Heat Wave Brings Dry Air and High Temperatures to Brazil
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Brazil is very hot today. The air is also very dry. A heat wave may hit the country soon.
Inmet is Brazil's weather agency. It watches the weather every day. Inmet is checking a possible heat wave now.
The heat wave may hit the Centro-Oeste, North, and Southeast parts of Brazil. São Paulo is one of 13 states with this problem.
This weather is called a veranico. It means extra summer heat in a cold season. The veranico will stay until next Wednesday, the 19th.
Temperatures may go up to 42°C. This is very hot for many places in Brazil.
People should drink water and stay cool. Dry air and heat can be bad for health.
Vocabulary15 words
- dry
- not wet; with no water in the air
- heat wave
- many days of very hot weather
- Inmet
- the name of Brazil's weather agency
- veranico
- a short time of hot, summer-like weather in winter
- 42°C
- a way to show how hot the air is; a very high number of degrees
- states
- parts of a country, like Brazil
- region
- a large area of a country
- weather agency
- a group that studies and reports the weather
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- monitor
- to watch something carefully
- humidity
- the amount of water in the air
- climate
- the usual weather in a place
- forecast
- a guess about future weather
- hydration
- having enough water in your body
- risk
- a chance that something bad happens
Quiz
Answer key
1. Brazil's weather agency 2. 13 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Brazil is very hot today. The air is also very _____. A _____ may hit the country soon.
_____ is Brazil's weather agency. It watches the weather every day. Inmet is checking a possible heat wave now.
The heat wave may hit the Centro-Oeste, North, and Southeast parts of Brazil. _____ is one of 13 states with this problem.
This weather is called a _____. It means extra summer heat in a cold season. The veranico will stay until next _____, the 19th.
Temperatures may go up to _____. This is very hot for many places in Brazil.
People should drink _____ and stay cool. Dry air and heat can be bad for _____.