© See Word Fite ‘on page 77. a) Match the words to the pictures, 1 sunny 3 snowy 5 foggy 7 cloudy 2 windy — 4 rainy 6 freezing «stormy 4 b) Listen to these people. What weather in the pictures are they talking about? Write the letter A-H, 10 3 sl 7 20 40 6 8 Now talk about the weather with a partner. Use these ideas to help y 1 What's your favourite weather? 2 What do you do when it’s (snowy/rainy/sunny etc)? 3 Where do you go when it’s (snowy/rainy/sunny etc.)?© a) Listen to Angela, Ruth and Mike talking about the ‘weather, Choose the two pictures for each person, 4 ( This winter Mike 5 © Yesterdaymoming 6 [) Now b) Now listen again and decide if the following are true (T) or false (F)? 1) Angela's daughters were in the garden in the morning, 2 [1 Angela was in the garden this morning. 3 1) Ruth's children were happy last winter, 4 ( Yesterday Mike couldn't get to work. © We often use the Present Continuous (be + verb +-ing) to ; describe the weather, Use the Present Continuous form of Words for these verbs to complete the sentences, Don't forgettouse the ‘temperatures contracted form ('s). ' 4 0 exzqavasd rain * snow * pour * shine * blow boiling hot Can you close the window? The wind .. house. Look at this wet weather. It wenn again! Look Mum! It... Can we make a snowman? ‘We can't go to the park now, It » down, The sun «The birds are singing. What a lovely day! wn through the wawnG supetative adjectives V the weather P consonant groups 1 READING Look at the photos. Where do you think the places are? b Read the article and complete each heading with a phrase The coldest The highest The hottest EXTREME LIVING Welcome to the coldest, highest, and hottest places in the world! country in the world How do people live in Mali, West Africa, where the temperature is often 50°? John Baxter, a BBC journalist in Mali, says, ‘People get up very early nd they don't move very much in the afternoon. Surprisingly, they wear ot of clothes (usually Otto) as this helps them not to gt dehydrated. Houses are very hot and don't have air conditioning - the best place to sleep is onthe [ff ¢ Read the article again. Answers these questions. 1 Where do people wear alot of cotton clothes? __Mali 2. Where isa good place to play golf? 3 Where do people sleep on the roof 4 Where can you havea problem with your nose? 5 Where do you need to be careful in spring? 6 Whereis bad place to drink lot of alcohol? In pairs, guess the meaning of the {HGHHHE@A! words. Check with your teacher or a dictionary. € Choose five new words to learn from the article. vera the coldest place inthe world? > a - capital city in the world La Paz in Bolivia is 4,090 metres above SAIN. can be difficult to Ibt@athi® because there isn't much oxygen. Liz Tremilett, a travel agent who lives there, says, ‘When people arrive at El Alto airport we sometimes need to give them ‘oxygen'It is also the worst pace tobe if you drink too much beer. The next day you feel terrible because you get more dehydrated. But La Paz is a very good place to play golt Alt this alii, when you it a golf ball t goes further place in the world an you imagine ving in a place which is four times colder than your ee? This is Yaktia in Siberia, wherein winter itis often -50° or lower. Valeria Usimenko, a housewife, says, ‘After a few minutes outside your NO ils wit ice. 1 SOR 2 fot and there is always a lot of ce and snow on top cof the houses. The most dangerous ime isthe spring when the ice falls it can kil people! The winters very boring because we can't go out much, Alot of babies are bom here in the autumn! ‘Adapted fom a magazineLook at the questions and underline the key Vocabulary words. \ fh 1. Where will the barbecue be tonight? D © &@ Listen to the weather report. Draw the ~~ weather symbols and write the temperatures on A the Tomorrow” map —_ cp A B c 2 When did Mark start at his new school? 4 In.which season will Sammy go to Morocco? B c 5 How is Sally going to travel to Edinburgh? @ 2 You will hear five short conversations, There is one question for each conversation. For each question, choose the right answer (A, B or C). ” What a eunny dys (73A going to resent continuous for future arrangements He isn’t going to like the ‘Are you going to find a job? When is your brother going to vist you? 7 [| Pm going to work in restaurant [#] | Pm seeing some fiends tonight | sheS going to mect me tthe aispor Were having dinner at their house tomorrov, [E] | We aren't going to say very long. [E) | She isnt leaving until Friday | They aren't coming to the party: [ What are you doing this evening? iz Poi wnemsamg ane see + Use (be) going 0+ ‘Us be going + ifinve otk about are plans ‘Tm going to work in the UK for six weeks. (plan) think i's going to rain this afternoon. (prediction) + When you use going 10 go, you can omit 10 g0. 