What Makes the Weather?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 420.

Light

Storm

Sky and air condition

Wind

gale [geil]/ strong wind – сильный ветер

breeze [bri:z] – (лёгкий) ветерок

hurricane ['hлrikən] – ураган

gust of wind [gлst əv wind] – порыв ветра, шквал

calm/windless [ka:m/ 'windlis] – безветренный

air condition [eə kən'di∫(ə)n] – состояние воздуха

mist [mist] – (лёгкий) туман, дымка

haze [heiz] – (лёгкий) туман, дымка, мгла

hazy sunshine ['heizi 'sлn∫ain] – солнце в дымке, хмурая погода, переменная облачность

overcast/dull ['əuvəkлst/ dлl] – пасмурный

stuffy/close ['stлfi/ kləuz] – душный

bright [brait] – яркий

fine [fain] – прекрасный

mild [maild] – мягкий, умеренный

pressure ['pre∫ə] – давление

thuder/lightning ['θлndə/ 'laitniŋ] – гром/молния

thunder-storm ['θлndəstɔ:m] – гроза

snowstorm/snowdrift/blizzard ['snəustɔ:m/

'snəudrift/ 'blizəd] – снежная буря, буран,

метель, вьюга

sunshine ['sлn∫ain] – солнечный свет

moon light ['mu:nlait] – лунный свет

Exercise 1. Read the following text “What Makes the Weather?” and fill in the gaps with the words given below and then listen to it to check yourself:

Weather is the 1 … of the atmosphere in terms of heat, pressure, 2 …, and moisture. These are the elements of which the 3 … is made. Where the atmosphere 4 … to near vacuum, high above the 5 …, there is no weather. But near the 6 …of the earth, where the atmosphere is dense and 7 …, you see the ever-changing, dramatic, and often violent weather show.

But it takes more than air to 8 … weather. If the earth's atmosphere were never heated, 9 …, or moved about, there would be 10 … weather — or, more properly, there would be no 11 … in the weather. There would be no winds, no changes in air 12 …, no storms, rain, or snow.

Heat is the 13 … that mixes the atmosphere to make weather. All weather changes are 14 … about by temperature changes in 15 … parts of the atmosphere.

Words:

1. – pressure
2. – make
3. – mixed
4. – brought
5. – condition
6. – thins
7. – changes
8. – wind
9. – different
10. – surface
11. – earth
12. – spoon
13. – heavy
14. – no
15. – weather

Exercise 2. Listen to the text “Your Holiday Weather” and choose the right description of the weather forecast: