Unit 15. Winds of Change.
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Practice 4
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| Questions 1. How many different types of weather can you name? What is your favourite type of weather? 2. How can you find out what the weather will be like? 3. Imagine you are a TV weather forecaster. Prepare the weather forecast for your country for the coming weekend. 4. Describe the climate in Moscow region. What's the best time of year to visit Moscow? 5. Which areas in Russia are the most/least popular with tourists? Why? 6. Bring examples of the resorts which have changed over the last years. How did tourism development effect the local area? 7. In fifty years' time, where will the most popular tourist destinations be? 8. What kind of holiday will these new tourists be looking for? | Vocabulary Sunshine, cloudless sky, gentle wind, sunny, warm breeze, fine drizzle, heavy shower, brief cloudburst, freezing sleet, violent hailstorm, thick fog, heavy snowfall, etc. Listen to the weather forecast on TV, go to the website in the Internet, use some old ways of predicting the weather. Less rain, more sunshine, the temperature will drop, get as low as 2 degrees, shower will be replaced with heavier, prolonged rain, die out later, thick fog, poor visibility, patches of black ice, rain will turn to sleet. Frosty winter, hard/light frost, freezing sleet, heavy snowfall, showers through the day, steady sunshine, unbroken sunshine, scorching hot, the weather is getting worse. Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Gelendzhik, cities of the Golden Ring. Well-developed infrastructure: accommodation, transport, catering and entertainment facilities; historical and natural sights, man-made attractions. Turkish coast, Egypt, Croatia, Anapa, Gelendzhik, Svetlogorsk (Baltic Sea). It creates jobs, preserves traditional arts and crafts, brings money into a country. It leads to overuse of water and other natural resources, damages the environment, destroys the natural habitat of some animals and birds. Adventurous travelers will be having holidays in space. Elderly people will enjoy staying in the space hotel. Hotel rooms will be fairly luxurious. The holidays will not be cheap. Adventurous, risky holidays, active, outdoor holidays. | SB, WB English for International Tourism |
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