Winter is a wonderful time of the year. Winter is translated into English as
winter [winter] - winter
winter approaches [winter eproachez] - Winter is coming
Winter is the coldest season of the year [Winter from the coldest season of the iar] - Winter is the coldest season of the year.
Winter is my favorite season because of winter holidays [Winter from May Fayvrit Season Bicoz of Winter Holidays] - Winter is my favorite season because of the winter holidays.
Everyone knows that winter is very cold:
cold winter [cold winter] - cold winter
windy winter [windy winter] - windy winter
freeze [friiz] - freeze
I do not like winter because I am always freezen [Ay dont like winter bicoz ah em olweis frizen] - I don’t like winter because I am constantly freezing in winter.
We all love those delicious white flakes that fall from the sky. Also known as snow:
snow [snow] - snow
white snow [white snow] - white snow
first snow [first snow] - first snow
In our country the fist snow we usually get in the end of November - In our country the first snow usually falls at the end of November.
Also, when solid balls fly from the sky instead of snow, we call it:
hail [hail] - hail
sleet [merged] - hail
When we see that a thin crust of snow has formed on the ground, we call it
frost [frost] - frost
All ground in the park is completely covered with frost
When droplets of water flowing down the roofs turn into icicles, we call it: icicle [icicle] - icicle
I saw 4 huge icicles on the top of my roof [Ay so for hudge icicles on the top of my ruf] - I saw 4 huge icicles right on my roof.
In winter, children often play snowballs:
snowballs [snowballs] - snowballs (literally - snowballs)
play snowballs [play snoybols] - play snowballs
to have a snowball fight [to have a snowball fight] - participate in a snowball fight
I like to play snowballs [Ai like that play snowballs] - I like to play snowballs.
When I was young I was playing snowballs with my friends the whole winter - When I was young I was playing snowballs with my friends the whole winter.
And even in winter, children love to build a snowman, big and “fluffy”: snowman [snowman] - a snowman (literally - a man from the snow)
Do you want to build a snowman? [Doo you wont to build e snowman] - Would you like to build a snowman?
For the snowman we will need a carrot and scarf - For the snowman we will need a carrot and a scarf.
In winter, rivers and lakes can freeze completely: frozen over [frozen over] - freeze (for rivers, lakes)
This winter my local river was frozen over [Zis Winter May Local River Woz Frozen Over] - This winter, my local river was completely frozen over.
In winter you can go skating and skiing, as well as sledding:
ice-skating [ice skating] - to skate
skiing [skiing] - skiing
sledding [sledding] - sledding
Every winter I and my friends go skiing, sledding and ice-skating
If you do not want to chill in winter and get sick, then you need to wear warm clothes:
shivering [shivering] - shiver, tremble
to catch a cold [that catch e cold] - get sick
wrap up [rap up] - put on warm clothes (wrap up)
Dialogue about winter in English
- What are you going to do this winter?
- I am going ice-skating with my friends. And what about you?
- I am going sledding with my sister?
- And what about your girlfriend?
- She forgot to wrap up and caught a cold!
- I am so sorry to hear that.
Abstract of an English lesson on the topic "Winter Fun" for preschoolers
Teacher: - Good afternoon, children! I'm glad to see you! Sit down, please!
(Good afternoon, guys! Sit down. I'm very glad to see you!)
The children greet the teacher.
- How are you today?
Children: - I'm fine!
- Guys, let's remember the greeting rhyme "Good morning to you".
Children (in chorus): - Good morning, good morning!
Good morning to you!
Good morning, good morning!
I'm glad to see you!
Teacher:- Good for you! (Well done!)
- Guys, the topic of our lesson today is “Winter Fun”. Please tell us what you like to do in winter: skiing, building a snowman, skating, sledding.
- Lera, please!
- Good! Nikita, please! (Children take turns telling what they do in the winter on the street.)
Teacher:- Well done! Guys, please look at the pictures (cards are hung on the board), here are guys who are skiing, skating, sledding, making a snowman.
- Let's learn to call these hobbies in English.
Teacher:- skiing - ski, skating - skate, sledding - sledge, making a snowman - make a snowman.
- Now repeat these words after me all together: ski, skate, sledge, make a snowman. (Please repeat after me in chorus.)
