Many Tornadoes and Hot Weather in Canada

加拿大出現許多龍捲風且天氣炎熱


Introduction

Canada has many tornadoes and very hot days right now.

加拿大目前有許多龍捲風,且有許多極其炎熱的日子。

Main Body

There are 48 tornadoes in three provinces. This is more than the normal number. Alberta has 23 tornadoes. Manitoba and Saskatchewan have very strong tornadoes.

三個省份共有 48 個龍捲風。這比正常數量還要多。亞伯塔省有 23 個龍捲風。曼尼托巴省和薩斯喀徹溫省則出現了非常強大的龍捲風。

The air is wet and hot. The wind moves in different ways. This makes big storms. These storms create tornadoes.

空氣潮濕且炎熱。風向不一,導致形成大風暴。而這些風暴產生了龍捲風。

It is also very hot. The air feels like 45 degrees in some places. This heat will stay until August.

同時天氣也非常炎熱。部分地區的體感溫度達到 45 度。這種高溫將持續到八月。

Conclusion

People must be careful. The weather is still dangerous.

人們必須小心,目前天氣依然危險。

Vocabulary Learning

🌡️ Comparing Amounts

In this text, we see how to describe numbers and quantities. This is key for A2 English.

The Pattern: More than When we compare a current number to a regular number, we use: More than.

  • Example from text: "This is more than the normal number."

How to use it: [Current Thing] \rightarrow [is more than] \rightarrow [Normal Thing]

Quick Examples:

  • 48 tornadoes \rightarrow is more than \rightarrow 10 tornadoes.
  • 45 degrees \rightarrow is more than \rightarrow 20 degrees.

☁️ Describing the Air

Notice how the text uses simple adjectives to describe the weather.

  • Wet (Water in the air)
  • Hot (High temperature)
  • Strong (Powerful wind)

Sentence build: "The air is wet and hot."

(Use and to join two feelings or descriptions together!)

Vocabulary Learning

tornadoes (n.)
Very strong, spinning winds that can destroy buildings
Example:The tornadoes destroyed many houses in the town.
provinces (n.)
Large areas of a country with their own local government
Example:Canada is divided into several provinces.
normal (adj.)
What usually happens; not strange
Example:It is normal to feel tired after a long day of work.
storms (n.)
Very bad weather with strong wind, rain, and thunder
Example:We stayed inside because of the heavy storms.
create (v.)
To make something new
Example:The artist will create a beautiful painting.
dangerous (adj.)
Something that can hurt you or cause problems
Example:It is dangerous to walk alone in the dark forest.
Practice A2 words in a crossword