vocabulary unit 11 weather natural disasters environment ready for fce

8/11/2019 Vocabulary Unit 11 Weather Natural Disasters Environment Ready for FCE

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/vocabulary-unit-11-weather-natural-disasters-environment-ready-for-fce 1/3



glorious (adj) / gl r s/ˈ ɔː ɪə 'here was glorious sunshine when we loo$ed out of the tent.

warm (adj) /w m/ɔː 'he lams are enjoying the warm sunshine.

Weather: $ther voca#ulary:

e stru$ y lightning (v) / str $ a la tn /ˌ ɪ ̩ ʌ ɪ ̍ ɪ ɪŋ Several trees were struck #y lightning.

flash of lightning (n) / fl+" v la tn /ˌ ə ˈ ɪ ɪŋ Suddenly there was a flash of lightning.

gentle breeze (n) / d entl r &/ˌ ʒ ˈ ɪː #e appreiated the gentle #ree%e.

gust of wind (n) / g st v w nd/ˌ ʌ ə ˈ ɪ A gust of wind $no$ed him off his feet.hailstones (n) / he lst %n&/ˈ ɪ ə 0hina e*periened huge hailstones a few years ago.

raindrops (n) / re ndr ps/ˈ ɪ ɒ &aindros started falling down the window.

snowfla$es (n) / sn %fle $s/ˈ ə ɪ 1ur dog loves athing snowflakes on his nose.

it’s pouring with rain / ts p r w 2 re n/ɪ ˌ ɔː ɪŋ ɪ ˈ ɪ I’m not going out if it's ouring with rain.

weather foreast (n) / we2 f $ st/ˈ ə ̩ ɔː ɑː er husand does the weather forecast on '3.

Natural disasters

avalanhe (n) / +v l n"/ˈ ə ɑː 1ne small ro$ an start an avalanche.

drought (n) /dra%t/ 'he area is severely affeted y drought.

earth4ua$e (n) / $we $/ˈɜːɵ ɪ She was visiting friends when an earth(uake stru$.earth tremor (n) / trem /ˈɜːɵ ̩ ə 'here was a small earth tremor in the %5.

flood (n) /fl d/ʌ It’s the worst flood in the ountry’s history.

hurriane (n) / h r $ n/ˈ ʌ ɪ ə 'he island was in the diret path of the hurricane.

tidal wave (n) / ta dl we v/ˈ ɪ ˌ ɪ 'housands died in the tidal wave.

tornado (n) /t ne d %/ɔːˈ ɪ ə #e were wathing how tornadoes wre$ed

1$lahoma.

)he environment

ottle an$ (n) / tl + $/ˈ ɒ ˌ ŋ #e always ta$e our ottles to the #ottle #ank .

aron mono*ide (n) / $ n m n $sa d/ˌ ɑː ə ɒˈ ɒ ɪ 'he levels of car#on mono*ide are inreasing in ig ities.igarette utts (n) /s g ret ts/ɪ əˈ ˌ ʌ I hate seeing cigarette #utts on the floor.

onservation area (n) / $ ns ve "n e r /ˌ ɒ əˈ ɪ ˌ ə ɪə 'he old mine was delared a conservation area+

dog mess (n) / d g mes/ˈ ɒ ˌ 'he eah gets overed in dog mess.

drop l itter (v) / dr p l t /ˌ ɒ ˈ ɪ ə -eople who dro litter should e given a fine.

dump waste (v) / d mp we st/ˌ ʌ ˈ ɪ It’s illegal to dum waste here.

endangered speies (n) / n de nd d sp " &/ɪ ˌ ɪ ʒə ˈ ɪː ɪː #e must protet endangered secies.



e*haust fumes (n) / g & st fju m&/ɪ ˈ ɔː ˌ ː e wears a mas$ to protet himself from e*haust fumes.

fae e*tintion (v) / fe s $ st $"n/ˌ ɪ ɪ ˈ ɪŋ 6any animals face e*tinction in the ne*t fifty years.

global warming (n) /ˌgləUbl ˈwɔːmɪŋ/ We’re seeing climate change because of glo#al warming

greenhouse effet (n) / gr nha%s fe$t/ˈ ɪː ɪˌ 'he greenhouse effect is already affeting Antartia.

natural haitat (n) / n+t"r l h+ t+t/ˌ ə ̍ ɪ Natural ha#itats are eing destroyed.

nature reserve (n) / ne t" r & v/ˈ ɪ ə ɪˌ ɜː Some animals are now only found in nature reserves.

nulear power station (n) / nju $l pa% ste "n/ˌ ː ɪə ̍ ə ̩ ɪ #e live near a nuclear ower station.

oil sli$ (n) / l sl $/ˈɔɪ ˌ ɪ A huge oil slick is threatening hundreds of sea irds.

o&one layer (n) / %& %n le /ˈə ə ˌ ɪə Sientists have deteted holes in the o%one layer.

(air) pol lution (n) / e p lu "n/ˈ ə əˌ ː #e’re here to disuss the prolem of ollution.

preserve wildlife (v) /pr & v wa ldla f/ɪˌ ɜː ˈ ɪ ɪ I thin$ more money should e spent on reserving wildlife.

raise awareness (v) / re & we n s/ˌ ɪ əˈ ə ə 'his leaflet is to raise awareness aout the issue.

reyled paper (n) / r sa $ld pe p /ˌ ɪːˌ ɪ ˈ ɪ ə 6y parents always uy recycled aer. Altpapier

rising sea levels (n) / ra & s lev l&/ˌ ɪ ɪŋ ̍ ɪː ̩ ə She gave a leture aout rising sea levels.

to*i effluent (n) / t $s $ eflu nt/ˌ ɒ ɪ ˈ ə 1ur projet loo$ed at to*ic effluent.

unleaded petrol (n) / n led d petr l/ˌʌ ˌ ɪ ˈ ə I would only use a ar that uses unleaded etrol.

-

vocabulary unit 11 weather natural disasters environment ready for fce

Documents