Lesson 1 6 UNIT
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NATURE NATURE AND CLIMATE AND CLIMATE WEATHER MAKES A CLIMATE – What is the difference between weather and climate? – What kind of climate do you prefer when choosing a place to go on vacation? – Does weather influence your mood? Do you ever feel under the weather?
Lviv
VOCABULARY 1. Say which of the following words are weather words and which are climate words? rainforest / monsoon / storms / hurricanes / latitude / tundra / temperature zone / savannah / polar regions / precipitation / air masses / cold front
2. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false ones. 1) A shower is a light wind. 2) It often pours with rain in a desert. 3) You always enjoy a cool breeze on a very hot day. 4) It usually gets frosty in very high temperatures 5) When it's very foggy a flight may be delayed. 6) If it is humid, the air will be very dry. 7) Water can turn into ice if the temperature is below zero. 8) Lightning is a loud noise in the air followed by thunder. 9) It can get quite chilly in the desert in the evening.
3. Match the phrases to their definitions. Say when/where it usually is/happens. 1) a blanket of snow 2) boiling hot 3) freezing cold 4) clear blue skies 5) a heavy rain 6) a thick fog 7) to clear up 8) to come out (the sun) 9) to get soaked 10) a heatwave 11) a light rain 12) mild climate
a) very hot (informal) b) when clouds or rain disappear c) a sky without clouds d) an intense rainfall e) a period of very hot weather f) when the sun appears out of a cloudy sky g) a little bit of rain h) climate without extreme weather conditions i) very cold j) a complete covering of snow k) to get very wet l) a dense fog that makes visibility very poor
4. Complete the texts with the following words. not too cold sunshine / fresh breeze hot and dry
very humid tropical / wet season 24 and 27°C
below -20°C little rain / snow hot and dry
1) In Ukraine the weather is mainly 1) _____ in the summers with temperatures of 25 to 30°. Winters are freezing cold and it snows a lot. Temperatures can drop 2) _____ and there is 3) ____ often from November to March. Spring comes in time and it is normally quite warm and bright. There is very 4) _____. 2) In Kenya the climate is 5) _____. It is very hot all year round and the temperature is between 6) _____ and is the same in July and January. From November to April is the 7) _____ and in January it rains a lot. From July to September it is mostly dry but the air is 8) _____ . 3) In Greece summers are usually very 9) _____ with a temperature of 30° to 35°C. On the islands it is always a little cooler with a nice 10) _____ and lots of 11) _____ . Sometimes it gets very windy. Winters are 12) _____ but it usually rains in October and November. Sometimes there is snow, mainly in the mountains.
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