The children repeat the words in chorus.
Teacher: Guys, if the British like something, they say - I like.
- Repeat after me all together - “I like” (chorus repeat the word after the teacher.)
Teacher:- Now let's say in English: I like skiing - I like to ski; I like to skate - I like to skate; I like to sled - I like to sledge; I like to make a snowman - I like to make a snowman.
- Now repeat after me these sentences, please: I like to ski.
I like to skate.
I like to slide.
I like to make a snowman.
(Repeat these sentences after me.)
Children in chorus repeat the sentences after the teacher.
Teacher: Well done boys! Now let's take a break and do some English exercises.
- Stand up, please! Step, step, clap, clap!
Step, step, clap, clap!
nod your head
And turn around!
And step, step, clap, clap!
good for you! thank you! Sit down, please!
Teacher:- Now let's play. The game is called "Guess the fun."
- I have drawings with winter fun on my table. They are upside down and what is depicted on them is not visible. Each of you will pull out one drawing and say what the children are doing.
- Let's begin! (Let's start!)
Children play a game.
Teacher: Good! What good fellows you are! Completed the task.
- And now I would like to know what you like to do in the winter.
Teacher: - I will ask the question “Do you like …”, this question means “Do you like?” What do you think I will ask?
- Of course, I will ask questions: Do you like to ski?
Do you like to skate?
Do you like to slide?
Do you like to make a snowman?
- If you like it, you answer - Yes, and if not - No.
Teacher:- Let's begin! (Let's start!)
The teacher asks everyone questions.
Teacher:- Well done! Our lesson has come to an end. Can you please tell me what was the topic of our lesson?
- Karina, please!
- That's right, the topic was called "Winter Fun". Guys, what words did you remember today?
Children name the words they remember.
Teacher:- You all worked very actively today, coped well with the tasks. Thanks everyone!
Teacher:- Good - Bye, children!
Children: - Good Bye!
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” Well, American stand-up comedian Carl Reiner is entitled to his opinion, but we don't agree with him!
If you have already hit the blues and decided to live in Hachiko mode until spring, shake yourself up! We have 10 ideas on how to make the most of your winter, in other words, make the most of frosty days. And then also brag about your winter adventures in front of English-speaking friends on Instagram and Facebook. Or write an essay in English that was assigned at school.
Everyone has a childhood memory of a dizzying descent from a snowy hill. So, while you were flying from the mountain, you were sitting on a sled or sled - a sled or a slide. In English one can also find a toboggan- useless sledges, which were still ridden by North American Indians.
The great thing about snow is that it can be molded! Make him hands from twigs or twigs ( sticks), eyes, mouth and buttons - from small stones ( pebbles), and don't forget the carrots ( a carrot) for the nose. You can let your imagination run wild and dress up a snowman in a knitted hat ( a knit hat) or cylinder ( a top hat), or you can get by with a traditional bucket ( a bucket).
As soon as a mischievous mood overtakes you, arrange a snowball fight- a real battle on the ice :) And don't forget to stock up on snowballs- stick more snowballs so that the ammunition is always at hand.
When a real blizzard covers the city ( Blizzard) or blizzard ( a snowstorm), it is no longer up to snowball fights. You have to take on a wide shovel - a shovel- and cut yourself a way out of the entrance, and even dig out a car from snowdrifts ( snowdrifts). And at such moments you envy those who have a snowplow - a snowblower. Usually on such days, everyone scolds the city authorities, who again failed to bring enough snowplows to the streets ( snowplow trucks).
You have to go penguin style when the pavement is really slippery under your feet - or slippery, from the verb to slip- "slip".
We still ask everyone to look under their feet, but sometimes still raise their eyes and admire how the prickly winter sun is refracted in icicles ( icicles) on the nearest ledge.
Hot cocoa is the best way to warm up after a snowball fight. Verb to sip means to drink in small sips, slowly savoring. If you decide to pamper yourself - treat yourself, add whipped cream to the mug ( whipped cream), grated chocolate ( grated chocolate) and marshmallows ( marshmallows).
Remember the verb to slip? It means not only “slip”, but also “slip”, just as the foot easily slips into cozy slippers, which, moreover, also fuzzy- fluffy, like a plush toy.
