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UNIT
2

Four Seasons

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Four Seasons

From sunny summer to frosty winter, we have

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four seasons. Earth’s orbit and tilt on its axis
make four different levels of sun energy, creating

four seasons.

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When Earth’s axis faces the opposite of the
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sun, it cannot receive many sunrays . That is why

winter is the coldest of the four seasons. Snow

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covers the ground, and temperatures fall below
zero. However, children can build snowmen or

ATR3-2-V02 skate on the ice.

As Earth moves closer to the sun, it receives

Vocabulary

1 axis : the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns
2 face : to be oriented in a certain direction
3 opposite : a person or thing completely different
18 4 sunray : a ray of sunlight