Do you remember what kind of summer it was? Can you still feel its warmth? What does summer mean for you?
As for me, summer is the coolest time of the year! And it's not only because of the long holidays (Ukrainian teachers have got 56 days of rest every summer). Of course, during your summer holidays you can refresh your strength, wake up and go to bed whenever you want, travel wherever you want and spend your free time with your nearest and dearest.
Every summer I make a list of books by English and American authors which I want to read. I learn something new from these books and enrich my vocabulary.
As you can see, summer is the time when you can easily connect rest with all the useful things. And what is your summer?
And while you think over your answer, let's say goodbye summer with Joanie Sommers:
Lyrics
Do you hear the swallow
How sadly it sings
Goodbye to summer
And the beauty it brings
Now my true love's kisses
Belong to the past
Goodbye to summer
It was too good to last
Warm and tender
Were his lips in July
Those same lips in September
Whispered goodbye
Gonna take a ribbon
And tie it with tears
Around all his pictures
And sweet souvenirs
Guess I'm someone
Who's born just to lose
Goodbye summer
Hello blues
Guess I'm someone
Who's born just to lose
Goodbye summer
Hello blues
Translation into Ukrainian
Чи чуєш ти ластівку?
Як сумно вона співає.
Прощаючись з літом
І тією красою, що воно приносить.
Тепер поцілунки мого справжнього кохання
Належать минулому
Прощавай. літо,
Воно було надто гарним,щоб затриматися.
Теплими та ніжними
Були його вуста у липні
І ці ж самі вуста у вересні
Прошепотіли "Прощавай"
Ось візьму стрічку
Та й зав'яжу її зі сльозами
Навколо усіх його фото
Та солодких подарунків
Здається, я саме та,
Що народилася, аби втрачати.
Прощавай, літо!
Привіт, журба.
PS: It's always sad to say goodbye, especially to warm and sunny days. But don't forget how wonderful will be your next summer!;)