Read the text and fill in the gaps with the phrases given underneath. Each phrase can be used only once. There are more phrases than necessary. The first is given as an example. (Write the capital letter, not the phrase!) IN TH...

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the phrases given underneath. Each phrase can be used only once. There are more phrases than necessary. The first is given as an example. (Write the capital letter, not the phrase!) IN THE EMBRACE OF THE WAVES Even in the ancient times there were people who had to ...()... as a matter of necessity fleeing from danger or in the course of their work. But bathing for fun and the modern bathing culture started only at the end of the 19th century, when citizens taking refuge from city life appeared by the lake. Plans and photographs of beautiful bathing houses fashioned from wood testify to this period. Bathing was at this time no longer ...( )... . There are records showing that, in the sweltering heat of summer, when the peasants of Mezöföld finished their hard work, hundreds of them bathed in the lake around Balatonaliga and Balatonvilágos. The water of Lake Balaton os most suitable for bathing ...( )... . In this period its temperature is rarely less than 220C, and in high summer ...( )... to reach 27-280C. Being a fresh water lake, it is ideal for bathing for these people whose skin is sensitive to salt. The only serious danger faces those who swim in the deeper water. When there is a sudden storm even physically strong, ...( )... in battling with the lake’s short and steep waves. The problem is easily averted: all over Lake Balaton a storm warning system of rotating lights warns bathers and yachtsmen of ...( )... . With the respect to sunbathing, the northern and southern shores of Lake Balaton are strikingly different ...( )... . On the northern shore the water deepens sooner: ...( ).... it is deep enough to cover a person. The beaches here are recommended for good swimmers or those with older children. The Szigetfürdö (Island bath), a successor of a former bathing house, in Keszthely is very pleasent, and fine beaches can also be found in Zanka, Tihany and Balatonfüred. On the southern shore the water deepens very gradually and in most places we can walk in ...( )... without having to swim. The strip right next to the shore is especially shallow where even the smallest children ...( )... hardly half a metre deep. That is why ...( )... regularly choose the southern shore. Those with older children or people feeling more energetic can have fun in the new Balatonlelle bathing complex. A. 30-50 metres from shore B. sandy beaches C. families with small children D. in the three summer months E. from one another F. can frolic about in water G. groups of tourists from abroad H. skilled swimmers have difficulty I. a luxury for the noble and the rich J. it is not unusual for it K. approaching high winds and storms L. in the lake M. up to five hundred metres