Моя работа "After a storm comes calm"

1. After a storm comes a calm.

2. The sun will shine into our yard too.

3. After rain comes fair weather.

4. After a storm comes fair weather, after sorrow comes joy.

5. Beware of a silent man and still water.

6. Beware of a quiet dog and still water.

7. Constant dropping wears away a stone.

8. A drop hollows out a stone.

9. The darkest hour is that before the down.

10. Stormy weather cannot stay all the time; the red sun will come out, too.

11. Don’t have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.

12. The peasant will not cross himself before it begins to thunder.

13. Every cloud has a silver lining.

14. There is no evil without good.

15. Everything is good in its season.

16. Every vegetable has its season.

17. Every flow has its ebb.

18. Good fortune and bad fortune travel in the same sledge.

19. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

20. Life is better there, where we are not present.

21. Homer sometimes nods.

22. There are spots on the sun, too.

23. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks.

24. If mushrooms grew in the mouth, it would not be a mouth, but a kitchen garden.

25. Ill weeds grow apace.

26. Weeds grow rapidly.

27. It is a long road that has no turning.

28. The sun will shine through my window, too.

29. It never rains but it pours.

30. When misfortune has come, open the gate.

31. The last straw breaks the camel’s back.

32. If you put a pair of mittens on a heavy cart, you will immediately notice it.

33. Look before you leap.

34. Do not plunge into the water if you do not know where the ford is.

35. Make hay while the sine shines.

36. Mow grass while there is still dew.

37. Many a little makes a mickle.

38. A sea gathers by drops.

39. Never fish in trouble water

40. Do not fish in turbid water.

41. No gain without pain.

42. One must bend down to have a drink from a brook.

43. An oak is not felled at one stroke.

44. You cannot fell an oak with one stroke.

45. One man no man.

46. A single man in the field is not a warrior.

47. A small leak will sink a great ship.

48. A big fire from a little spark.

49. Still waters run deep.

50. Devils are found in a still pond.

51. There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

52. The world would not run against the wedge.

53. There is no garden without its weeds.

54. The Flower is good, but its little thorn is sharp.

55. There is no place like home.

56. At home one can even eat straw.

57. There is no smoke without fire.

58. There is no smoke without fire.

59. There is nothing new under the sun.

60. There is nothing new under the moon.

61. Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.

62. Slander is like coal- it will not burn you, but will make you dirty.

63. Time and tide wait for no man.

64. Time doesn’t wait.

65. Too much water drowned the miller.

66. Measure is the truth of any matter.

67. The unexpected always happens.

68. If one knew where he could fall down one would spread some straw there.

69. You cannot judge a tree by its bark.

70. Do not judge a water- melon by its rind and a man by his clothes.

71. You never miss the water till the well runs dry.

72. You will know the price of a thing after you have lost it.

73. One swallow does not make a summer.

74. Rain at seven- fine at eleven.

75. April showers bring May flowers.

76. Sow the wind and reap the storm.

English proverbs about weather.

Russian equivalents

1)После бури наступает затишье.

2) Взойдет солнышко и к нам во двор.

3) После дождя наступает ясная погода.

4) После ненастья - ведро, после горя - радость.

5) Берегись молчаливого человека и тихой воды.

6) Берегись тихой собаки да тихой воды.

7) Постоянно капающие капли стирают камень.

8) Капля и камень долбит.

9) Самый темный час тот, что перед рассветом.

10) Не все ненастье, проглянет и красное солнышко.

11) Не заказывай себе плащ, когда дождь начинается.

12) Гром не грянет - мужик не перекрестится.

13) У каждого облака есть серебряная подкладка.

14) Нет, худа без добра.

15) Все хорошо в свое время.

16) Всякому овощу свое время.

17) У каждого прилива есть отлив.

18) Счастье с бессчастьем на одних санях ездят.

19) Трава всегда зеленее по ту сторону забора.

20) Хорошо там, где нас нет.

21) И Гомер иногда дремлет.

22) И на солнце есть пятна.

23) Если небо упадет, мы поймаем жаворонков.

24) Если бы да кабы, да во рту росли грибы, тогда был бы не рот, а целый огород.

25) Сорная трава растет быстро.

26) Сорная трава хорошо растет.

27) Длинна та дорога, у которой нет поворота.

28) И в мое оконце засветит солнце.

29) Дождь не просто идет, а льет ливнем.

