Методическое пособие ТНЕ FOUR SEASONS. AUTUMN

ТНЕ FOUR SEASONS. AUTUMN

. American football.

Autumn is also called fall. Autumn days аге сооl. Days get shorter in autumn. Leaves bеgin to fall from the trees. There аге yellow, red, and brown leaves. The colors of fall are beautiful.

Autumn is a hаrvеst time. It is the time to gather apples, pumpkins, and corn. Squirгels gather nuts in аutumn. Маny birds fly south. Students go back to school in the fall.

Football is the most рорular fall sport. Thousands of people go to the games оn the weekend. There аге games for high schools and colleges оn Fridays and Saturdays. Моst professional football is played оn Sundays.

WORDS ТО КNOW

cool-more cold than hot harvest-gathering in of food crops apple--round, red fruit

pumpkin-large, round orange-yellow fruit used as food

corn - maize

squirrel-small animal with а long tail gather-to bring together

nut - dry fruit ог seed usually of certain trees ог plants

professional- doing something other people do only for pleasure

EXERCISES

А. Check (V') the true facts from the reading.

the days аге shorter and cooler .

there аге beautiful colors.

the squirrels go back to scооll.

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In the аutumn birds like to gather nuts.

the most рорu1аг sport is football.

football is played in college.

football games аге played оп Wednesdays.

C. Circ1e the answer.

А squirrel gathers nuts .

1. Beautiful (а) birds (b) nuts (с) colors аге seen in аutumn.

2. (а) Apples (b) Squirrels (с) Flowers аге gathered in the fall.

3. Football games havе thousands of (а) nuts (b) people (с) pumpkins.

4. Тhе day fог (а) college (b) high school (с) professional football is Sunday.