El Niño Could Be the Strongest in 155 Years, Warns Meteorologist
A weather expert has a warning. He says a big weather event is coming. It is called El Niño. El Niño can change weather around the world.
The expert says this El Niño could be the strongest in 155 years. He says he has never seen anything like it before.
El Niño can make winter different. The expert says winter is about to change direction. This means winter weather may not be normal this year.
Some experts in Britain also talked about this. They said El Niño could be very big this time. They say people should be ready.
Scientists are watching El Niño closely. They want to know how strong it will get. They also want to know how it will change the weather this winter.
Vocabulary15 words
- El Niño
- a natural weather event that makes the ocean warmer and changes weather everywhere
- change direction
- to start going a different way
- meteorologist
- a person who studies weather
- intense
- very strong
- phenomenon
- something big that happens in nature
- warn
- to tell people about danger before it happens
- unprecedented
- never happened before
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
- British
- from Britain
- weather event
- something big that happens with the weather
- ocean
- a very big area of sea water
- winter
- the coldest season of the year
- strongest
- the most powerful
- watch closely
- to look at something carefully
- normal
- usual; not different
Quiz
Answer key
1. It could be the strongest in 155 years 2. Weather around the world 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A weather expert has a _____. He says a big weather event is coming. It is called El Niño. El Niño can change weather _____ the world.
The expert says this El Niño could be the _____ in 155 years. He says he has never seen _____ like it before.
El Niño can make winter different. The expert says winter is about to change _____. This means winter weather may not be _____ this year.
Some experts in Britain also talked about this. They said El Niño could be very _____ this time. They say people should be _____.
Scientists are watching El Niño closely. They want to know how _____ it will get.