If you have a fireplace at home a fireplace) - you're lucky! You can soak up the fire in an armchair under a checkered blanket ( a plain).
Remember a good expression - "to count down the days until smth", which means that you are waiting for some event so much that you are ready to literally count the days.
Just in case, there are exactly 44 days left until spring :-)
So, it's winter outside. The peasant, as I recall, triumphs, but many of us are not very happy about the arrival of cold weather. And there are reasons for that. First, it gets dark early in winter. it gets dark early).
Secondly, we spend more time getting dressed, because in winter we need a lot of warm clothes. We put on to put on) cap ( a hat), often knitted ( a beanie or a toque), classic scarf ( a scarf) or the current scarf collar ( a snood), boots or boots ( boots), warm jacket ( a warm jacket), coat ( a coat / an overcoat), park ( a parka), anorak ( anorak) or fur coat ( a fur coat). Of course, we take gloves with us ( gloves) or mittens ( mittens).
Thirdly, the streets are getting slippery ( icy/slippy- colloquial form), the temperature on the thermometer rarely rises above zero ( above zero- above zero; below zero– below zero), we often get very cold ( feel as cold as ice) and catch a cold ( to catch a cold).
However, if you put these cons aside, you can see that winter is not such a bad time of year. Why? And because it is in winter that you can actively practice the following sports.
| Kind of sport | Translation | Picture |
|---|---|---|
| figure skating | figure skating |  |
| speed skating | ice-skating race (skating) |
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| skiing | skiing |  |
| alpine (mountain) skiing | skiing |  |
| biathlon | biathlon - cross-country skiing combined with rifle shooting ( rifle shooting) |  |
| cross country skiing | cross-country skiing |  |
| freestyle skiing | freestyle (ski acrobatics) |  |
| speed skiing | downhill skiing (cross-country skiing) |  |
| snowboarding | snowboarding |  |
| freestyle snowboarding | snowboarding with acrobatic tricks (freestyle) |  |
| sledding | sledging |  |
| tobogganing | luge |  |
| dogsled racing | dog sled racing |  |
| snowmobiling | snowmobiling |  |
| Team sports | ||
| curling | curling |  |
| ice hockey | hockey |  |
| ice stock sport | icestock |  |
| bandy | bandy - hockey |  |
| broomball | broomball is a game that combines elements of ice hockey and indoor hockey. |  |
Well, we figured out the names of winter sports. Now let's talk about inventory and equipment ( sports equipment and outfits) that you will need in practice.
If you decide to take up speed skating or figure skating, you will definitely need skates ( skates). And you should practice skating on the rink ( a skating rink).
Skiing provides for the presence of the actual skis ( skis), ski poles ( ski sticks or ski poles) and ski boots - pies ( ski boots).
You can ride from mountains and hills not only on a sled ( a slide – BrE, a sled – AmE), but also on ice floes ( snow saucers).
When you play curling, you throw granite projectiles, the so-called "stones" across the ice ( stones), towards the target-"home" ( the house), rubbing ( to sweep) while ice with a special brush ( a broom).
The same principle applies to the game of icestock. Only instead of stones, players move ( to slide) along the sliding surface ( surface) other projectiles, called icestocks ( ice stocks).
To play hockey, in addition to skates, you will need a stick ( a hockey stick), washer ( a pack) or ball ( a knur / a knor), as well as a helmet ( a hockey helmet). You will play on the hockey rink a hockey pitch).
Broomball is played on an area called a field ( ice hockey rink). The game uses a broom with a plastic tip ( a broom) and ball ( a ball). Instead of skates - shoes with rubber soles ( rubber-soled shoes).
Along with sports games, there are a number of active types of recreation ( recreational activities) that you can do with your friends or even the whole family.
| Type of active recreation | Translation | Picture |
|---|---|---|
| snowman building | snowman modeling |  |
| snowball fight | snowball game |  |
| ice fishing | ice fishing |  |
| ice boating or sailing | boating - skidding (boating) ice-boats/ice-canoes) |  |
| ice swimming | swimming in the hole |  |
If you are completely tired of the cold and snow, we recommend visiting the bathhouse ( a bath-house / baths – plural), Russian ( steam bath) or Turkish ( a hamam), or a sauna ( a sauna), where you will not only warm up, but also relax after a hard or eventful day.
