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Lesson objectives
In this lesson, students will:
read a news report
read for gist
read for specific information
Exercise 1
Her MP3 player probably saved her life when she was stuck by lightning.
Her MP3 player probably saved her life when lightning hit her.
Exercise 2
d) Sophie's grandmother gave her a present.
c) Sophie and her boyfriend went for a walk.
a) It started raining.
e) An accident happened.
b) Sophie went to hospital.
Exercise 3
An MP3 player.
Under a tree.
By car.
Sophie's chest, legs, eyes and ears were hurt.
Around her neck.
The wire.
Talking about the cold weather
It's a bit chilly.
It's freezing.
You can see your breath.
You'll need to bundle up.
Talking about rain
It's drizzling at the moment.
It's only spitting.
Suddenly, the heavens open.
It's chucking it down.
My clothes are getting soaked.
Talking about the bad weather
It's very overcast and dark overhead.
There's a storm brewing.
I can see lightning. I can hear thunder.
The wind picks up. It's almost a gale.
Talking about the hot weather
It isn't a cloud in the sky. It's baking hot.
It's completely still.
It's a scorcher day.
It's boiling.
Talking about the wintry weather
Tomorrow will begin with a bit of frost on the ground.
It will be sleeting.
It will be a flurry of snow.
It will turn into a blizzard.
The snow will turn into slush.
It will be below freezing fro most of the day.
