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LESSON SIX (THE SIXTH LESSON)

THE YEAR Answer the questions:

There­are­365­or­366­days­in­a­year.­Every­ –­­How­many­days­are­in­a­normal­
year­?
fourth­ year,­ which­ has­ 366­ days,­ is­ a­ ­ –­­How­ many­ mo­re­ days­ does­ a­
leap-year. leap-year­have?
–­­On­ what­ day­ does­ the­ year­
begin?
–­­On­what­day­of­De­cem­ber­does­
the­year­end?
–­­What­is­the­name­of­the­first­day­
of­the­year?
–­­(New­Year’s­Day)
–­­And­that­of­the­last­one?
–­­(New­Year’s­Eve)
–­­How­many­months­are­in­a­sea-
son?
–­­Which­ are­ the­ four­ seasons­ of­
the­year?
–­­How­many­weeks­are­in­a­year?
The­four­seasons:­1.­spring,­2.­summer,­3.­autumn­(or­fall)­ –­­Are­ there­ as­ many­ holidays­ as­
4.­winter
the­ number­ of­ weekends­ in­ a­
year?
–­­What­ holidays­ are­ there­ in­ a­
In­ the­ year­ there­ are­ four­ seasons­ and­ year?
st
twelve­ months.­ The­ year­ begins­ on­ the­ 1 ­ –­­Do­you­have­mo­re­holidays­than­
a­teacher?
(first)­ of­ January­ and­ finishes­ (comes­ to­ an­ –­­How­many­days­holidays­do­you­
st
end)­on­the­31 ­of­De­cem­ber. have­at­your­job­in­a­year?
st
Spring­begins­on­March­21 ­(the­twenty- –­­Which­ are­ the­ national­ holi-
st
first)­and­ends­on­June­21 .­ days?
The­ summer­ months­ are­ June,­ July­ and­ –­­Which­are­the­great­holidays­of­
the­year?
August. – (Christmas, Easter,­ and­
In­spring­the­weather­is­very­capricious,­it­ the­ national­ and­ family­­
holidays)
rains­frequently,­and­there­is­a­great­deal­of­ –­­Is­your­birthday­also­one­of­the­
wind,­but­half­an­hour­later­lovely­sunshine­ latter­ones?
makes­up­for­the­unpleasantness­of­the­first­ –­­And­ may­ I­ ask,­ when­ is­ your­
two­of­those. next­birthday?

leap-year­szö­kõ­év birthday szü­le­tés­nap former­elõb­bi
begin, began, begun­kezd,­-õdik latter­utób­bi nonsense­kép­te­len­ség
capricious­sze­szé­lyes lovely­szép,­sze­re­tet­re­mél­tó sense­ér­te­lem,­va­ló
Christmas, Xmas­­ka­rá­csony sunshine­nap­sü­tés a great deal of wind­sok­szél
Easter­hús­vét make up for be­pó­tol
frequently­gyak­ran unpleasantness­kel­le­met­len­ség

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