2). Read the text, check your answers. THE WEATHER FORECAST
And now here’s the weather forecast for the next twenty-four hours. I’ll divide the country into four, starting with the North West and the North East of England. Well, there’ll be some early morning mists, and after that it’ll be mainly dry and sunny, but quite chilly, with temperatures around six or seven. It should stay dry all day, but there’ll be quite a wind, so wrap up warm.
And now the South West and Wales. You can expect some rain in the morning and afternoon. There might be some storms, as well, with thunder and lightning. There’ll be quite strong winds, and the temperature will be lower than yesterday, around three or four degrees. I don’t think you’ll see much of the sun. Cloudy all day, I’m afraid.
The South East, the Midlands, and East Anglia will see the best of today’s weather. It’ll be warmer than yesterday, no winds, and sunshine nearly all day, with temperatures around ten or eleven, so quite warm for the time of year.
In Scotland and Northern Ireland, however, there’ll be heavy rain and maybe some snow during the afternoon, and on the hills temperatures will drop to below freezing, minus four or five, and on the highest spots minus ten. Over much of Scotland it will be cloudy, and windy, too, as the cold front moves in over the Atlantic. Northern Ireland can expect the same, but the rain will end before dark. But again, very cold, with temperatures not going above freezing. And that’s all from me.
Exercise 3. Discuss the weather with your partner using the patterns given in the table. Express your delight or dislike with the weather. Choose questions from the models given below.
1. What do you think of the weather?
2. What's the weather like outside?
3. What's the weather going to be like?
4. Do you think it will clear up?
5) Will the weather keep?
6) What's the weather forecast for today/tomorrow?
USEFUL LANGUAGE
For good weather For bad weather
It's absolutely marvellous! Dull morning, isn't it?
Isn't it gorgeous! Nasty day, isn't it?
It's so nice and hot! I hate snow.
Personally I think it's so nice when it's warm, isn't it? The heat is unbearable.
I adore it. Do you? I can't stand this wind.
We are in for a spell of good weather. The weather is turning bad.
It'll change for the better. Rain all day long. Isn't it dreadful?
Fancy such a day in December! It's pouring again. Isn't it wretched?
This breeze is so refreshing! I don't know about you, but I'm fed up with this weather.
It's so surprisingly warm for this time of the year! I'm just longing for some sunshine!
What a fine day we are having today!
I love the sun/ frost/ snow. Isn't it wonderful?
Exercise 4. Match the weather idioms given below to their explanations.
1) to be under the weather a) about someone who you can trust only when things are going well
2) to rain on someone's parade b) to be depressed because you are not well
3) to have one's head in the clouds c) to have more things than you feel able to deal with
4) to get wind of something d) to often change your opinion about something
5) to blow hot and cold e) to spoil something for somebody
6) to make heavy weather of something f) to survive a crisis, to live through tough times
7) to be snowed under g) to be thinking about something that is not connected with everyday matters
1) to be a fair- weather friend h) to hear about something secret or private
2) to weather the storm i) to seem to find something more difficult or complicated than it needs to be
Exercise 5. Discuss the following proverbs in class.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Red sky at night.
If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Whatever the weather, the weather is weather
Some men are weather wise, others are otherwise.
Exercise 6. Learn by heart the words and word-combinations concerning weather, season and climate. Imagine that you describe today’s weather for your friend.
1. WEATHER
WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY?
day n день; fine ~ ясний, гарний, сухий (про погоду) день; clear ~ ясний, прозорий, сприятливий, гарний (про погоду); bright ~ ясний, прозорий, яскравий; lovely ~ гарний, чудовий, прекрасний; marvelous ~ чудовий, дивовижний; wonderful ~ дивний, диво-вижний, чудовий; gorgeous ~ пишний, розкішний; яскраво забарвлений; nasty ~ поганий, паскудний, мерзенний; rotten ~ гнилий, неприємний, огидний; gloomy ~ похмурий; rainy ~ дощовий; foggy ~ туманний; misty ~ туманний, неясний; windy ~ вітряний; chilly ~ холодний
fog n туман; dense ~ adj густий, щільний
rain with strong winds дощ з сильним вітром
sunshine n гарна, сонячна погода
We are in for a spell of lovely weather На нас чекає чудова погода
weather forecast прогноз погоди
weather is improving погода поліпшується
weather will change погода зміниться
weather will keep fine погода буде чудова
