IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS!!
- What is the meaning of this expression?
- In groups, think and write all the expressions about the weather in your language.
Watch these videos about the extreme cold weather in Chicago:
Have you heard the expression MOTHER NATURE?
Who or what does it refer to?
Who or what does it refer to?
- Watch the following video about Mother Nature
- Watch the video again and write the translation in English of the following words and expressions:
- flaquear / tambalearse
- eras (tiempo)
- haber alimentado
- haber privado de comida
- océanos
- campos
- arroyos
- bosques
- la naturaleza no necesita a la gente
- la gente necesita a la naturaleza
Read the first sentence of each paragraph and match them with one of the topics on exercise 2 (p.18)
- There are three days a year when it never rains in Moscow - Victory Day, City Day and Russia Day.
- How do they do it? If the forecast predicts rain for these special days, airforce planes spray chemicals -silver iodide or dry ice- into the clouds.
- A celebration may not justify manipulating rain, but weather control is used all over the world to solve some serious problems.
- Trying to control nature, however, is always controversial.
- Even more frightening is the use of weather control in times of war.
- What are the consequences of playing with Mother Nature by manipulating the weather? Only time will tell.
COMPOUND NOUNS
A compound noun is made up of 2 or more words which together form a single noun. A compound noun can be written as one word, two words or two words with a hyphen. For example:
rain + bow = rainbow (arcoiris)
rain + storm = rainstorm (temporal/tempestad)
rain + drop = raindrop (gota de lluvia)
rain + fall = rainfall (chubasco)
hail + stones = hailstones (piedra de granizo)
hail + storm = hailstorm (granizada)
snow + storm = snowstorm (tormenta de nieve)
snow + flake = snowflake (copo de nieve)
snow + fall = snowfall (nevada)
sun + shine = sunshine (luz del sol)
sun + stroke = sunstroke (insolación)
frost + bite = frostbite (congelación)
sand + storm = sandstorm (tormenta de arena)
dust + storm = dust storm (tormenta de polvo)
A compound noun is made up of 2 or more words which together form a single noun. A compound noun can be written as one word, two words or two words with a hyphen. For example:
rain + bow = rainbow (arcoiris)
rain + storm = rainstorm (temporal/tempestad)
rain + drop = raindrop (gota de lluvia)
rain + fall = rainfall (chubasco)
hail + stones = hailstones (piedra de granizo)
hail + storm = hailstorm (granizada)
snow + storm = snowstorm (tormenta de nieve)
snow + flake = snowflake (copo de nieve)
snow + fall = snowfall (nevada)
sun + shine = sunshine (luz del sol)
sun + stroke = sunstroke (insolación)
frost + bite = frostbite (congelación)
sand + storm = sandstorm (tormenta de arena)
dust + storm = dust storm (tormenta de polvo)
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WEATHER-RELATED JOBS
- SNOWMAKER
- CLOUD SEEDER
- SPACE WEATHER FORECASTER
- SURFMAN
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