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

3.     snow, night, skiing⁴

4.     raining, wet, clouds, sunny

2 Second Listening

Answers

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.