weather

Weather

Vocabulary, Weather.

Breeze, Raindrop, Rainfall, Downpour, Snowstorm, Blizzard, Snowflake, Thunder, Lightning, Scorching hot, Hail, Drought, Flood, Frost, Hurricane, Rainbow, Tornado, Typhoon, Fog, Smog Vocabulary, Forecast.

Average Temperature, Humidity, Athmospheric pressure, possibility of precipitation, Snowy, Stormy, Chilly, Damp, Humid,

Activity 1, Fill in the blank:

Weather Forecaster: Good _______ and welcome to the _________________. Let's take a look at the ________ outside now. What's it like? Well, it's currently _______ and ______ in southern China while __________China is _____ and _______. The _______ is shining, but it's rather ______ up here in the North! The __________ is currently 28 degrees in the

________ China and only 14 degrees in the ________.

Shall we see what the ___________ will be like tomorrow? Well, it will be ______ in the

morning in __________China and ________ in ___________China. In the afternoon, the

south will see ______ weather with some ______ later in the day. ________ China will also see _____ turning to ____ and quite _______, with ______ coming from the north-east.

That's the __________ ______for this __________. Have a good day!

Activity 2, Be the forcaster:

Tell us the weather forecast for your homet own for this week. Don’t forget:

-What is the current temperature?

-What is the weather like?

-What will change during the week?

Activity 3, Do the little chat:

In the western world, we talk about the weather just like the Chinese talk about food, -In small group, have a chit-chat conversation using nothing else than weather chatting Activity 4, Weather prediction:

-Do you listen to weather prediction? With whom do you share that information?

-Do you believe in it? Does it influence your activity planning?

-Do you think science is better at predicting the weather than the almanac of the old? Activity 5, Experience:

-What is your favorite weather?

-What is the wrost weather you have ever observed?

-What can you do when you are caught in bad weather?

Note, Type of clouds:

-Cirro-: curl, high .-Alto-: mid -Strato-: layer. -Nimbo-: rain. -Cumulo-: head

High level clouds Cirrus: Approching warm front Cirrostratus Cirrocumulus Mid level clouds

Altostratus: light

shower

Altocumulus:

morning or evening

rain

Low level clouds

Stratocumulus:

Thunderstorm

Nimbostratus: Rain

or snow Cumulus: Sunny