Madrid Gets Cooler Weather on Thursday
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The weather in Madrid will be cooler this Thursday. The city's weather service is called Aemet. Aemet says the top temperature will be only 25 degrees. This is much lower than before.
There will also be some light rain. Aemet says the rain will not be strong. The rain will fall in different parts of the city. This is called scattered rain.
Before this, Madrid had very hot days. Temperatures went up to 30 degrees. Now the weather is giving people a break from the heat.
People in Madrid can enjoy cooler air on Thursday. The cooler weather will not stay forever. Hot weather may return after Thursday.
Vocabulary15 words
- Aemet
- the weather service in Spain
- light rain
- small amount of rain, not strong
- scattered rain
- rain that falls in some places, not everywhere
- break
- a short rest from something
- degrees
- units used to measure temperature
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- cooler
- less hot
- weather service
- a group that tells us about the weather
- drop
- to go down
- heat
- very hot weather
- return
- to come back
- enjoy
- to like something
- stay
- to not change
- different
- not the same
- before
- earlier in time
Quiz
Answer key
1. 25 degrees 2. There will be light, scattered rain 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
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The weather in Madrid will be _____ this Thursday. The city's weather service is called _____. Aemet says the top temperature will be only _____ degrees. This is much lower than before.
There will also be some light _____. Aemet says the rain will not be _____. The rain will fall in different parts of the city. This is called scattered rain.
Before this, Madrid had very _____ days. Temperatures went up to _____ degrees. Now the weather is giving people a _____ from the heat.
People in Madrid can _____ cooler air on Thursday. The cooler weather will not _____ forever. Hot weather may _____ after Thursday.