Listening to a weather interview: details and weather words
In an interview there are two speakers, and each turn answers one question. Before you listen, read the questions and decide what you need: a day, a kind of weather or a piece of advice. While you listen, write the days and the weather words in a short list. Weather words tell us how it feels: scorching is extremely hot, chilly is rather cold, humid is sticky and overcast means that clouds cover the sky. A forecast uses will: Tuesday will be humid. Optimistic and pessimistic show what the speaker expects. When you answer a question about an opinion, say why: I agree with Mr Anwar, because it is wise to check the forecast. Your book has a radio interview on pages 39 and 40; practise these steps there.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scorching | extremely hot |
| humid | with a lot of water in the air, sticky |
| overcast | covered with thick clouds |
| chilly | rather cold |
| pouring | raining very heavily |
| forecast | a statement about the weather to come |
Host: Welcome to the Radio Club. Today my guest is Mr Anwar, a meteorologist, which means a person who studies the weather. Mr Anwar, what is the forecast for next week? Mr Anwar: Good morning. Sunday and Monday will be scorching. It will feel like an oven in the yard, so please drink water and wear a hat. Host: Will it stay hot all week? Mr Anwar: No. On Tuesday the air will be humid, which means that there is a lot of water in the air, so it will feel sticky. On Wednesday the sky will be overcast, with thick grey clouds, and the evening will be chilly, so take a coat. Host: And Thursday? Mr Anwar: Thursday will be stormy, with rain pouring down for some hours. I am pessimistic about the football match, but I am optimistic about the garden, because the plants will love it. Host: What is your advice to our listeners? Mr Anwar: Check the forecast every morning and plan your day. Weather is not a secret. It is a pattern, and you can learn to read it.
Weather week. Write a forecast for your own town for the next three days, in six sentences, with will and at least four weather words from the table. Read it aloud like a radio presenter.