Unit 3 : PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT...AUTUMN IN MY HEART

AUTUMN

Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four temperate seasons : summer, autumn, spring, and winter. Autumn marks the transition from summer usually in September (northern hemisphere) or March (southern hemisphere) when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier. Autumn starts on 22nd September and ends on 2oth December, in the northern hemisphere. Autumn starts on or around 7th August and ends on about 6th November in solar term.

Around this time, deciduous tress shed their leaves, with the leaves changing to a reddish or brownish hue before falling. Such coloured leaves have come to be colloquially called "fall foliage". In the temperate zones, autumn is the season during which most crops are harvested, and deciduous trees lose their leaves. It is also the season during which days get shorter and cooler, the nights get longer, and precipitation gradually increases (in some parts of the world).

Although colour change in leaves occurs wherever deciduous trees are found, coloured autumn foliage is most famously noted in two regions of the world : most of Canada and the United States ; and Eastern Asia, including China, Korea, and Japan. It can also be very significant in Australia and New Zealand, but not to the same degree.

It must be my wonderful memory in my life i f I can go to one of the country which have this season...especially Korea...I really hope one day I can go there for my holiday or my honeymoon....hehehehe...:)