Баранова, Starlight 8. Учебник. Module 1e

Nouns: clouds, lightning, thunder, wind, snow, hail, sleet, heat, gale
Verbs: rain, snow, shine, pour, spin, crash, light up, rain
Adjectives: windy, snowy crisp, freezing, cool, scorching, heavy strong, puffy, whirling, swirling, violent
Extreme conditions: cyclone, hurricane, storm, whirlwind

I think the weather is cold. I can see snow, bare trees and a winter landscape. I can hear the wind blowing. I can feel the cold. I can smell nature.

1 a never-ending lightning storm
2 a fire tornado
3 raining animals

A a never-ending lightning storm
В a fire tornado
C raining animals

1 NS 3T 5T 7T
2 T 4T 6F
2 … the lightning activity produces nitrogen oxide which may help to restore the ozone layer.
3 … ball lightning … lasts longer than a lightning bolt.
4 A fire tornado can happen when high temperatures from a wildfire mix with strong winds.
5 Luckily, fire tornados are very rare.
6 … has been happening … for over a century.
7 One explanation is that strong winds … could pick them up …

1 weather forecast
2 lightning storm
3 world news
4 spin
5 violent storm
6 restore

1D 2A 3C 4В 5E

1 raining cats and dogs
2 in a fog
3 fair-weather friend
4 every cloud has a silver lining
5 is under the weather

Lightning activity produces nitrogen oxide which may help restore the ozone layer.
I learned about fire tornados which I hadn’t heard of before.
There is a rain offish every summer in Honduras, i had never heard of ball lightning before.

… pouring with rain and I am soaking wet. Hundreds of slippery fish are all over the ground. It’s weird and a bit disgusting! People are collecting the fish to take home to cook. I feel as if I’m dreaming.