На английском языкеПеревод на русский языкHow I Spent Winter HolidaysКак я провел зимние каникулыAll schoolchildren look forward to having long holidays and I’m no exception. My favourite holidays are in summer and winter. Perhaps, winter holidays are even better, because it’s also the time for Christmas and New Year celebrations. Everyone is in cheerful mood, houses and stores in the streets are richly decorated and you get to receive lots of presents. My winter holidays have started almost a week before the New Year. I didn’t have to attend school and I could sleep long hours. On the New Year Eve my parents decided we should visit our relatives in Voronezh, so we went there. It took approximately five hours by train. My aunt and uncle were happy to see us. They were getting ready for New Year dinner and my mum decided to help them. Meanwhile, me and my dad went shopping for presents and some decorations. Aunt Alice’s house has already been nicely decorated and had two Christmas tree. One was inside the house and one outside. Nevertheless, my dad decided to buy some more colourful toys, postcards and tinsel. When we returned, dinner was ready and everybody was waiting for us. It was a wonderful day. I got to play with my cousins and their friends. We spent three more days in Voronezh. After such a joyful trip it seemed to be boring at home. However, I wanted to spend my holidays usefully. Luckily, this winter was snowy and I could go skiing with some friends. Our teacher of literature has set special homework before the holidays, so I had to find some time to read books. Soon it was time to get back to school.
Flooding is the temporary flooding of a large part of the land with water as a result of the actions of the forces of nature.
Prolonged rains are the first cause of flooding. They are mainly found in regions with a humid climate, in summer or autumn. Prolonged rains cause rivers and lakes to overflow their banks, which in turn flood everything in their path.
The most effective way to control river flooding is to regulate river flow by creating reservoirs. They even out the flow of the river, making it larger in the summer and smaller in the spring than in its absence. For flood control on the seashore, protective dams are used. Another way to deal with flooding is to deepen the rifts and other shoals. To protect against flooding during the melting of ice on rivers, dynamite (or other explosive substance) is most often used, which is detonated in certain places of the river, which, destroying the hummocks, allows the water to flow freely and direct it in the right direction. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
