PATA 3 A Read the programme information. Which of these DVD PREVIEW LA Match sentences 1-6 with pictures A-F. 1 Itsstormy. —& Its sunny. 2 Its windy. 5 It's cloudy. 3 Itssnowing. 6 It's raining, B Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: point toa photo and ask about the weather. Student B: reply. 2 A Look at the adjectives in the box and find three pairs of opposites. hot warm wet cool cold dry B Complete the weather forecast with the words from the box. In Dublin today, it'll be +_hot__ and sunny with temperatures up to twenty-five degrees Celsius. Tomorrow will be cloudy but *__, with a high of twenty. Things will change on Friday night: itl be a * night with. rain from midnight to early next morning. ‘The temperature will fall to ten so it'll feel 4___, but the rain will stop so we'll have a. day all Saturday. Sunday will be windy and cloudy ... and very *__, so make sure you wear your winter coat! © B)108 Listen and check your answers. places do you think the presenter visits for each of the four programmes: a) Florida, USA, b) Greenland, ©) Bergen, Norway, d) the jungle of Belize? Wild Weather In Wild Weather the intrepid adventurer, Donal Macintyre, looks for the wildest weather in the world. He travels to different places and finds answers to the questions: Where does the weather come from? How does it work? There are four programmes: Hot, Wet, Wind and Cold. Follow his journey as he finds and experiences dramatic moments of amazing weather. B Watch the DVD and answer the questions. 1 Which programme is it: Hot, Wet, Wind or Cold? 2 Would you like to live in Bergen? C Watch the DVD again. Underline the correct alternative. 1. In Bergen it rains one/two/three out of three days. 2. There are two/three/four types of umbrellas. 3 They sell Bergen rain to tourists in bottles/cups/cans. 4 Inone year, 105/125/225 tonnes of rain fall on a family house The longest period of rain in Bergen was in 1990/1992/1995. It rained for 73/83/93 days. Work in pairs and discuss the questions. Do you like the weather in your town or city? What weather do you like and dislike the most? What's your favourite season? Why?Work alone. Think of a place and time when Read the message and part of a reply from a travel you experienced an interesting or unusual type of website, When are the best months to travel? Why? weather. Use the questions below to make notes about it. 1 When was it? What season/time of year? 2 Where were you? Posted by: Maria, Spain: 4 What was the weather like? Did it change? Pie ee SES zi 5 How did you feel? How did other people feel? Rate berklottieea carattecann scart good places to visit? We like cities but also we'd ke to see the countryside, Listen to a woman talk about her time in Italy and her experience of the sirocco wind. Write her answers to the questions in Exercise 4A. Look at the key phrases below. Listen again and Posted by: Doug, Scotland: tick the ones you hear. The best time to visit is May or September pecause the XK but in (CSPHRASES: Scotland, U all the tir This Bout (ive yea pared for everything from hot sunshine to really bad rain. Also, But then one day the wea | Meper to rain/got hotter/..} | and Bai Everything/Everywhere was [different/white/ | and a hatas dty/ 1 if you can't see the mountains, i’ ining. If you it lasted [a long time/three or four days/ its going to rin in Five minutes it was difficult to [breathi p/do anything} vsit? Well. you have to visit the truth, { really (hated/loved) i e got very [tired/angry/ilV ..} iad/sorryl when it was ove Write a reply to the same question about your city. Use some of these phrases to help you. Work in pairs. Use your notes from Exercise 4A Meg ee iE and the key phrases to describe your experiences. Check that your partner answers all the questions, in Exercise 4A. Be prepared for. ... The best time to visit is ... because... Work with other students and take turns, Student A: ell the other students about your Bring... because... experience. Other students: listen and ask follow-up questions, Who had the most unusual Also... You have to, visit cm ve gee