Answer the following questions (try to give extended answers). Use Vocabulary: Weather page 6-11.
1) What time of year is the best weather where you live?
2) Where do you get your weather information?
3) What is the hottest natural temperature (not in a sauna) you have experienced?
4) Where and when was it and what did it feel like?
5) How to you depend on the weather reports? When would knowing tomorrow’s weather change you plans?
6) What is the weather like in your country for each season?
7) Do you think weather patterns are changing? If so, what do you think is causing these changes?
8) How can extreme weather conditions affect the economy and social life in countries?
9) In your opinion, which season is the most beautiful? Which season is the most comfortable for you?
10) What kind of climate do you prefer when choosing a place to go on vacation?
11) What month gets the most rain around here?
12) Do you have many disasters in you country which are caused by weather?
13) Do you know any interesting myths or stories about weather?
14) Are there any special traditions associated with different seasons in your country?
1) Practise saying the chants.
Small Talk 11.4 Recording 59 Clear blue sky.
Clear blue sky. Clear blue sky. – Look at the sky. It’s clear as a bell. — Clear blue sky. – It’s beautiful today. Not a cloud in the sky. — Clear blue sky. — Look at the sky. It’s clear as a bell. — Clear blue sky.
2) Listen to the short dialogues and write the script for each of them.
3) Make 3 similar dialogues using the structures from the short dialogues (see the previous exercise). (To be done in written form.)
4) Watch the video about some weather phenomena and write out the useful phrases. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SSx_gisp24w
5) Explain the difference between hurricanes tycoons and tropical cyclons (in written form).
6) Imagine that you are a blogger. Write a script for a short video in which you explain the difference between three weather phenomena.
7) Write an essay about a weather phenomenon. You should consider:
- the positive and negative sides of the weather phenomenon in question
- why you like or dislike it (give some logical reasons)
Practise saying the chant: Small Talk 11.3 Recording 58 Hot and humid.
It’s hot today. — Hot and humid. — It’s hot today, isn’t it? — It’s hot today. — Hot and humid. — It’s hot today, isn’t it? — It’s sure is. It’s sure is. Hot and humid. Hot and humid. – Too hot. Much too hot. Too hot. Much too hot. – It’s too hot to work. — Too hot to play. – Too hot to walk to work today. – It’s too hot. — Hot and humid. – Too hot. — Hot and humid. – Too hot to work. Too hot to play. Too hot to walk to work today.
Who is «a fair weather friend»? Read the definitions and the examples from the Free Dictionary.
Find 5 «weather idioms» (you can use the video below). Using the Free Dictionary, write out the definitions and sample sentences. Illustrate the three «weather idioms» with situations from your own experience (write no fewer than 200 words). https://www.youtube.com/embed/RtuKZRkU8TY
Watch the video and write down all the six sentences. Use the correct tenses (the past simple or the past continuous). (There is one sentence with the past perfect tense. If you don’t understand why it is used, wait till we start learning it a bit later in this course.)