10 go fo university next year oringsint + You can also use the present continuows for future arrangements which we have planned for a fixed time ‘use the present simple for this. NOT Iscesome + The present continuous is especially common with the to university r tonight tomorrows this weekend ec and ee a! ‘with these verbs come mec Se eave ad arr 3B will, won't + infinitive (predictions) @ wd 2 T T T fe he" he" won't be late. Will she be late? | Yes, she will. |No, she wont they they they 7 We often use Think Tdon' think + will. 1 think hell fall the el or eG ‘ EAN SRGn oie ‘can also use going fo. Sce 3A above. Sometimes in [#] sentences with Fand we, people use shall + The future of there is/are = there wil bet srt tis ery foal (or ample basco lased the future of I can = Til be able ro NOT Fican. I shall write to you when Thave studied your case. 3C will (promises, offers, and decisions) Decisions | won't have the fish, [ll have the steak] _* Use will/ won't + infinitive for making decisions offering, st We'll take the 6. and promising. ‘Offers Tl help you with your home Tihelp you with those bags. NOT help you. Shall Fopen the window? + Use Shall 1...? oF Shall we ..? when an offer isa question. Promises T'l always love you. "| Shall pay? Shall we call you tonight at 7.00? LLwon'ttell anyone. 3A bd What film —are_ you going see tonight? 1 He's very lazy. I'm sure he his exams. Cross out the wrong form. Tick (v) if both forms are possible, Kee / I'm seeing my boyfriend tonight. 1 What are you doing / do you do after class today? 2 Is it going to rain / raining tomorrow? 2 your sister anew flat? 3 We're going to go away / going away this weekend. 3 You in class 3 next year. 4 Tim meeting / Imeet Susan this evening. 4 We ‘camping next summer We ___inahotel. 5. Where are you going to stay / staying in Paris? 5 A When they % Bin October, 6 Hurry up! We're going to be late / being late. 6 Ws very cold, but I don’t think it today. 7 She's going to come / coming tonight 3B @ Write sentences and questions with will won't. b Complete the predictions with will / won't + a verb. Use contractions where you can. it/be difficult ©) ll be difficult. 1 they / win =) 2 the meeting / be long (7) 3 he / get the job [=] 4 you / see him at the party (7) don’ Richard Nixon, 1971 ( “He Albert 5 it/ be impossible to park a 6 you / like the film [= Sine 7 she / love the chocolates we bought her ° 8 there / be a lot of traffic at 6.00 =) j 9 you / can find a good job #1 3c @ Match the sentences. Its cold in here. 1 Pm thirsty 2 Thave a headache. 3 This exercise is hard. 4 I'm hungry. 5 These bags are heavy. 6 Left my wallet at home. 7 Tneed that photo urgently. G A rilhelp you to do B Shall I make you a sandwich? Shall I carry one for you? D P'lllend you some money. F I'll send it by e-mail now. G Shall shut the window? H Shall [turn off the music? 1 Mlget you a glass of water. ‘No film about the Civil War last make Vt think swell have another war. This one is probably the last? king about the Vietnam wat) ‘never anything important in li Einstein's teacher (sid to his father) 1895, any money! ‘An MGM executive 1945 (about the flim Gone With The Wind.) bad joke. It ‘Coco Chanel (about the miniskirt) ‘don’t think there Margaret Thatcher, 1976 “a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime. b_ Complete the sentences with will/ won't (or shall) + a verb. rave help pay take tell ‘A What would you like? B'll_have_ the pasta. 1 Alcantt open this window. B you 2 Altsasecret. BI anyone, I promise. 3 AWhen will I see you again? BI you tonight. 4 Can I borrow €50? 1 you back tomorrow, 5 A It’s my birthday next week. B Don't worry. I 6 AI don't feel very well. B 1 you home? ‘call forgetVocabulary Extra The natural world 6 Write the name of the season under the pictures A-D. A tome, B ic D © Read the weather descriptions 1-4 below and match them with the pictures in Exercise la. 1 It's quite warm this morning but it’s alittle foggy. 0. 2. There's ice on the road and it's snow! 3. Itisn’t very cold but it’s raining and it’s windy. 4 It’s very hot. There aren't any clouds and the sun is high in the sky. © O Use these words to label the picture, lake sky mountain beach path island forest desert river sea Ny Beene x © Complete Chive's letter with some of the words in Exercise 2a. i onnah, ‘Were having a great time in Mexico. The weather ie awesome, “There isnt a oud inthe () ty. Yesterday we dlimbed a high 2) but fist we vale on a @). through a beau () The trees were amating, Today wee going ota a boat across the (6) toa small 0 inthe middle, My dad vants to cath sme fh and havea barbecue Tomorrow wee doin to ser thea. would ie fo ie down on the o On Sunday, were ging to he On IY. going to be very hot and dy tere 1 cal you soon, chee1 What's the weather like? 