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SPRINGSpirits soar when spring comes. When leaves begin to grow in the trees… When the grass turns green again… When the first flowers bloom in your garden or in the park and forest… You know it is spring. Snow drops are the first spring flowers. How lovely they are. Then forget-me-nots, lilies-of-the-valley, dandelions peek their heads above the ground. Yes, it’s spring!
Last fall some birds flew south where it is warmer. They spent all winter there. But now it is spring, and they come back. Birds can tell when it’s time to build their nests, lay their eggs, and hatch their babies. Many baby animals are also born in spring. They are so cute! Winter’s last snow melts and fills the rivers and streams with rushing water.
Spring is the time for the farmers to plow their fields so that they can plant their crops. It is the time for you to plant seeds too if you have a garden. Soon the first spring showers will fall, water the earth, and make the seeds grow so that there’ll be crops later in the year.
At last you can go outside without warm coat and still feel warm! You know it is spring when you hear the crack of a ball against the wall or ground. You and your friends can’t wait to ride your bikes, to put on your roller skates, or have fun at the playground.
Easter comes in spring. Bunnies appear at Easter, and it’s time to hunt for eggs. Also, don’t forget to say "Happy Holiday!” on the 8-th of March to your mother, grandmother, and all the women working at your school. In May, comes Victory Day – the great holiday for all people living in Russia.
Most adults don’t have spring vacations, but you do. So, why not go outside and play? It’s spring! You feel like turning your back on lessons and running away to play with the weather. But if you are in the 11-th grade, you can’t be so carefree, because the exams are coming. You are supposed to learn harder to be well prepared for your exams. Good luck!
Spring
By Aileen Fisher
The fields are rich with daffodils,
a coat of clover cloaks the hills,
and I must dance, and I must sing
to see the beauty of the spring.
Daylight Saving Time
by Phyllis McGinley
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On spring when maple buds are red
We turn the clock an hour ahead;
Which means each April that arrives
We lose an hour
Out of our lives. |
Who cares? When autumn birds in flocks
Fly southwards, back we turn the clocks,
And so regain a lovely thing-
That missing hour
We lost last spring! |
Wearing of Green
by Aileen Fisher.
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It ought to come in April,
or, better yet, in May
when everything is green as green -
I mean St.Patrick Day. |
With still a week of winter
this wearing of the green
seems rather out of season
It’s rushing things, I mean. |
But maybe March is better
When all is done and said;
St.Patrick brings a promise,
a four - leaf - clover promise,
a green - all - over promise
of springtime just ahead!
Spring
by W.H. Davies.
When primroses are out in spring,
And small blue violets come between,
When merry birds sing on boughs green,
And rills, as soon as born, must sing,
When butterflies will make side-leaps
As though escape from nature’s hands
Ere perfect quite; and bees will stand
Upon their heads in fragrant deeps,
When small clouds are so silvery-white,
Each seems a broken-rimmed moon,
When such things are, the world too soon
For me does wear the vale of night.
Spring is a lovely Season
by Helen Rice
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Spring is a lovely season
Of hope and joy and cheer.
There’s beauty all around us
To see and touch and hear.
No matter how downhearted
And discouraged we may be,
Hope’s born when we can see
Leaves budding on a tree. |
Or how a timid flower
Push through the frozen ground
And opens wide its petaled eyes
To see the world around.
The sun is very warm today...
Let all your troubles run away. |
Ex.1.There are some new words in the text "Spring.” Can you translate them from English into Russian?
To soar, to bloom, snowdrop, forget-me-not, lily-of-the-valley, dandelion, to peek, a nest, to hatch, to melt, to rush, to plow, a seed, crops, crack, to ride, carefree.
Ex.2.Complete the following sentences with one of these words.
1. Spirits ... when spring comes.
a) laugh b) soar c) weep
2. In spring flowers start ... in your garden, in the park and forest.
a) to fade b) to die c) to bloom
3. Birds are busy building their ... .
a) nests b) homes c) children
4. Winter snow ... and fills rivers and streams with rushing water.
a) appears b) melts c) comes
5. Spring is the time for the farmers to ... their fields.
a) clean b) plow c) dig
6. If you have a ... it’s time for you to dig the ground and sow seeds.
a) field b) garden c) yard
7. At last you can go outside without a warm coat and still ... warm.
a) find b) have c) feel
8. You can hear the ... of a ball against the ground.
a) noise b) crack c) fall
9. Many children can’t wait to ... their bikes or to put their roller skates.
a) drive b) ride c) have
10. Bunnies appear at ... , and it’s time to hunt for eggs.
a) New Year b) Easter c) St.Patrick Day
11. At the end of March you have ... .
a) exams b) birthday c) vacation
12. You feel like ... your back on lessons and running away to play with the weather.
a) laughing b) laying c) turning
