Стр.14-15 Модуль 1 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 8 класс
1e Weird weather Vocabulary Weather phenomena 1 In three minutes, complete the word map with as many words as you can.
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1e Weird weather
Vocabulary
Weather phenomena
1 In three minutes, complete the word map with as many words as you can. Compare with your partner.
WEATHER
nouns
shower
verbs
blow
adjectives
sunny
extreme conditions
tornado
2 Think! Close your eyes and listen to the music and sounds. What is the weather like? What can you hear, see, feel, smell? Tell the class.
3 Listen and say. Have you heard of any of these phenomena? Which can you see in the pictures?
raining animals
giant hailstones
pink snow
red rain
a never-ending lightning storm
ball lightning
a fire tornado
blue moon
a moon bow (lunar rainbow)
Reading & Listening
4 Read the title of the text and the subheadings. Which of the weather phenomena are they about?
Listen and read to find out.
Strange weather we’re having!
Most of us are interested in the weather forecast; do we need to wrap up warm today or take an umbrella or our sunglasses when we go out? But imagine if you heard that a never-ending lightning storm was on its way, or a shower of animals! This might sound crazy but, believe it or not, these kinds of weird weather phenomena actually happen ...
A Heavy weather
Some people are used to extreme weather conditions. This is the case for those who live in the area where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo and has dark clouds covering it most of the year. For centuries these clouds constantly crash into each other and cause violent lightning storms that can last up to ten hours and occur between 140 and 160 nights, a year. They call it ‘the never - ending lightning storm. However, every cloud has a silver lining: this lighting activity produces nitrogen oxide which probably helps to restore the ozone layer. Another kind of rare lightning is ball of brightly coloured light which usually occurs during thunderstorms but lasts longer than a lightning bolt. Sometimes the ball even explodes and leaves behind a smell, but the true cause of this phenomenon is a mystery. One sighting hit the news in 1984 when ball lightning entered a Russian aircraft, flew above the shocked passengers, travelled through the aircraft and passed silently out again leaving two holes in the plane.
B Fire from the sky
We’re all used to hearing about tornados, but imagine if a tornado was a whirling fire storm instead of a wind storm. A fire tornado or a ‘fire devil’ can happen when high temperatures from a wildfire mix with strong winds. They are usually about 300-450 metres high, but they can sometimes reach 1.6 km in height! A fire tornado made world news in 2010 in Brazil when astonished motorists watched one spin and burn its way through fields by a highway. In 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan ignited the largest fire tornado in history, killing 38,000 people in 15 minutes. Luckily, fire tornadoes are very rare!
C A watery tale
Have you ever heard the saying, ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’? Well, what about frogs, fish, jellyfish or even snakes? Believe it or not, there have been many stories throughout history of it raining animals. One explanation is that strong winds or tornado could Dick them up and drop them far away. The rain of fish has been Happening every summer in the region of Yoro, Honduras, for over a century. Witnesses say that there is usually a violent storm, then afterwards there are hundreds of living fish on the ground which people take home, cook and eat! Many local people believe that this is a miracle, but some scientists disagree; they believe that the fish are from underground rivers and that the storms somehow bring them up above ground.
Check these words
weather forecast, wrap up warm, never-ending, lightning storm, weather phenomena, constantly, crash into, violent, silver lining, nitrogen oxide, restore, ozone layer, occur, whirling, temperature, wildfire, (make) world news, astonished, spin, ignite, rare, region, witness, violent storm, miracle, underground river, above ground
Study skills
Idioms
Learning idioms improves your ability to read in English and understand colloquial conversation. Compare
idioms in the English language to idioms in your language. This will help you remember them.
5 Read again and decide if the sentences T (true), F (false) or NS (not stated). Justify your answers.
1 It rains a lot in Catatumbo, Venezuela.
2 Ittasks possible that the Catatumbo lightning is helping the Earth.
3 Ball lightning appears for longer than normal fighting.
4 Fire tornados can happen when a fire is very hot and ittasks windy.
5 The one in Brazil was 1.6 km high.
6 They dontaskt happen very often.
7 The rain of fish is a new phenomenon.
8 Strong winds probably cause it.
6 Complete the sentences using words from the Check these words box in the correct form.
1 According to the weather forecast it will rain this evening.
2 If you are out in a lightning storm never take shelter under big trees.
3 The devastating tsunami in Japan made world news shocking people everywhere.
4 Most tornadoes in the northern hemisphere spin in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock.
5 A violent storm broke out causing the whole area to flood.
6 Scientists are working hard to restore the ozone layer before it is too late.
Weather idioms
7 Read the poem and say what in your opinion its message is.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you.
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I.
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by.
7 a) Match the idioms (1-5) with their meanings (A-E). Are there similar ones in your language?
1 raining cats and dogs
2 every cloud has a silver lining
3 fair-weather friend
4 in a fog
5 is under the weather
A however bad the situation is, something positive always comes from it
B confused, puzzled
C someone who is only around when things are good
D pouring with rain
E feels a bit ill
b) Use the idioms to complete the gaps.
1 Take your big umbrella with you. It is raining cats and dogs outside!
2 Go help Bill. Hetasks in a fog.
3 Jane always leaves when theretasks a problem, shetasks such а fair-weather friend.
4 I found a new job that I like better after losing my old one. You see, every cloud has a silver lining.
5 Jill is under the weather today. Shetasks got a cold.
Speaking & Writing
8 Tell your partner four things you have learnt from the text.
9 Think! Imagine you have experienced one of the weird phenomena in the texts. In three minutes, write about your experience and feelings. Tell the class about it. Start like this: Itaskm in the region of Yoro, Honduras. It has been raining since morning. Right now ittasks ...