Activity 2.

Weather and Natural Disasters

Match the words and the pictures.
Activity 1 – Pair Work – Talk to your partner about the weather.
Tornado/Twister Windy Pouring Hail Icy Rainy
1. Do you like rainy days?
Foggy Rainbow Lightning Drizzle Cloudy Snowy
2. How about cold days?
3. What's the weather like today?
4. What was it like yesterday?
5. What's your favorite kind of weather? Why?
6. Do you like to travel in the summer?
7. Where do you normally go?
8. What do you like to do in the winter?
9. What do you like to eat when it is summer? 1 2 3 4
10. What to you like to eat when it is winter?
11. How many blankets do you need to sleep when it is winter?
12. Where is the best place to visit in Brazil when it is summer?
13. Do you sleep with the ventilator on when it is summer?
14. Where is the driest place in Brazil?
15. Where is the hottest place in Brazil?
16. Where is the coldest place in Brazil?
17. What do you like to do when it rains? 5 6 7 8
18. How many winter jackets do you have?
19. Would you like to visit New York in winter? Why or why not?
20. What is the average temperature in São Paulo in the summer time?
21. Are you afraid of global warming?
22. How do you see the weather in 20 years or so?
23. Have you ever seen the snow? If so, when was it?
9 10 11 12
Activity 3 - Listening Activity 4 - Listening
The extreme weather in the United States. You will now hear an expert giving advice about what to do during a tornado.
Two people are discussing that extreme weather in the States. Check his advice.
Listen and check the answers. In the United States Where is...
1. If you are at home,
1.The hottest place? 2.The coldest place? 3.The driest place? o leave the house immediately.
4.The snowiest place? 5. The wettest place? 6. The windiest place? o go to the basement or to a closet.

2. If you are at an office,

o lie down on the floor and cover your head.
o go to middle of the building.

3. If you are outdoors,

o lie down and cover your head.
o find a strong tree and hold on to it.

4. If you are in a car,

o try to drive away quickly.
o leave the car and get under a bridge.

VIDEO ACTIVITY Watch the video and choose the correct alternative.

1. The climate has been constantly changing 3. About 25 percent of all the CO 2 emissions
since the Earth was formed ... from human sources ...
 4.6 billion years ago  have occured during this period of net warming
 6.4 billion years ago  have occured during this period of no net warming

2. 30 million years ago the Earth.... 4. Temperature and CO2 levels ....
 was covered by ice  do not show a strong corelation
 had no ice on it at all  have a strong corelation