go. Will you?

BESS:All right, then.

*****

DASHA: What lovely weather we are having! I'm so glad we came to the country for the week-end!

FEDOR: So am I. You can't feel the awake of nature in town as you can here.

DASHA:Of course, everything is different here.Now fragrant the air is!

FEDOR: It comes from the Kolkhoz orchards. The cherry trees are in full bloom. We’ve got the best cherries in all the district around. They bring the Kolkhoz a lot of money.

DASHA: I see. I'd like to work at some fruit-growing kolkhoz when I graduate from the Agricultural Institute.

FEDOR: And I hope to work here, where I was born.

DASHA: Look how lovely the young leaves are. Let’s go and sit under those trees.

FEDOR: I'm afraid the soil is too wet to sit on. Would you mind walking a little?

DASHA: Not at all. It's a pleasure to walk in this bright sunshine.

FEDOR: Then let's go and see the cherry blossom.

*****

LUCY: Look at those clouds! How black they are! There’s a thunderstorm coming on. Aren’t you afraid?

LITTLE MAN: Oh, no! I like it. See what a flash of lightning!

LUCY: Yes, and there’s a clap of thunder. The first thunder this year.

LITTLE MAN:Shall I turn off the radio?

LUCY:What? The thunder’s so loud I can’t hear you.

LITTLE MAN:I say shall I turn off the radio? Mummy says it’sbetter to turn it off during a thunderstorm.

LUCY:Then do, dear. And I’ll shut the window. A gust of wind may break the pane.

LITTLE MAN:Oh, what a shower!

LUCY:It’ll lay the dust and revive the flowers in the garden.

 

 

*****

BELLA:Have you heard the weather forecast, Sînóà?

SONYA: No, I haven’t. But I can tell you without any forecast that the weather is nasty. Look how overcast the sky is, and there's the feel of rain in the air.

BELLA:Yes, autumn is here with its slush and drizzle.

SONYA:Rain or shine, I must go out. I have some shopping to do.



BELLA:They say we'll have a mild winter.

SONYA:It was horribly cold last winter. ■

BELLA:But the sunny morning with the hoar-frost on the trees and the icicles hanging from the roofs, weren't they a real pleasure?

SONYA:Yes, they were, but I had no time to go for walks in the morning. Besides, the streets were often terribly slippery and it made walking rather unpleasant.

*****

MR JONES: Good morning. Mrs Williams. How are you this morning?

MRS WILLIAMS: I'm quite all right, thank you, Mr Jones: And how are you?

MR J.:Fine too, thank you. Nice day, isn't it?

MRS W.: Absolutely lovely. Much warmer than eysterday, I believe, though a bit misty. Have you read the weather forecast for today by the way?

MR J.:Yes, I have. It says that the early morning mist is to clear before noon and the rest of the day will be bright and sunny with the temperature between 15° and 17°C.

MRS W.: Good, and what is the outlook for tomorrow?

MR J.: It says there will be little change, so I believe we may have a few fine days after all.

MRS W.: Splendid! A fine week-end is just what we all need, don't we?

MR J.: Oh, yes, quite true. Good-bye, Mrs Williams.

MRS W.: Good-bye, Mr Jones.

*****

MR B.: Good afternoon. How are you today?

MR C.: ………

MR B.:I am more or less all right, thanks. Lovely day, isn't it? Did you hear the weather forecast for today?

MR C.: ………

MR B.:Good. And what about the outlook for tomorrow?

MR C.: ………

MR B.:It doesn't sound promising. We'll have to carry our umbrellas and raincoats again.

 

LET'S HAVE PICNIC

Picnics are popular with women and children and some men who know how to make a fire. Children are fond of picnics chiefly because, as a rule, there are no tables at picnics and consequently no table manners and because they have an excellent opportunity to eat things that do not agree with them. Since picnic lunches are always just about the same and therefore require little imagination, women do not have to trouble about thinking up a meal.

Much depends, of course, upon the day. Typical picnic weather is of three kinds. Either it is dark and threatening with occasional showers in the morning, clearing in the afternoon or it is hot and clear in the morning, with thunder showers in the afternoon; or there is a steady drizzle all day long. But as most of the lunch is prepared ahead of time, nothing moch can be done about it. After all, there is not much choice between eating a picnic lunch that has waited a day or two and getting a soaking. Picnic grounds are usually situated on a body of water at some high altitude. One of these features is essential, for no picnic can be a success unless the children have something to fall into, or fall off. Also, a body of water naturally suggests taking fishing tackles along. No fosh was ever know to have been caught on a picnic, but fishing serves as an excellent excuse for getting out of the way while the heavy work is being done.

Quite the most important feature of the picnic is the lunch. Fried chicken is always popular ... Then there should be hard-boiled eggs. Almost everything else that comes in a can or a paper bag is good for a picnic lunch. These containers are very important as, after the contents have been eaten, they are strewn about and identify the picnic ground. Ginger ale, too, should be brought along to remind you that you left the bottle-opener at home. However, there is always at least one person present who knows how to open a bottle on a rock.

As soon as the food and other equipment have been unpacked it is in order to start a fire. Collecting wood provides occupation for people who do not know how to amuse themselves.

After the lunch has been eaten a picnic is mostly anticlimax. But there is always the possibility of someone nearly getting drowned or running into a hornet's nest or twisting an ankle. However, you must remain until well into afternoon, or you may not appear to have had a good time. To make matters worse, someone will suggest singing.

Picnics, whatever may be said against them, have their advantages. At least they reawaken in the hearts of many the truth of the old saying that there is no place like home.

(S.M.G. From "Humour Variety. Stories Jokes' Cartoons" 2, London)

 


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