Weather Forecast: Heat Continues Before Big Change Next Week
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The weather will stay hot next week. Monday, August 10, starts a very hot week.
Forecasters say the week from August 10 to 16 could bring a new heatwave. A heatwave is many hot days in a row.
People should get ready for high temperatures. Temperature tells us how hot or cold it is.
After the hot days, the weather will change. Forecasters say a big change is coming.
This means cooler weather may arrive after the heat. The change could be sudden.
People should watch the weather news this week. The forecast can change fast in summer.
Vocabulary15 words
- heatwave
- many very hot days together
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- forecast
- what people think the weather will be
- weather
- sun, rain, heat, or cold outside
- hot
- having high temperature
- change
- to become different
- week
- seven days
- summer
- the hottest season of the year
- cooler
- less hot
- sudden
- happening very fast
- news
- information about new things
- August
- the eighth month of the year
- Monday
- the first day of the work week
- ready
- prepared for something
- arrive
- to come to a place
Quiz
Answer key
1. Very hot weather 2. A heatwave 3. A big weather change comes
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The weather will stay _____ next week. Monday, August 10, starts a very hot week.
Forecasters say the week from August 10 to 16 could bring a new _____.
People should get ready for high _____.
After the hot days, the weather will _____.
This means _____ weather may arrive after the heat.
People should watch the weather _____ this week.