Everyone has a favourite time of the year. In spring the air gets warmer and days longer. Flowers come out and green leaves apeear on the trees. In autumn leaves go yellow, red and brown, and there are plenty of apples. In summer it is usually hot. Sometimes it rains, but the rain seldom last long. Children and their teaches have a holiday, and everybody tries to spend as much time as possible in the country. In winter the air gets frosty. It often snows, the temprature drops below zero and people go skiing and skating. John Brown has just come from a trip to Russia. His wife wants to know everything about the country and people. How did you like Russian winter? Oh! it was so cold. You wouldn't believe it. The temprature dropped twenty degrees below zero when I came to Moscow. There was a lot of snow everywhere. The rivers were frozen. Is their average winter so severe? It depends... Sometimes winter months are rather mild and sometimes winter begins in october and lasts till April. Did it snow often? Yes. It snowed every day. People went skiing in the parks. Russian enjoy skiing and skating. Children prefer tobogganing. Did you try to ski? No, you know my hobby are fishing and gardening. Do Russians know what is gardening at all in that cold climate? Actually everything is not so bad, though Russian climate is more sever that British. The spring is usually cool, but it's quite hot there in summer. People grow vegetables, berries and flowers.
Where do you come from? I come from England. What is the climate like in your country? It's mild, but it's not always pleasant. The weather is often cold in the North and windy in the East. It's often wet in the Wes and sometimes warm in the South. Do you like it in England? Yes, I do. Our climate is not very good, but it's certainly interesting. It's our favourite subject of conversation.