Embrace the fog, savour the dawn, light up your home: readers’ top 10 tips for combating winter gloom

This is a list of key vocabulary and expressions from the article in order of how useful they are. The student must choose 6 items from the list to study in the lesson.

Except

To consider (doing) something

To look forward to (doing) something

Miserable

To admire (someone)

Mindset

To crave (something)

To wander

To take a stroll

To treat yourself (to something)

To embrace (something/ someone)

To get (someone) down

Dawn

To reach out (to someone)

Daft

Gloomy

Stint

Bleak

Dull

To savour (something)

Smug

Brisk

To coax someone (into (doing) something)

To throw caution to the wind

To put the world to rights

15 conversation-provoking questions related to the article.

1.       What was said about ‘visiting a botanical garden’?

2.       What was said about ‘getting outdoors at dawn’?

3.       What was said about ‘nourishing your body’?

4.       What was said about ‘keeping it colourful’?

5.       What was said about ‘romanticising your walks’?

6.       What was said about ‘making your home twinkle’?

7.       What was said about ‘taking foggy photos’?

8.       What was said about ‘being inspired by plants’?

9.       What was said about ‘going Nordic walking’?

10.     What was said about ‘embracing the weather’?

11.     What is your favourite tip?

12.     Is the winter weather a problem for you?

13.     What is your advice for combating the winter gloom?

14.     What do you like about winter?

15.     What’s your favourite season?