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When two Englishmen meet, their first words will be How do

you do? or How are you? And after the reply Very well, thank

you: how are you? the next remark is almost certain to be about

the weather. Its a lovely morning, isnt it? or Isnt it hot today?

and the other person will reply Yes, its wonderful weather we are

having. I hope it will keep fine, it seems almost too good to last.

Or perhaps the day is dull, it is raining a little, the sky is

grey, and everyone is wearing a mackintosh or carrying an um

brella. As the cars and buses go along the street, they splash

the water and mud on the passersby.

Gradually it gets darker: a thick fog is spreading over Lon

don. The lamps are lit in the streets and in the shops and offic

es; cars and buses put on their lights and can only crawl along.

As one friend bumps into another, he says, Isnt it a beastly

day? Yes, replies the other, you can hardly see a yard in

front of you.

Then comes winter. There has been a good fall of snow and a

hard frost. It is just the day for a good country walk; let us have a

tramp down the country lanes. The ground is like iron and rings

under our feet, the frost sparkles on the branches, and

icicles hang from the houses.

It is still freezing hard and the ponds are frozen over. There

are crowds of people on them sliding and skating, and here is a

merry group of schoolboys having a fight with snowballs. It is

very pleasant while the frost lasts; the unpleasant time comes

when the thaw begins.
A few months have passed and it is a beautiful spring day.

The rain fell heavily last night, but now the soft white clouds are

floating across the blue sky, and the sun is shining brightly.

Raindrops and dewdrops shine on every small green leaf and

every blade of young grass.

The farmer has ploughed his fields and the new corn is just

beginning to appear above the ground. In a few months autumn

and harvest time will come. When the corn has turned ripe and

golden the farmer will reap it and put it in his barn.

(Abridged from Modern English Course

for Foreign Students by Eckerseley)