30) Пришла беда - отворяй ворота.

31) Последняя соломинка переламывает спину верблюда.

32) На тяжелый воз и рукавицы положи - так заметно будет.

33) Посмотри, прежде чем прыгнуть.

34) Не зная броду; не суйся в воду.

35) Заготавливай сено, пока солнце светит.

36) Коси, коса, пока роса

37) Из многих мелочей слагается крупное.

38) По капле и море собирается.

39) Никогда не лови рыбу в неспокойной воде.

40)Не лови рыбу в мутной воде.

41) Без старания нет достижений.

42) Нужно наклониться, чтобы из ручья напиться.

43) Дуб не свалишь одним ударом.

44) С одного удара дуба не свалишь.

45) Один человек- все равно, что ни одного человека.

46) Один в поле не воин.

47) От маленькой течи потонет большой корабль.

48) От малой искры, да большой пожар.

49) Тихие воды текут глубоко.

50) В тихом омуте черти водятся.

51) В море остается столько же хорошей рыбы, сколько ушло из него.

52) Свет не клином сошелся.

53) Нет сада без сорной травы,

54) Хорош цветок, да остер шипок.

55) Нет места подобного дому.

56) Дома и солома едома.

57) Нет дыма без огня.

58) Нет дыма без огня.

59) Нет ничего нового под солнцем.

60) Ничто не ново под луной.

61) Брось достаточно грязи, и что- нибудь пристанет.

62) Клевета что уголь; не обожжет, так замарает.

63) Время, приливы и отливы не ждут человека.

64) Время не ждет.

65) Слишком большое количество воды утопило мельника.

66) Мера - всякому делу вера.

67) Случается всегда неожиданное.

69) Кабы знать, где упасть, так соломки б подостлал.

69) Нельзя судить о дереве по его коре.

70) Не суди об арбузе по корке, а о человеке - по платью.

71) Никогда не чувствуешь отсутствие воды пока не высохнет колодец.

72) Цену вещи узнаешь, как потеряешь.

73) Одна ласточка не делает весны.

74) Дождь в семь - ясно в одиннадцать.

75) Апрельские ливни приносят майские цветы.

76) Посеешь ветер - пожнешь бурю.

WEATHER IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

BRITISH WEATHER

The climate of Britain is very variable. The marked features that chiefly determine the climate of England are: the position of the Island in the temperature belt, the fact that prevailing winds blow from the west and south – west, the moderate influence of the Atlantic ocean with its Gulf –stream current, the indentations of the coast line, making most parts of the country accessible to the oceanic influence.

Equally important for English weather is the influence of high pressure system with the anticyclones on the one hand and the low atmospheric pressure with the winds blowing in anti- clock- wise direction from the Atlantic, bringing summer and autumn storms and accounting for rapid changes in the weather on the other hand.

Due to the moderating influence of the sea Britain has an insular climate rather humid and mild with no striking discrepancy between seasons.

The Eastern areas of Britain reached by the rains after they have already lost the greater part of the moisture is said to be in the “rain- shadow”. The Eastern Area is cold and dry in winter and hots an less dry in summer and autumn. It approximates more closely to the continental conditions.

Autumn and winter are the wettest seasons in Britain. In the western area and long the south coast the driest month is usually April or May, whereas in the Eastern Area it is February or March. The wettest month for most parts of Britain is October with the exception of East Anglia where due to frequency of summer thunderstorms July is the month in which most rain falls.

On the average, Britain has 204 rainy days a year, with the maximum in Scotland and the minimum in the estuary of the river Thames.

Russian Weather

Nature has not been kind to Russia. Much of European Russia and Siberia is very cold most of the year. In Old Russia, people could do little during winter months. But in spring there was much to be done, and in a short period of time. This explains why Russians often are inactive for long periods of time and then show bursts of energy. The harsh climate explains the Russians’ strength, their ability to overcome hardships, as well as their patience and submission. Climate has also made them cautious.

