холодный, прохладный, зябкий, ледяной
холодный, холод, стужа, замерзший
замерзание, заморозки, леденящий
горячий, жаркий
мягкий, умеренный, несуровый
палящий, раскаленный, обжигать
теплый, жаркий, нагретый
Погода – Глаголы
накаляться до красна или добела, светиться, сверкать
замерзать, превращаться в лед, морозить
hail
pour (with rain)
rain
shine
Climate
altitude
biome
climate
climatic
desert
drought
humidity
hurricane
latitude
monsoon
precipitation
rainforest
savanna
steppe
westerly
идти (о граде), сыпаться градом
лить, литься (о дожде)
идти (о дожде)
светить (о солнце)
Климат
высота над уровнем моря
биом
климат
климатический
пустыня
засуха
влажность
ураган
широта
муссон
осадки
тропический лес, влажные джунгли
саванна
степь
западный ветер
Vocabulary Exercises
Exercise 1
Make all possible derivatives from the following words:
Sun, rain, snow, freeze
Exercise 2
Chose the words from the topical vocabulary to match the definitions:
- a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air;
- a feathery ice crystal, typically displaying delicate sixfold symmetry;
- small balls of ice that fall like rain from the sky;
- a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that obscures or restricts visibility;
- a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow;
- the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder;
- a waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand;
- a severe, often destructive storm, esp. a tropical cyclone.
Exercise 3
Use the words from the topical vocabulary to fill in the gaps.
1. Suddenly rain … down.
2. Heavy … made travel absolutely impossible this winter.
3. The sky became dark with … and it began to … heavily.
4. The sun was …. brightly in the … sky.
5. When there is …, there are tiny drops of water in the air which form a thick cloud and make it difficult to see things.
6. The … is of concern to environmentalists because of its role as a source of biodiversity, and as a sink for large volumes of carbon dioxide.