Cold Air Mass to Sweep France, Temperatures to Drop Sharply
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The weather in France will change this week. A new air mass will move across the country. This will bring much colder weather.
Rain will start on Wednesday. The rain will end the last warm summer days. By Thursday, it could be 11 or 12 degrees colder.
This big change will happen all over France. People call France 'l'Hexagone' because of its shape. Every part of the country will feel the cold.
Snow will also return this week. Snow is expected in the mountains, even at medium altitude. This is early for snow.
The weather will feel more like autumn. People should get ready for cold air and rain this week.
Vocabulary15 words
- air mass
- a big area of air with the same temperature
- l'Hexagone
- another name for France, because of its six-sided shape
- snow
- soft white ice that falls from the sky when it is cold
- medium altitude
- not very high, but higher than normal ground
- degree
- a unit used to measure temperature
- drop
- to become lower or less
- sweep
- to move across a big area quickly
- mountain
- a very tall hill
- rain
- water that falls from clouds
- autumn
- the season after summer
- weather
- the condition outside, like sun, rain, or wind
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- country
- a nation with its own government
- cold
- having a low temperature
- change
- to become different
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1. Wednesday 2. 11-12 degrees 3. False
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The weather in France will change this week. A new _____ will move across the country. This will bring much colder weather.
Rain will start on _____. The rain will end the last warm summer days. By Thursday, it could be 11 or 12 degrees _____.
This big change will happen all over France. People call France '_____' because of its shape. Every part of the country will feel the cold.
_____ will also return this week. Snow is expected in the mountains, even at _____. This is early for snow.
The weather will feel more like _____. People should get ready for cold air and rain this week.
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