Discussing the plans for the forthcoming holidays

Discussing a future business trip to England in December

Planning an Outing

Role 1. Phone up B. Ask him/her how he/she is. Comment on the weather. Invite him/her for an outing. Ask him/her if he/she knows the weather forecast. Say that you don’t feel like getting caught in the rain and getting wet through. Appoint the date for your outing.

Role 2. A phones you up. Discuss the weather with him/her. Describe the weather forecast to him/her which you’ve heard over the radio. Cheer him/her up. Express your hope that it will clear up and you will have a lot of sunshine. Agree upon the date for your outing.

2) December: Sunny intervals, snow showers, chiefly near coasts, wind N light or moderate; max temp 3°C.

Outlook for next week: very cold, snow showers, wind chiefly in the N and E.

Sea passages: wind NE strong to gale force, snow showers, visibility poor, sea state rough or very rough.

January: Bright at first, rain spreading from W preceded by sleet or snow in elevated places, max temp 6°C.

Outlook for next week: Cold, with scattered sleet or showers or sunny intervals.

Sea passages: Wind NW moderate, occasionally fresh; mainly fair; visibility good; sea moderate.

Role 1. Phone up B, your colleague, who happened to have worked in England as a newspaper correspondent for three years. Ask him/her about the weather in London in December (January). Ask him/her for advice concerning clothes and things which may come in handy there.

Role 2. A phones you up. He/she tells you about his/her business trip to England in December (January). You worked in England as a newspaper correspondent for three years. You describe the weather in London in December (January) and give him/her advice concerning clothes and things he/she should take with him/her. Warn him/her about the peculiarities of English winter.

Role 1. Phone up B, your friend. Ask him/her how he/she is. Tell him/her you are going to Belgorod for your holidays in April. You know that your friend has been to Belgorod many times in all the seasons. Ask him/her about the weather in Belgorod in April.

Role 2. A phones you up. You’re glad to help your friend. You’ve been to Belgorod many times in all the seasons. You describe the weather in April.

1. What would you like to shed at this point in your life?

2. Can you think of a situation where you reaped the rewards of something you did?

3. What in your life is flourishing at the moment?

4. When did you last feel that you were wilting?

5. If you are the apple of your teacher's eye, does your teacher like or dislike you?

6. If something, for example new houses, is said to be mushrooming, what is happening?

7. If someone lives in clover, do they live very poorly or very luxuriously?

8. What kind of person is a couch potato?

9. If discussions are fruitful, what are they like?

10. What do you like doing, if you are a bookworm?

11. Is dog’s life a happy one?

12. Can an underdog be in the centre of people’s attention?

13. Can a wolf in sheep’s clothing be a good friend?

14. Why are some girls embarrassed by wolf-whistles? Do you like them?

15. Is it possible to reach a target in a wild-goose chase?

16. Can you meet women at a stag party or men at a hen party?

17. Can a new book be dog-eared?

18. In what situations would you like to be a fly on the wall?

19. Do you need to be a bird to get a bird’s-eye-view of a place?

20. Why can you need cat’s eyes on your bicycle?

21. What can make a person a guinea pig? Have you ever been one?

22. What is your burning desire if your have a frog in your throat?

23. Do you have pigeon-holes in your office? What do you use them for?

24. If a priest has a dog-collar, does it mean that he has a dog?

Citations about the weather and climate:

1. If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.

2. Small rain lays great dust.

3. As welcome as a storm.

4. After rain comes fair weather (sunshine).

5. It never rains but it pours.

6. April weather.

7. To save/ to put by/ to lay up for a rainy day.

8. Every cloud has a silver lining.

9. [Weather is] the discourse of fools. (Thomas Fuller)

10. [Climate is] a theory. Weather is a condition. (Oliver Herford)

11. [Climate is] what lasts all the time; weather only lasts a few days. (Anonymous)

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