Lesson 28. Weather Forecast (Прогноз погоди) Cardinal Directions

Warming-up:

- How many seasons are there in a year? - What are they?

- What are spring/summer/autumn/winter months? - Say one by one which month comes after … - What season is it now? - Do you likeautumn? Why? - What can you do in autumn?

Vocabulary

rain - дощ rainy - дощовий snow - сніг snowy- сніжний heavy - сильний hail - град sun - сонце sunny - сонячний to shine - світити to freeze - морозний fog - туман foggy - туманний wind - вітер windy - вітряний cloud - хмара cloudy - хмарний clear – ясний; to clear- очищати wet - мокрий icy - крижаний dry - сухий humid - вологий humidity - вологість

hot - гарячий warm - теплий cool - прохолодний cold - холодний degrees  - градуси         showers - зливи precipitation – випадіння опадів thunderstorm - гроза               thunder - грім lightning - блискавка hurricane[ 'hΛrikәn] - ураган tornado[to: 'neidәu] – торнадо, смерч flood [flΛd] - повінь chance – випадок, успіх, ризик

Exercise 1. Read and translate the text:

Weather forecast

In Malta today it will be hot and sunny with temperatures up to 32 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow will be windy but quite warm, with a high of 28. On Friday it will be a wet night with rain showers and a possibility of isolated thunderstorms. It will be partly cloudy for most of Saturday morning, but these clouds should move out by mid-afternoon. In the evening there will be a cool breeze. Skies should be clear on Sunday and the sun will be shining brightly, so make sure to wear light clothes.

cloud/cloudy	thunderstorm	fog/foggy/mist/misty	rain/rainy
wind/windy	sun/sunny	snow/snowy	partly cloudy

Exercise 2. Read and translate the following phrases:

1. It's 33 degrees above zero. =» It's hot. 2. : Put these warm clothes on. =» It's cold. 3. : The leaves are falling. =» It's windy. 4. : We can't see anything. Put the headlights of the car on. =»

It's foggy.

5.  :There are big grey clouds in the sky. =» It's cloudy. 6.  : It's winter. The roads are slippery. =» It's icy. 7.  :She's wearing sunglasses. =» It's sunny. 8.  : It's winter. The sky is heavy with snow. =» It's snowy.

I I. 1. Hello Maria! What is the weather like in Madrid? --Hello Betty! Today it is hot and sunny.

2 . The weather forecast for tomorrow: In Berlin it is going to be windy it will be windy tomorrow morning with rain falling until late in the afternoon.

3. In the west the sun will shine and you can expect

a temperature up to 28°C.

4. What is the name of a short period of heavy rain?

(a shower)

5. What do you call pools of water on the ground after it has rained? (puddles)

6 . How many colours are there in a rainbow? (7) 7. Fresh water freezes at 32°F.

8. I can hear the sound of thunder . You should

power the computer down.

9. Each thunderstorm is dangerous. If you are outdoors and there is no shelter which is the safest place to be during a lightning storm?

in the water (sea, river) in the open area

1 . How's the weather? It's cloudy.

2 . How's the weather? It's cold.

3 . How's the weather? It's hot.

4.

How's the weather? It's raining .

5. How's the weather? It's sunny.