3 Prepare and give your own forecast for tomorrow (for the next weekend). Present it before the class.

4 Translate into English.

a) полетные плохая

погодные прекрасная

опасные холодная

турбулентные условия теплая

суровые жаркая

штормовые штормовая погода

суровая

морозная

плохая дождливая

хорошая видимость сырая

нулевая облачная

маршрутная карта

синоптическая

сухая

сырая взлетно-посадочная полоса (ВПП)

скользкая

покрытая льдом/снегом

5. Discuss in pairs.

1. How do you think the weather affects people?

2. What would be the ideal climate for you? Give your reasons.

3. Which season or month do you like most? Why?

4. It is generally considered that people from northern climates are cold and unfriendly, and that people from southern regions are hot-tempered and passionate. What is your attitude to this statement?

5. Is it useful to know the weather forecast when you leave the house, isn’t it? Give your reasons.

6 Read and translate the text, learn the words in bold by heart. Brazilian plane crash clues.

Brazilian officials are investigating what caused a plane to slide off the runway at a Sao Paulo airport and crash on landing, killing up to 200 people. All 186 people aboard the Airbus 320 jet and a number of people on the ground died in heavy rain on Tuesday evening. The video footage presents the final moments of the Tam flight and another similar plane which had arrived earlier. The video shows that it takes the first aircraft apparently 11 seconds to travel along the runway, while the plane that crashed covers the same distance in three. It disappears out of view and the flash of an explosion can be seen a short time later.

According to Brazil's TV Globo, the Brazilian air force, which oversees the country's air traffic control system, believes the plane was travelling atexcessive speed though it was drizzling. Reports spoke of people jumping out of the windows of the low-rise Tam Airlines building as the plane struck.

The runway, criticised for being too short, had been resurfaced, but not yet fully grooved to help drain rain water. More than 160 bodies have been recovered from the burned wreckage.

The plane accelerated when it reached the end of the runway and tried to take off again, but failed, sending the aircraft crashing into a fuel depot and cargo warehouse, where it burst into flames. Mr Bolo said three workers in the Tam Airlines building had also been killed and five others were missing. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of what is thought to be Brazil's worst air disaster.

Previously, the worst accident in Brazil's aviation history occurred last September, when a Gol Boeing 737 flying from Manaus to Brasilia crashed into the Amazon jungle, killing all 154 people on board after a mid-air collision with a small private jet.

In 1996, a Tam Airlines Fokker-100 crashed minutes after take-off from Congonhas airport, bursting into flames and killing all 96 people on board and three on the ground.

1. Find synonyms in the text for the following words and phrase:

to slip, skid –

supposedly, they say (people say) –

warehouse –

put something over, wrap –

blast –

speed up, go faster –

ruins –

to be in charge, manage, run, lead, supervise –

too much –

to cut through –

grieve -

2. Fill in the sentences with the words from the text.

   1. Friday was declared an international day of _______________ for victims.

   2. The worst snow storm was in January 1940, when ten trams and a bus failed to make the ________________.

   3. The truck’s wheels skidded on the snow as the driver _________________ forward.

   4. Accident investigators will examine the ________________ of the plane.

   5. 10$ for two cups of coffee seems _________________.

   6. A team leader was appointed to ________________ the project.

   7. _________________, the company is losing a lot of money.

   8. We slipped and ____________, losing our balance on the ice.

3. Discuss the following questions.

• In your opinion, what was the main reason of the crash?

• How did the weather influence the accident?

• Give the gist of the text to your partner.