Номер 1, страница 14 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс (starlight) учебник Баранова, Дули

Module 1. Breaking news. 1e. Weird weather - номер 1, страница 14.

Условие 2019-2022.

Vocabulary

Weather phenomena

1 / In three minutes, complete the word map with as many words as you can. Compare with your partner.

nouns

shower

WEATHER

verbs

blow

tornado

extreme conditions

sunny

adjectives

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...

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 lightning activity produces nitrogen oxide which probably helps to restore the ozone layer. Another kind of rare lightning is ball lightning. This is a 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.

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.

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 a tornado could pick 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.

Условие 2023-2027.

1 In three minutes, complete the word map with as many words as you can. Compare with your partner.

WEATHER

nouns

shower

extreme conditions

tornado

verbs

blow

adjectives

sunny

Решение 2023-2027.

Решение 2 2023-2027.

За три минуты дополните словесную карту как можно большим количеством слов. Сравните со своим партнером.

Ответ:

1

Here is my completed word map for "WEATHER":

Nouns (Существительные):

• shower (ливень)
• rain (дождь)
• snow (снег)
• wind (ветер)
• cloud (облако)
• fog (туман)
• ice (лед)
• storm (шторм)
• humidity (влажность)

Verbs (Глаголы):

• blow (дуть)
• rain (идти (о дожде))
• snow (идти (о снеге))
• freeze (замерзать)
• melt (таять)
• shine (сиять (о солнце))
• thunder (греметь (о громе))
• lightning (сверкать (о молнии))

Adjectives (Прилагательные):

• sunny (солнечный)
• cloudy (облачный)
• rainy (дождливый)
• windy (ветреный)
• snowy (снежный)
• stormy (штормовой)
• foggy (туманный)
• cold (холодный)
• hot (жаркий)
• warm (теплый)
• humid (влажный)

Extreme Conditions (Экстремальные условия):

• tornado (торнадо)
• hurricane (ураган)
• blizzard (метель, буран)
• drought (засуха)
• flood (наводнение)
• hailstorm (град)
• heatwave (волна жары)
• thunderstorm (гроза)