SPRING IN THE GARDEN

In springtime seniors love gardening, growing plants, fruit and vegetables. This study text refers to the season of spring, spring vocabulary, spring idioms and spring pictures. We also listened to a beautiful spring song.

SPRING IN THE GARDEN.

In the spring, the Earth¹ moves closer² to the Sun.There is more daylight³.The Earth is getting warm.Plants are „springing forth”, and that is why we call this season⁴ “spring”.

The 21st of March is the first day of spring.It is also the day of March equinox.Spring also means that plants are growing again.People enjoy their gardens after a long winter.People often want to stay outside and be active.We can say that they have “spring fever”.

Trees are not green at the end of March, but some early plants start to flower⁵, for example snowdrops⁶.You can also plant vegetables in the spring.There are many other flowers and colours in the garden this time e.g.tulip⁷, daffodil⁸ and magnolias.They shine⁹ in the garden until the end of spring.

Vocabulary: ¹zeměkoule| ²blíže| ³denní světlo| ⁴roční období| ⁵kvést| ⁶sněženka| ⁷tulipán| ⁸narcis| ⁹zářit
Language notes: spring forth=skočit vpřed-doslovný překlad (začnou se objevovat)|March equinox=
jarní rovnodennost|spring fever=jarní horečka(pocit nedočkavosti)|at the end=na konci|early plants=rané rostliny|plant vegetables=sázet zeleninu|until the end=až do konce
Sources: telegraph.co.uk|en.wikipedia.org.