درس دوازدهم Weather

Question 1

It’s great here. Have had unbroken sunshine1 ever since we arrived. We’re having a wonderful time – though in the middle of the day it’s **just too scorching **2 hot to do anything but lie on the beach soaking up the sunshine3. This is the life!
Anna

A scorching summer day
I don’t want to be outside in this scorching heat.

Answer 1

unbroken sunshine1
scorching hot 2
soaking up the sunshine3

1 only sunshine, no clouds in the sky تابش بدون مزاحمت خورشید
2 extremely hot
3 enjoying the sunshine (Sunbathing) جذب نور خورشید و حمام افتاب
Absorb or enjoy something that exists around you

Question 2

**It’s been pouring with rain all day. In fact I’ve never seen such torrential rain ! It’s freezing cold in the tent - we all got soaked.
Every half hour we look out of the tent hoping for a break in the clouds. In vain! We’re going to a hotel next year

Answer 2

pouring with rain
Torrential rain
freezing cold
get soaked
a break in the clouds
In vain! (زهی خیال باطل)*

The doctors gave him more powerful drug

Vain: Unsuccessful, of no value

1. باران شرشر میباره
2. Heavy Rain باران خیلی شدید
3. سرمای شدید
4. خیس شدیم
5. ابرا برن کنار، وقفه ای در بارش

Question 3

It rained heavily all day yesterday but it’s dry at the moment. There’s thick cloud, though, and it certainly looks like rain.
Quite a strong wind is blowing too! Am glad we brought warm clothes!

Answer 3

Rain heavily
thick cloud
Looks like rain
strong wind (Blow)

1. بارش سنگین
2. ابرهای ضخیم (نشونه بارش)
3. As if it is going to rain
4. باد شدید
   - Blow away: Very Impressed by smth
   I was blown ayaw by the tone and the quality of the story.
   - Blow down: Fall down by wind
   - Aren’t you going to the meeting?
   No, I’m going to blow it off [To decide not to do something you are expected to do, or not to meet someone you are expected to meet ]

Question 4

Weather conditions

weather deteriorates [opposite: improves]

Answer 4

The weather is likely to deteriorate
later on today.

Deteriorate is quite formal – the weather is getting worse is more informal.

Question 5

thick/dense fog
patches of fog/mist (تیکه های کوچیک)
a blanket of fog [literary]
fog/mist comes down [opposite: lifts]

Thin fog produced by very small drops of water collecting in the air just above an area of ground or water

Answer 5

There is thick fog on the motorway.
There are **patches of fog **on the east coast but these should lift by
midday.

وقتی میره بالا ناپدید میشه پس

مه پایین که میاد پدیدار میشه پس comed down

Patches of fog/mist are small areas of fog/mist, whereas a **blanket of fog/mist **is thicker
and more extensive.

Question 6

strong sun [opposite: weak]

Answer 6

Avoid going on the beach at midday when the sun is strongest.

Question 7

heavy rain (NOT strong rain)
driving rain

Answer 7

Road conditions are difficult because of the driving rain.
driving rain = rain falling fast and heavily

Question 8

heavy/fresh/crisp/thick/driving
snow

Answer 8

The snow is lovely and crisp this morning. مثل چیپس
crisp snow = snow that is fresh and hard

Question 9

**hard frost **

Answer 9

There will be a hard frost tonight.
opposite of a hard frost = a light frost (NOT a** soft frost**)
یخ زدگی های روی ماشین

آب و هوای ضعیف براش light

Question 10

**high/strong/light/biting **(دردآور) winds
the wind picks up [opposite: dies down]
the wind blows/whistles زوزه داره

Biting: Used to describe weather that is extremely cold, especially when it causes you physical pain

Answer 10

The wind was light this morning but it’s picking up now and will be very
strong by the evening. The wind was whistling through the trees.
biting winds = very cold winds
If the wind picks up, it gets stronger.

Question 11

C Extreme weather

FREAK1 STORMS DEVASTATE SW
Yesterday freak weather conditions hit2 the south-west of
England.** Gale-force winds3 caused a lot of damage to property. A number of buildings were destroyed, roofs were torn off** and fences were blown down. Several rivers burst their banks4.

Answer 11

FREAK 1
freak weather conditions hit 2
Gale-force winds 3
burst their banks 4
Torn off (Tear off) 5

1. very unusual or unexpected انتظار فصلی رو نداریم
2. struck, badly affected
3. extremely strong winds
4. rivers flooded طغیان کردن رودها از حاشیه رود
5. کنده شدن He grasped the sales tag & tore it off. I unbuttoned my jacket & tore it off.

Question 12

1 What might make a river burst its banks?
2 What can you probably see if someone says, ‘It looks like rain’?
3 What kind of wind is a freak wind?
4 Is it harder to drive if there’s dense fog or if there are patches of fog?
5 What kind of weather conditions have you got if the rain is described as driving rain?
6 If we talk about severe weather conditions hitting or striking an area, what kind of image is created?
7 What, apart from wind, can blow or whistle?
8 Which of these verbs suggests most destruction and which least?
The storm destroyed / damaged / devastated the town.