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Elementary (A1)
Focus: Reading/Listening/Vocabulary
The best time to visit San Francisco
1 Read and listen to what is the best time to visit San Francisco, a city in California.
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http://www.netangol.hu/A1/sanfrancisco.mp3
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Definitely October… Late September, October…
definitely – mindenképpen
late September – szeptember végén
In mid-November the rainy season begins, and
that can continue until March.
in mid-November – november közepén
the rainy season – az esös idöszak
that can continue until March – márciusig is eltarthat
The spring is also a very nice time to visit.
the spring – a tavasz
to visit - meglátogatni
spring is also a very nice time to visit – a
tavasz is remek alkalom az idelátogatásra
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But summer, ironically, it gets very very cold and foggy
and windy…
ironically – furcsa módon
it gets very very cold – nagyon hideg lesz az idö
foggy – ködös
windy – szeles
… so there’s a saying that we have
that “The coldest summer I ever spent
was the summer in San Francisco.”
a saying – szólásmondás
there’s a saying that we have – van
egy mondás nálunk
the coldest summer I ever spent – a leghidegebb nyár, amit valaha átéltem
Ironically,
because
people
think
of
Californian
summers as being so warm, but there is a special
microclimate there that makes it quite cold in the
summertime.
people think of Californian summers as being
warm – a legtöbben azt gondolják, hogy a kaliforniai
nyarak melegek
a special microclimate – egy különleges mikroklíma
in the summertime – nyáron
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2 Answer the following questions about the recording.
a) Which two months are the best for a visit in San Francisco?
b) When does the rainy season begin and end?
c)
What’s the weather like in the summer?
d) Which American state is San Francisco in?
3 Are these sentences true or false according to the recording?
1) February, March and April are in the rainy season.
T / F
2) Spring and autumn are the best times to visit.
T / F
3) San Francisco gets foggy and windy in the summer.
T / F
4) People think that summers in California are cold.
T / F
4 Match each of the following expressions a) – i) with its meaning in Hungarian 1) – 9).
a) a special microclimate
b) in the summertime
c)
there’s a saying that we have
d) the coldest summer I ever spent
e) ironically
f)
it gets very very cold
g) spring is also a very nice time to visit
h) that can continue until March
i)
definitely
1.
furcsa módon
2.
nyáron
3.
a leghidegebb nyár, amit valaha átéltem
4.
ez márciusig is eltarthat
5.
mindenképpen
6.
nagyon hideg lesz az idö
7.
a tavasz is remek alkalom az idelátogatásra
8.
van egy mondás nálunk
9.
egy különleges mikroklíma
5 Match the following words or expressions with the pictures.
1) foggy weather
2) windy weather
3) the rainy season
4) spring
a)
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b)
c)
d)
6 Look at these sentences and fill in each gap with an adjective from the box.
coldest
foggy
nice
rainy
special
warm
a) In mid-November the __________ season begins, and that can continue until March.
b) The spring is also a very __________ time to visit.
c)
But summer, ironically, it gets very very cold and __________ and windy.
d) There’s a saying that we have that “The __________ summer I ever spent was the summer in
San Francisco.”
e) Ironically, because people think of Californian summers as being so __________ …
f)
… but there is a _________ microclimate there that makes it quite cold in the summertime.
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KEY:
2
a – September, October, b – November, March, c – cold, foggy, windy, d – California
3
1 – F, 2 – T, 3 – T, 4 – F
4
a – 9, b – 2, c – 8, d – 3, e – 1, f – 6, g – 7, h – 4, i – 5
5
1 – b, 2 – d, 3 – c, 4 – a
6
a – rainy, b – nice, c – foggy, d – coldest, e – warm, f – special