Unit 14  It’s so cold!

Vocabulary Task

Answers/Script

In Honolulu, it’s sunny, warm, and comfortable.

In Manila, it is cloudy today. There is some drizzle, 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 thermometer is 34℃

Listening Task

1 First Listening

Answers

1.     wind, thunder, lightning

2.     weather, warm, jacket

3.     snow, night, skiing

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 Predict

2 Get the main ideas

Answers

Mexico today: warm, sunny, great, nice breeze, the weather’s perfect, beautiful

Mexico tomorrow: hurricane, 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.