Red Line 3, Coursebook

one hundred and three 103 A project English and Geography Step 1: A wet country? a) Look at these annual average rainfall totals and find the places in your atlas. Fort William: 1900 mm Glasgow: 1200 mm Manchester: 800 mm Norwich: 600 mm Falmouth: 1100 mm Newcastle: 670 mm b) Find a relief map of the UK in your atlas (it shows the highland and lowland areas). Which of the places are in highland and which are in lowland areas? Which areas are wetter? Step 2: A weather map Northern Scotland Southern Scotland Northern Ireland Wales North-east England North-west England South-east England South-west England The Midlands sunny intervals showers light rain heavy rain cloud / cloudy sun / sunny a) Look at the weather map. Match the letters on the map with the regions on the left. p b) Use the map to tell your partner about today’s weather in three of the regions. Start like this: The weather in … today is … . There is / are … in … Step 3: A presentation: The climate in the UK and Austria g a) Work in small groups. Each group finds out about one of the regions in Step 2. Collect information (from your atlas or the Internet) about the annual rainfall total and temperature in the region. b) Compare the region with your part of Austria. Which is wetter / hotter? Present your results to the class. a b c d e f g i h annual average rainfall total !+xnjuEl +xvrIdZ *reInfC:l +tEUtl? – durchschnittliche Niederschlagsmenge pro Jahr, atlas !*xtlEs? – Atlas, relief !rI*li:f? – Relief, highland !*haIlEnd? – Hochland-, lowland !*lEUlEnd? – Flachland-, interval !*IntEvl? – Abschnitt, shower !*SaUE? – Regenschauer, light rain !laIt *reIn? – Nieselregen, heavy rain !+hevi *reIn? starker Regen, climate !*klaImEt? – Klima, temperature !*temprEtSE? – Temperatur, degree Celsius (°C) !dI+Gri: *selsiEs? – Grad Celsius Sankt Pölten Average annual rainfall: 659 mm Average temperature: 9.2°C A project E Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv