Weather wisdom

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 467.

Revise reading of vowels and vowel combinations

Exercise 42.Read and transcribe the words. Do not forget to put the stress mark if a word has two or more syllables.

Breed, bread, broke, autumn, adore, understood, paint, Fred, blood, dude, easy, low, airport, boil, short, straw, European, bloom, deeds, rainy, great, down, form, mud, gloomy, puppy, between, pair, dream, destruct, Mary, autobus, trainers, doll, loose, remain, audio, borrow, core, Australia, burst, greet, Pete, flame, cooker, stream, storm, law, Euro, pay.

Exercise 43.Find and copy out the words with 1) [ ei ]; 2 ) [ ɔ: ]; 3 ) [ i: ].

Afraid, spoon, coffee, need, autopilot, grow, leader, bead, spray, football, noon, brain, clean, August, airlines, toilet, Europe, chair, read, slave, noodles, meat, steady, allow, coin, season, flood, beach, brown, tomorrow, break, green, blame, noise, cake, sprain, May, mood, teacher, flower, Austria, armchair.

Exercise 44.Read the text and explain the reading of the words in bold.

A long time ago when people lived mostly out-of doors, they were close to nature. They noticed that when plants, insects, and birds sensed the coming storm they looked for shelter. When ancient people saw animals seeking shelter, they did it too. Of course, plants and animals do not actually forecast weather, but they are good weather indicators.

Some people watch ants for weather clues. Anytime you see ants building huge mounds aroundtheir holes, they prepare for rain. About two hours before rain, all kinds of ants begin building dams which protect their hills from rainwater.

Plants are also handy humidity indicators. They are affected in different ways. Just before rain many flowers – like daisy, dandelion and tulip – close their blossoms.

Normally, spiders know that insects will be easier to catch when the humidity is high. The moisture in the air soaks the insects' wings, making it difficult for them to fly.

Some people are very sensitive to humidity. People who have arthritis are, in a sense, ‘living hydrometers'. That is why many older people say, ‘It's going to rain. I can feel it by my bones.' They actually can.