Read below the opening of this news item
about
THE WEATHER which has been taken from a newspaper. You
are going to listen to Robin Rainer -a weatherman from a local
radio in London- broadcasting the full weather forecast.
Don't worry if there are some words you don't know: you
should be able to get the general idea.
At this first step, click on the speaker,
relax and
just listen for general comprehension while you read the
opening news:
The news - Part 5b
Now, listen again while you check Robin
Rainer's comments with the audio transcription. You will have to
do an activity after listening and reading.
And we'll all see quite a lot of sunshine
today but it's going to stay cold.
Certainly very frosty first thing, some of the lowest
temperatures of the winter so far this morning. Just the very
centre of London escaping with 1 centigrade or 34 fahrenheit.
Coldest areas around the western fringes still as low as minus
4 which is 25 but it will warm up during the day to about 6 or
43 in London itself.
Dry this morning then over the whole of the south east. Still
some banks of cloud to the south of London but they're breaking
up now and er for the rest of the south east there'll be sunny
periods for the remainder of the morning.
More cloud coming later on so less sunshine likely after lunch
but it will stay dry. Erm just a light north-west wind today so
less of a windchill effect than there was yesterday and air
quality over London is still good.
That's the way the weather looks now.
ROBIN RAINER
The news - Part 5c
ACTIVITY 201:
Listen again to the forecast and answer these
questions. In question # 2, if the answer is FALSE, correct any
mistakes you find. Then check the
answers.
1.
What weather is forecast for London this morning?
A. quite a lot of sunshine, cold and dry B. cold in western London C.
25°F all day long
2.
The temperature in London is expected to stay below zero all day.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
CONGRATULATIONS !!! You have finished UNIT 8 - LESSON 29
at OM Personal First Certificate. Before moving on to next lesson, please remember
to revise everything you have learnt here.
