Winter words and phrases

«If we had no ___, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.» — Anne Bradstreet

Угадали пропущенное слово? Конечно, это winter. Зима подходит к концу и самое время проводить ее, повторив “зимние” слова и фразы. Задания, которые можно использовать, чтобы повторить лексику, связанную с зимой и холодами (подойдут для уровней Intermediate-Upper-Intermediate):

1. Текст, где нужно заполнить пропуски:

• winter
• blizzards
• snowball fight
• harsh
• crisp 
• colder 
• blanket of snow
• slushy
• bitterly 
• snowflakes 
• plunging 
• icy 
• bundle 
• warm (verb)
• In the dead
• new-fallen snow
• coughs 

What springs to your mind when you hear the word ___? Winter is generally associated with ___ temperatures, ___ weather and ___. Its impact and timing change according to the location: the farther an area lies from the equator, the ___ temperatures it experiences. In our region winter is quite ___. ___ of winter it’s ___ cold outside and the ground is covered with a heavy ___. So, whenever you feel like going outside to have a ___  in the street, you have to ___ up. Low temperature is probably the reason why winter is also the season of ___ and colds. So make sure you drink enough hot tea to ___ yourself up. Sometimes winter seems to last so long you think you can’t stand it anymore. But when the spring comes and the snow becomes ___, you start missing ___ winter air, ___ dancing in the air and the purity of ___ …

Key:

What springs to your mind when you hear the word winter? Winter is generally associated with plunging temperatures, icy weather and blizzards. Its impact and timing change according to the location: the farther an area lies from the equator, the colder temperatures it experiences. In our region winter is quite harsh. In the dead of winter it’s bitterly cold outside and the ground is covered with a heavy blanket of snow. So, whenever you feel like going outside to have a snowball fight in the street, you have to bundle up. Low temperature is probably the reason why winter is also the season of coughs and colds. So make sure you drink enough hot tea to warm yourself up. Sometimes winter seems to last so long you think you can’t stand it anymore. But when the spring comes and the snow becomes slushy, you start missing crisp winter air, snowflakes dancing in the air and the purity of new-fallen snow…

2. Фразы, к которым нужно подобрать определения:

1. The snowball effect
2. When hell freezes over
3. Break the ice
4. Tip of the iceberg
5. On thin ice
6. Be snowed in 
7. Be snowed under
   a) Having too much to do.
   b) To be unable to leave because of too much snow.
   c) A small, noticeable part of a problem, the total size of which is really much bigger.
   d) Never.
   e) In a risky situation.
   f) To say something to relieve tension or get the conversation going when you meet someone for the first time.
   g) A situation in which one action or event causes many other similar actions or events

Key:

1. g
2. d
3. f
4. c
5. e
6. b
7. a
   
   3. Word scramble с синонимами слова “cold”:
   

1. If the weather is ___, it is fairly cold and the wind is blowing. (frehs)
2. ___ means it’s cold enough to produce frost. (Ftrsoy)
3. If it is ___, the weather is fairly cold and a fairly strong wind is blowing. (sribk)
4. ___ weather is pleasant because it is cold and dry. (Cpisr)
5. ___ weather is very cold and grey. (Baekl)
6. ___ cold is when it’s so cold that it makes you feel very uncomfortable. (itiBgn)
7. ___ weather is extremely cold and unpleasant. (Hrsha)

Key:

1. fresh
2. Frosty 
3. brisk
4. Crisp
5. Bleak 
6. Biting 
7. Harsh 

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