Their cruel climate, harsh history, and skeptical outlook on life have made Russians value stability, security, social order, and predictability, and to avoid risk. Russia is washed in the north by the Arctic Ocean and its seas: the Barents, Chukchee, East Siberian, Kara, Laptev and White Seas, in the south by the Black, Azov, , and Caspian Seas; in the east by the Bering Sea, the Sea of Japan, and Okhotsk Sea ; in the west by the Baltic Sea. The size of Russian is hard to imagine. A flight from Moscow to Magadan takes eight hours. Russia is a land of long rivers and large lakes. Among the world’s longest rivers rank the North Dvina, the three mighty Siberian Rivers: Ob, Lena and Yenisei, and the Amur. The largest of all Russia’s rivers is the Volga. The three largest lakes in Russia are Baikal in south- eastern Siberia and Ladoga and Onega in Northern Russia. The relief of Russia is mostly flat. It’s located on two plains: the Great Russian Plain and the Western Siberian Plain. There are three main mountain ranges in Russia. The Caucasus stretches from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. The highest mountain is Mount Elbrus. The Urals extend from the Arctic Ocean to the steppes. They divide the European and Asian parts of Russia.

Weather of the USA

The USA covers 9,372,614 square kilometers. It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east and by the Pacific Ocean in the west. It stretches from Canada in the north to Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico of California in the south. The USA is divided into three areas: Eastern area- highland, where the Appalachian Mountains are situated, Central area- plain and Western area which is mountainous and includes the Cordilleras and the Rocky Mountains. The north- eastern part of the USA is the region of the five great lakes. The St. Lawrence River joins the water of the five lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. In the west of the USA there is another lake called Great Salt Lake. The main rivers of the USA are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Yukon, the Colorado, the Columbia, the St. Lawrence, and the Hudson.

AUSTRALIAN WEATHER

Australia is located south of Asia, between the pacific and the Indian oceans. It is a vast continent, made up of mainland Australia and of Island of Tasmania to the south. The Australian continent is washed in the north by the Timor and Arafura seas and Torres Strait, in the east by the Tasman and coral seas, of the South Pacific Ocean, in the south by Bass Strait and the Indian Ocean. Australia is the flattest of the continents. Its most important chain is the Great Dividing Range running down most of the east coast. Other mountains include the Kimberley and Hamersley ranges in Western Australia, the Flinders Range in South Australia. The centre of the continent is taken by the deserts; Great sandy desert, Great Victoria Desert, and Simpson Desert. There are few rivers in Australia. Its best known river is the Murray. The longest is the Darling.

Spring

Many people think that the most pleasant season is spring. In spring nature awakens from her long winter sleep. The days get longer and the nights shorter. It grows warmer. The trees open their buds and shoot out new leaves. The meadows grow green again, flowers begin to bloom. Farmers till the soil and sow the seeds. Nightingales, swallows and other migrant birds come back from the south. They build their nests, lay and hatch their eggs and sing their merry songs. The corn fields are bright with blue cornflowers and red poppies.

Summer

Summer is the warmest season. The sun rises earlier and sets later and later. In June we have the longest days and the shortest nights and we in St. Petersburg enjoy the white nights which our city is famous for. The weather is usually fine, the sky is blue and cloudless, and the sun shines brightly in the sky. It is warm and even hot. if the heat gets too oppressive, we can bathe in rivers and lakes, or go to the sea side. The hot sun ripens the corn, vegetables and fruit, and the farmers get ready for the harvest.

Autumn

Autumn sets in September and brings shorter days, longer nights and colder weather. Autumn is a rainy season, but there may be a spell of fine sunny weather in late September which is cold Indian summer, when the sky is clear and the nature is full of bright colours. The ground is covered with fallen leaves, and the trees are red, brown and golden. The farmers are busy harvesting.

Winter

Winter is the coldest season, with short days and long nights, with frosts and snow. But it is also a beautiful season when nature is sleeping under a clean soft blanket of while snow. Lovers of winter sports go skiing and skating and hockey playing. Winter is a wonderful season for children, too, who enjoy tobogganing, playing snowballs and making snowmen.

The naughtiest thing in the world is the weather. It’s like a capricious woman who always does the opposite to what you ask her.

When you want to go for a picnic in the open air you ask the skies to remain clear and the day to be fine. Nervously you switch on the radio and listen to the weather forecast. You tremble with joy to hear that it’ll stay warm and dry with bright sunshine, and moderate breeze. your imagination draws a hot summer afternoon and yourself saying: ‘ Nice weather we are having today!’ you take a lot of food and no warm clothes, go to the countryside but… do not get anything sunny.