'b Complete the text with fog, mist, and smog. Put the words or phrases in the right place inthe chart. When the weathers foggy or misty, or thee is smog itis ficult to see. below aero reese chilly cool damp drizling isnot usually very thick, and often occurs inthe mountains freezing gale-force mild pouring (with rain) scorching showers warm or near the i thicker, and can be found in towns and inthe county, is caused by pollution and usually occurs in big cites. 1its (quite Ag ihe La, 12 Theresa cold, not cold or hot) (abit wet butnotraining) | (alight wind) 2 Its 9 Its 10 Thereare —<§_—_—=———= a ses aeiiadiaen (unpleasantly cold) (ian ih | aint @Peccceccce> (short periods of rain) Iescold, | Weswindy, [e] Stns 13 Therear 4 The temperature is . (10°) 2 Extreme weather 3 Adjectives to describe weather ‘Match the words and definitions. Complete the weather forecast with these adjectives, blizzard drought /dravt/ flood /flad/ bright changeable clear led strong sunny thick hailstorm heatwave hurricane lightning monsoon thunder tomado inthe north of England and Scotland twill be very cold, with winds and 1 (0) aperiod of unusually? fin. Ther wl aso be __ fog inthe is and near the coast though hot weather it shoud clear by midday. Dring wil be dangerous asthe oa wil be. 2 (n) along, usually hot, dry However, the south of England and the Midlands will have °____ skies and period when there isittle or no rain §_ sunshine, though the temperature wil til be quite low. Over the net few 3 (n) a storm with small days the weather will be”__, with some showers but occasional ®___ balls of ice that fall lke rain peviods. It should become more °___ over the weekend. 4 (n) a flash of very bright light in the sky caused by electricity > Nayouhadurngeaoon "S® Adjectives and verbs connected with weather 6 (n) asnowstorm with very Match the sentences. Can you guess the meaning ofthe words in bold? strong winds 1 Be careful! The pavement’s A Come and sit in the shade, 7 (wand n) when everything very slippery. becomes filled and covered with water 2 You're shivering. B twill all be gone by tonight. 8 (a) a violent storm with 3 I'm sweating /‘swetny/. C You might fall over. very strong winds especially in the 4 [got soaked this morning. 1 It’s hot and damp and there’s no air. ‘western Atlantic Ocean 5 Its very humid /"hju:mid/ today. ECan we turn the air conditioning on? 9 (n)a violent storm with 6 The snow is starting to melt. F Do you want to borrow my jacket? ‘veryatrang winds whichimaredn 7 Don't get sunburnt! It poured with rain and I didn't sail have an umbrella. 10 (0) the season when it rains a lot in southern Asia ‘Can you remember the words on this page? Test yourself or a partner. © p.al ELELLD Muitinom wivw.cup.com/elyengishfie/upper intermediate@ 1 Ah this is perfect. Not a cloud in the sky! think it’s warm enough to go swimming, Shall we go to the beach? 2 Wow - it's really strong today, Let's go and fly our kite. 3 Look at that. Everything is white. It’s really beautiful. Let’s put gloves and scarves on and go and play. 4 You'd better take an umbrella with you. It's pouring down outside. You may even need boots! 5 Ican't drive in this. can't see anything. Let's stop here and wait for it to clear. 6 Brrr! It's so cold. Oh wow - look at the river. There are people walking on it! 7 It’s so dark, but it’s only three in the afternoon. | thinkit’s going to rain very soon. 8 Canyou hear the thunder? Quick! Run inside. | don’t want to be struck by lightning. @ Angela: It’s raining now but this morning, honestly, the weather was so different. It was warm and sunny ~ like a summer's day. | mean, my daughters were in the garden sunbathing! | wasn’t outside. It was too hot for me. And now look at it! Never mind, | think the rain’s stopping now, and it's getting warm again. Ruth: Last winter it was really freezing here. The children were outside in the snow almost every day. They were so happy. But this year it's raining all the time. It never stops. I hope we have some snow by New Year's Eve. Mike: It was really foggy yesterday morning. | was on the bus to work and | couldn't see a thing out of the window. | was late for work because the bus was so slow. | was late again today, too - but today it was because of the snow! And it's still snowing now, look. Funny weather!