Workbook by Lia Anikina

YANONIS ENGLISH SCHOOL

Weather and climate

 SPEAKING
CLUB

Please take a look at the links

below before we meet.

Quizlet

Please watch this video

 WARM-UP
Discuss these questions in pairs or mini-groups

1. How are you? How has your week been?

2. Where do you live? Is there enough nature where you live?

What’s the weather like there?

3. Does it bother you much when it rains?

4. How does being in nature make you feel?

5. Where is the best place in your country to experience nature?

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 WORKING WITH VOCABULARY
Task 1. Complete the sentences below
with the vocabulary in the box. Discuss if you agree or disagree

with these statements.

thunder, blizzard, damp, icicles, flashes, boiling, death,

hail

1. I woke up at night one day because the ___ was so loud and there

were incredible ___ of lightning.

2. I hate travelling in summer! It's always ___ hot and humid, buses

and some cars don't have air conditioning. It's just unbearable!

3. When I was a child I would lick ___ and build huts made of snow.

Children nowadays are so different...

4. Once I was waiting for a bus and almost froze to ___! I lost all

feeling in my fingers and my lips turned blue. That's how I

understood that I needed my own car.

5. My flight was cancelled because it was pouring down and then it

turned into ___. I was so disappointed...

6. I am afraid of driving when there is a ___. There are usually lots of

traffic jams and crashes. It's better to wait when the snowstorm

eases off.

7. I won't be able to live in St Petersburg or the city like that, I hate

when it's cold and ___

ADDITIONAL TASK
Task 2. Using the expressions from Quizlet, try to describe the
season you don't like, provide details in your speech. 2
 WORKING WITH THE VIDEO
What's the difference between
weather and climate? - BBC News
Discuss these questions in pairs or mini-groups

1. What information do we get from the weather

forecast? Do you personally rely on weather forecasts?

In which ways are weather forecasts useful?

2. Are seasonal forecasts accurate? Do you use seasonal

forecasts? Do you believe in superstitions related to

weather predictions?

3. Why is climate measured and analysed over a longer

period of time?

4. Why are climate changes being studied?

5. According to the video, our planet is getting hotter. Do

you agree? Have you noticed this trend?

6. What are the consequences of global warming?

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 DISCUSSION
1. Do you think the weather affects how people feel?

2. How do the different seasons affect the lifestyle of

people in your country?

3. Do you think people who live in cold places have different

personalities to people who live in warm or hot places?

4. What do you think is the main danger the world faces in

terms of the environment?

5. What examples are there of how we damage the natural

world?

6. In which ways do we respond well to environmental

problems?

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 GET SOME INSPIRATION
Look at the quotes about the weather. Can you explain their meaning?

Discuss to what extent do you agree with ideas with your partner.