Rain and Heat in India

印度的雨量與高溫


Introduction

The weather office says the rain started late in north India. Some places had too little rain, but other places had too much rain.

氣象局表示北印度的降雨開始較晚。部分地區雨量不足,但其他地區則降雨過多。

Main Body

The rain arrived late in Delhi and Punjab. It came on July 1. June was very dry and very hot. Farmers could not plant many crops because there was no water.

德里和旁遮普的降雨較晚抵達。直到7月1日才開始下雨。6月非常乾熱。由於缺乏水源,農民無法種植許多作物。

Mumbai had a different problem. It had too much rain in one day. The water covered the streets and stopped the trains. The city was in danger.

孟拜則面臨不同的問題。該市在一天之內降雨過多,積水淹沒街道並導致火車停駛,整座城市陷入危險之中。

Now, the weather is changing. The rain is coming to the north. The temperature in Delhi and Chandigarh will go down. It will feel cooler soon.

現在天氣正在改變。降雨正向北移動。德里和錢德加爾的溫度將會下降,很快就會感覺涼爽一些。

Conclusion

North India is finally getting rain after the heat. West India is still cleaning up the floods.

北印度在經歷高溫後終於迎來降雨。西印度則仍在清理水災後的殘局。

Vocabulary Learning

🌡️ The 'Opposites' Pattern

In this story, we see how to describe the weather using opposite words. This is the fastest way to build an A2 vocabulary.

The Heat vs. The Rain

  • Dry (No water) \rightarrow Wet (Lots of water)
  • Hot (High temperature) \rightarrow Cooler (Lower temperature)
  • Too little (Not enough) \rightarrow Too much (More than needed)

How to use these in a sentence:

  1. "June was very dry." (It didn't rain).
  2. "Mumbai had too much rain." (The city flooded).
  3. "It will feel cooler soon." (The heat is going away).

Quick Tip: When you want to say something is 'bad' because there is too much or too little of it, use the word Too.

  • Too hot \rightarrow 🥵
  • Too cold \rightarrow 🥶

Vocabulary Learning

crops (n.)
plants that farmers grow for food
Example:The farmers grow rice and corn as crops.
danger (n.)
something that can hurt you or cause a problem
Example:The high water was a danger to the people in the city.
temperature (n.)
how hot or cold something is
Example:The temperature is 30 degrees today.
floods (n.)
a lot of water covering an area that is usually dry
Example:The heavy rain caused floods in the streets.
Practice A2 words in a crossword