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Weather      on   site

                   V o c a b u l a r y  1  Look  at photos A-F.  Say  the words  aloud.






















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                     L i s t e n i n g  2  Listen  and  match  conversations  1-6  to the weather photos in 1.

                      R e a d i n g  3  Complete this text about  extreme weather  and  construction  sites  w i t h  the
                                   words  in the  box.

                                    c o l d  hot  lightning  w e t  w i n d




                                     Bad weather  often causes  long
                                     delays  on  construction  sites.
                                     Building  materials  behave
                                     differently,  equipment  needs
                                     protection  and  injuries  are  more
                                     c o m m o n .  In  (1)  weather,
                                     paint  and  concrete  dry  too  fast,
                                     s a n d  gets  into machines  and  other
                                     equipment,  a n d  injuries  include
                                     dehydration  and  sunburn.  In  (2)
                                              weather,  a  big  problem  is  mud. Strong  (3)  blows  things
                                     away.  (4)      can  kill.  And  in  (5)  weather,  workers  require
                                     special  clothing  and  fingers  stick  to  metal, In extreme  weather,  accidents  are  more
                                     c o m m o n .  In short,  weather  is  expensive.




                               4   Read the  text  in 3 again and match these  w o r d  pairs  from  the  text.
                                      strong                    a)  clothing
                                      big                       b)  w i n d
                                      special                   c)  delays
                                      wet                       d)  problem
                                      long                      e)  weather


              5  On site
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