Online Class Notes (Joe)

Today we focused on:

We talked about the weather and words to describe temperature.

Pronunciation

temperature – /tɛmp(ə)rətʃə/

Celsius – /sɛlsɪəs/

minus – /ˈmʌɪnəs/

Speaking exercise

A: How cold does it get in Harbin in winter?
B: I think the temperature drops to minus forty degrees Celsius in winter.

A: What is the temperature in your fridge?
B: It is around 3 to 5 degrees Celsius in the fridge.

A: How cold is your freezer?
B: The freezer is around minus eighteen degrees.

Vocabulary

freeze – verb – the action of making something frozen
I will freeze the leftovers so we can eat them next week.

frozen – adj – cold and hard
the meat is frozen. you have to put it in the microwave

heat (up) – verb – to make it warmer
It will take 2 minutes to heat up the noodles.