You get it cloudy and cool with intermittent drizzle which ends with a thundery shower. The sky is so heavily cast with clouds, the rumbling of thunder and flashes of lighting are so frightening that you’ve got no illusions left. You throw away the food and go back hungry and angry. And when you are already approaching your home soaked to the skin is suddenly brightens up. Oh, Goodness!

Each summer every student survives through the best time of his life- an examination session. Then many students plead: ‘ Please, weather , stay cloudy, chilly or even cold with brisk northerly wind and rain torrents leaving pools and puddles everywhere, especially on the playground. And I’ll be a good student’. The radio promises: ‘Patchy light drizzle with showery outbreaks of rain’. But the “patch” is never in the right place. Instead the skies send heat and excellent weather for a sun tan. Everyone knows that sun tan never helps at exams.

And it is always like this. When you go skiing and want to have frosty weather with a lot of snow, it stars thawing and your skis sink in the slush. Instead of a snowfall and hoarfrost on the trees you get excellent sleet. The weather does not feel any pangs of remorse.

When you go in the car to the country, enjoying nice weather and a beautiful view of rainbow in the blue sky, you pay no attention to some haze on the horizon. Some time later a thin mist in the distance turns into a thick fog and you spend a lovely two hours instead of one at the steering wheel.

When you plant some much- cared- for flowers in the garden, either a ground frost or a hail storm kills them. Digging muddy flowerbeds one feels exasperated: ‘What beastly weather we’ve had this week! And it keeps nasty wretched!’

To tell the truth, sometimes the weather is ashamed and turns for the better. But not always. More often it sticks to its own pattern and after a short warm spell turns bad again. Why is it always like this? Maybe, because the weather likes surprises and wants to bring in adventures to our life, breaking routine with marvelous happenings?

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Weather

Seasons

There are four seasons in the year- spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring is the season of hope and happiness. it is season when nature awakens from her winter sleep- the ice broken, the grass is beginning to shoot, here buds are showing, there the trees are already bursting into leaf, fresh, green and lovely. Spring has come!

Summer is the hottest season in the year. The bright sunshine scorches the earth. Not a single cloud is in the sky. It is pleasant to get out of town where one is so oppressed with the heat and ramble through woods, among hills and valleys, following winding paths that are hardly seen to the naked eye in the thick green grass. The fields are green and shorn- here and there big stacks of hay are seen. The days are long in summer.

But on moves the earth in its race round the sun. The days are becoming shorter; the sun rays are losing their glittering force- autumn is approaching. The beautiful nature has thanked the laborious farmer for his toil in the fields, meadows and orchards. The trees that not long ago bloomed with flowers are laden with repining fruit. But the beautiful “Indian summer” is over- it is deep autumn now. We don’t hear any more the sweet melody of birds in the woods and forests – they have flown away to far distant warm countries. Everything is beginning to take a different colour and garment in the lonely quiet of the countryside – the trees look bare, for they have cast off their leaves, the fragrant flowers have – faded away. The sky is overcast with low, black, heavy clouds – the period of rains has set in. It is unpleasant to be out in the drizzling piercing rain that is accompanied by a cold wind.

December is approaching. There is a breath of winter in the autumn air. It is getting colder day by day. The cold makes the hands cold and stiff. It is on a morning in December that you get up and look out of the window, and lo! The ground, the roofs of the houses are thick with snow. In the woods the branches of the trees are also feathered with snow. Everything around looks so beautiful! Winter has set in.

Time

A year is the average time it takes for the earth to go once round the sun. There are 12 months or 52 weeks or 365 days in a year. Every four years there is a leap year. This has 366 days. We all known the names of the months, but not all of us can quite remember how many days there are in each month. Here is a little poem that will help us in that respect.

Thirty days has September,

April, June and November.

All the rest have thirty – one,

Excepting February alone,

Which has but twenty – eight days clear,

And twenty – nine in each leap year.

There are 7 days in a week, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute.

The sun rises in the east in the morning. The beginning of the day is a daybreak or down. Then comes morning, noon, afternoon, evening and night. We tell the time by means of watches and clocks. Watches are small. We might carry them either in our pockets or wear them on our wrists. The former are called pocket watches and the latter wrist watches.

A clock is bigger than a watch; it usually stands on the table or hangs on the wall in the house. There are figures on the face of the clock or watch point to the figures telling us the time.

There are three hands altogether. The biggest hand shows the minutes, the smaller- the hours, and the smallest – the seconds.