Once in the UK on Christmas days, each guest will feel at the epicenter of the celebration. This country is rich in winter fun and festive events. We decided to tell you about the most popular and funny ones. After all, if you manage to visit the UK these days, this article will become a pleasant guide to the most significant events of the beginning of winter.
Outdoor ice rink
Since the Middle Ages, winter in Britain has been associated with snowball fights and ice skating and sledding. Of the many pleasures that winter brings, this fun is still one of the most beloved not only among children, but also among adults. Every year, on the eve of the Christmas holidays, open-air skating rinks begin to work. The most popular are the skating rink in the courtyard of the Somerset House complex near the Thames embankment and the Christmas skating rink in the Tower of London. Residents and guests of the capital can get an unforgettable experience, enjoy the views of the evening illumination and warm up with hot drinks.
Curling
Another British winter fun was born this time in Scotland at the beginning of the 16th century. The essence of this game is to hit the target with a disk sliding on ice. The oldest curling club is located in the birthplace of this sport in Kilsyth, Scotland. Now this fun has become a full-fledged sport, presented even at the Olympic Games. It was the United Kingdom and Ireland that received the first Olympic gold. There are sports clubs everywhere where professionals and amateurs can test themselves on the ice.
Winter Solstice - December 21
For many centuries, the traditions of pagan times have been kept in Great Britain. December 21 is marked as the shortest day - the day of the Winter Solstice. Festive festivals are held in different parts of the country, but the sacred ruins of Stonehenge remain the most popular place. Fans of the pagan culture of England and the keepers of the traditions of the Druids celebrate this astrological phenomenon by holding various ceremonies inside the stone circle.
Christmas - December 25
Christmas in the UK is usually celebrated on December 25th. On this day, relatives and friends give each other gifts and wish ‘Merry Christmas and Happy New Year’. By the way, it should be said that the celebration of the new year is not as common in the kingdom as in Russia. The exception is Scotland.
The English Christmas tradition was strengthened during the reign of Queen Victoria. Around this time, a legend was born to use holiday socks on fireplaces. According to legend, when entering the houses through the fireplace, “Christmas Grandfather” dropped the coins into one of the socks left to dry by the fire.
There are many glorious traditions associated with Christmas in the English. We talked about one of them in our last post. Note to those who are puzzling over a gift - read what and with what words they give in England for Christmas Eve.
The British were the first to decorate their homes with wreaths of plants - ivy, mistletoe or holly. Even in pre-Christian times, these plants during the winter holidays symbolized protection from evil spirits and foreshadowed spring after winter.
Boxing Day or "Boxing Day" - December 26
Traditionally, Boxing Day falls on St. Stephen's Day. For the British, Christmas doesn't end on December 25th. In the old days, wealthy people gave gifts - the so-called 'Christmas box' - to their employees and people from low-income families. This tradition is closely connected with the manifestation of mercy and charity. Wealthy Catholics collected donations for the poor, which they took to churches. In modern Britain, people visit their friends and relatives and delight them with pleasant surprises. There are many charity events in the kingdom on this day.
Hogmanay or Scottish New Year
The Hogmanay holiday closes our winter-New Year selection of joys.
The celebration of the New Year is not as popular in England as Christmas. Nevertheless, every year in London there is a New Year's theatrical parade. This spectacle is a real extravaganza, a bright show with the participation of actors, dancers and musicians from all over the world.
In Scotland, the celebration of the New Year is celebrated on a large scale and on a grand scale. Here it is called Hogmanay.
This tradition has pagan roots. The beginning of the holiday falls on the last day of the year - December 31. The fun can continue until January 3rd. Fireworks, fire shows and torchlight processions are an integral part of the celebration.
The Scots have a belief associated with the first person to enter the house on this day - first footing. It is believed that luck and joy in the house all next year depend on it. A dark-haired man with gifts, for example, is a very welcome guest.
On the eve of the New Year holiday, we wish you a lot of joy, success in English and not only New Year's mood!
Victoria Tetkina
