Heat Dome Brings Alerts to 41 Spanish Provinces
A heat dome is coming to Spain. It will bring very hot weather tomorrow, Friday. Temperatures can go up to 42 degrees.
Because of this, 41 provinces in Spain are now on alert. This means people must be careful. The heat can be dangerous.
The weather will get hotter and hotter this Friday. The strong heat will also stay for the weekend. This is the weekend of September 4.
Many parts of Spain will feel this intense heat. Some regions have a special warning for very high temperatures.
People are told to drink water and stay in the shade. They should avoid the sun in the middle of the day.
Vocabulary15 words
- heat dome
- hot air that stays over a place for a long time
- provinces
- parts of a country, like small areas
- alert
- a warning that something bad can happen
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- regions
- big areas of a country
- warning
- a message that tells you to be careful
- intense
- very strong
- temperatures
- how hot or cold something is
- degrees
- units we use to measure heat
- dangerous
- not safe
- shade
- a dark, cool place out of the sun
- avoid
- to stay away from something
- careful
- paying close attention to be safe
- special
- different from normal
- coming
- arriving soon
Quiz
Answer key
1. 41 2. 42 degrees 3. Yes
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A _____ _____ is coming to Spain. It will bring very hot weather tomorrow, Friday. Temperatures can go up to _____ degrees.
Because of this, _____ provinces in Spain are now on _____. This means people must be careful. The heat can be _____.
The weather will get hotter and hotter this Friday. The strong heat will also stay for the _____. This is the weekend of September 4.
Many parts of Spain will feel this _____ heat. Some regions have a special _____ for very high temperatures.
People are told to drink water and stay in the _____. They should _____ the sun in the middle of the day.