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Unit 14 It’s so cold!
Vocabulary Task
Answers/Script1
In Honolulu, it’s sunny, warm, and comfortable.
In Manila, it is cloudy today. There is some drizzle2, but it is not very rainy.
In Aspen, Colorado, it’s snowy. The sky is clear.
There are no clouds. It looks cold.
In Sao Paulo, there is a storm. It is rainy and windy. There is thunder and lightning.
In Jakarta, it’s hot. The temperature on the thermometer3 is 34℃
Listening Task
1 First Listening
Answers
1. wind, thunder, lightning
2. weather, warm, jacket
4. raining, wet, clouds, sunny
2 Second Listening
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1. T
2. F. The thermometer says 28℃. It’s warm out.
3. T
4. F The weather forecast said it would. (Note: weather forecasts can be wrong, but the forecast said it would rain.)
Script
1. A: Wow! Can you hear the wind?
B: Yeah, listen to that rain!
A: And, the thunder and lightning. This is a bad storm.
2. A: What’s the weather like today? Do I need a jacket?
B: I think it’s warm out. Let me check the temperature. The thermometer says 28℃.
A: Great! I don’t ned a jacket.
3. A: Look! It’s snowing. It’s snowing hard.
B: I love snow. I hope it snows all night.
A: Yeah, then we can go skiing.
4. A: Do you have an umbrella? I don’t want to get wet.
B: What? It’s not raining. The sky is clear. There are no clouds.
A: It’s sunny now, but it is going to rain later this afternoon. I heard it on the news.
Real World Listening
1 Predict5
2 Get the main ideas
Answers
Mexico today: warm, sunny, great, nice breeze6, the weather’s perfect, beautiful
Mexico tomorrow: hurricane7, strong winds, heavy rain
Canada today: Terrible, cold, rained in the morning, getting colder
Canada tomorrow: snow, big storm
Script
Mark: Hi, Paul. It’s me.
Paul: Hi, Mark How’s your trip?
Mark: Great. I’m having a great time. The weather is perfect. Every day is warm, sunny, great. I sleep late, go to the beach. How’s it there?
Paul: Well, it’s terrible, actually. It’s cold and it rained this morning. It’s getting colder. It’s supposed to snow tomorrow. A big storm.
Mark: Too bad! You should be here with me.
Paul: I don’t know. Maybe.
Mark: What do you mean, maybe?
Paul: Did you hear the weather report today?
Mark: No, why?
Paul: You need to. So you can get ready.
Mark: Ready for what?
Paul: Ready for the hurricane.
Mark: Hurricane?
Paul: Yeah, I saw it on TV this morning. A hurricane is coming. There will be lots of strong winds tomorrow, and heavy rain. It’s a big hurricane, and it’s coming up the coast of Mexico.
Mark: Hurricane? I can’t believe it. Well, today is sunny and warm. And that’s all I care about. Nice breeze. Beautiful weather. I’m going to the beach. I’ll worry about the hurricane later.
Paul: Okay. I’ll talk to you later. But be careful.
Mark: I’ll can you tomorrow. Bye.
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n.剧本,广播稿;文字体系;笔迹,手迹 | |
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2 drizzle | |
v.下毛毛雨;n.毛毛雨,蒙蒙细雨 | |
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n.温度计,寒暑表 | |
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4 skiing | |
n.滑雪运动 | |
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5 predict | |
v.预知,预言,预报 | |
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6 breeze | |
n.微风;轻而易举的事;vi.来去匆匆,急速走 | |
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7 hurricane | |
n.飓风,暴风,暴风雨 | |
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