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<|>) 9.0 4 Read and listen to the blog. Where was the biggest
snowfall ever in one day? How much snow fell on that day?

Spearfish in South Dakota, US woke up to find the shows a woman in a house shaking hands through the
temperature outside was a freezing -20°C. Two window with her neighbour in the street. The neighbour is
minutes later, thermometers were showing a much standing on top of the snow. The woman is on the second
warmer 7°C - a rise of 27°C in 120 seconds. But floor of her home!
it didn’t stop there. The temperature continued to Do you like long sunny days? Then the best city in the world
go up and by 9 am it was 12°C. Just as the people to live in is Reykjavik. 21 June is the longest day of the year
started to think about enjoying a warm winter’s day, in the northern hemisphere and the Icelandic capital gets
the temperature fell 16°C in just under half an hour 21 hours and 45 minutes of daylight. The sun hardly ever
back down to -4°C and the residents had to put their goes down. However, Reykjavik could also be the worst
coats back on! It was the most dramatic temperature place to be. On the shortest day of the year, 21 December,
change in the history of American weather. the sun hardly rises there and people get only four hours
The village of Capracotta is in the mountains near and seven minutes of daylight. But during winter nights, you
the Adriatic coast of Italy. It gets a lot of snow in the can often see the Northern Lights - one of the world’s most
winter. But on 5 March 2015 its 1,000 inhabitants beautiful natural events.
saw 256 cm of snowfall in 18 hours. It was the

Read the blog again. Answer the questions.
Q WRITING
How quickly did the temperature change from 12°C to
-4°C in Spearfish? An email about an amazing
What happened in Capracotta on 5 March 2015? weather event
What makes the long winter nights in Reykjavik better?
5 Imagine you want to tell a friend about
Q SPEAKING an amazing weather event. Write an email
(100-125 words).
3 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. • Choose the place.
• In your email, say:
1 Which of the facts did you know before?
- where the place is
2 Which of the facts were new to you?
- what was special about the weather and
3 Which of the places mentioned would you like to visit
when it happened
most? Why?
- how the people reacted
4 Can you think of an amazing weather event in your
country? Use the questions below to help you.
GRAMMAR
Did a lot of snowfall? Did it rain heavily Superlative adjectives
or was there a very
strong wind? 6 Put the words in order to make sentences.
Check your answers in the article.
Was it very
hot or was it 1 temperature change I the / of / was I the I
very cold? Where were you that day? What American weather / It / in / most dramatic I
did you do? How did you feel? history
2 day I snowfall I the biggest I was I ever / It / a / in
3 is / day of the year I 21 June I longest I the / in /
hemisphere I the I northern
PRONUNCIATION
4 worst / be / Reykjavik / to / However / be / also I
Vowel sounds: /i/ and /ai/ Go to page 121. ®
the / could / place
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