SEASONS
OF THE YEAR
A year has four seasons and twelve months. They are spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each of the seasons lasts three months. Spring months are March, April and May. Summer months are June, July and August. Autumn months are September, October and November. Winter months are December, January and February. So a year has three hundred and sixty five days but a leap year has three hundred and sixty six days. Thirty or thirty one days make a month. Seven days make a week. The days of the week are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday and Saturday. There are 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute.
There are four parts of the day: morning, afternoon,
evening and night. Morning is the first part of the day. It is the
time from sunrise till
Every season is beautiful in its own way. Spring is a fine season of the year. The days become warmer but there are sometimes cool days in spring. In spring nature awakens from its long winter sleep. The days become longer and warmer, the sky is blue and the sun shines brightly. Trees turn green, young, fresh leaves appear, grass becomes green too. Birds return from the South. Everybody feels younger and stronger. Everyone likes spring more than other seasons.
After spring comes summer, the weather gets warm and sometimes it is very hot. Summer is the hottest season of the year. Lots of people have their holidays in summer; most of them go to the country or to some place near the sea and river. It is much better to go for long walks in the country, to bathe, to swim, to lie in the sun and play volleyball and other games.
Autumn comes after summer. In autumn the days get shorter and the nights get longer. In early autumn it is not as cold as in winter, the trees with their red and yellow leaves look very beautiful. In later autumn cold winds begin to blow, it gets colder and sometimes it begins raining. But autumn is a season of rich harvests of grain, ripe fruit and fresh vegetables.
Winter comes after autumn. It is the coldest
season of the year. The ground and trees are covered with snow. Sometimes it
freezes hard. The temperature is 10-15 degrees below zero. Large flakes of snow
fall, covering the ground, the roofs and the trees with a vast white sheet. Going out
in such weather is not pleasant and old people prefer to stay at home. But children
enjoy being out of doors. Children and grown-ups enjoy themselves skating on the ice and skiing in the
woods.
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