Übung 1

"There were some unforeseen circumstances."

Which of the following are examples of "unforeseen circumstances"?

(Select all the correct choices from the list below. There may be more than one).

An inevitable divorce after 2 years of unhappy marriage.

A successful film featuring well-known actors and a famous director.

An unexpected death which cancels a rock concert.

A person who uses Yiddish in their everyday conversations.

A sudden storm just before a boat trip.

"There were some unforeseen circumstances."

Which of the following are examples of "unforeseen circumstances"?

(Select all the correct choices from the list below. There may be more than one).

An inevitable divorce after 2 years of unhappy marriage.

This is an incorrect choice. "Inevitable" and "unforeseen" are antonyms: they share opposite meanings. An "inevitable (divorce)" is one which cannot be avoided or is sure to happen.

A successful film featuring well-known actors and a famous director.

This is not an example of an "unforeseen circumstance". A film with famous actors and a director is usually "expected" to be successful. An example of something "unforeseen" or "unexpected", is a film with famous actors and a director which FAILS to make money.

An unexpected death which cancels a rock concert.

This is a correct choice. "Unforeseen" is synonymous with the term "unanticipated" or "unexpected": it is used to describe an event which arrives without warning, like an unexpected death. Herbert says "there were some unforeseen circumstances", which means that something happened that he wasn't expecting.

A person who uses Yiddish in their everyday conversations.

This is an incorrect choice. The term "oyster" might be a nice definition for this type of person.

A sudden storm just before a boat trip.

This is a correct choice. "Unforeseen" is synonymous with the term "unpredicted" or "unexpected". It is used to describe an event which arrives without warning, such as weather conditions which have not been forecast. Other example: The Edward Moon concert was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Übung 2

Fill in the blanks with terms used in the broadcast!

Intense, torrential rain is called a .

When water overruns or inundates a city which is normally dry, the city is

Ich weiß es nicht

Fill in the blanks with terms used in the broadcast!

Intense, torrential rain is called a downpour 1.

When water overruns or inundates a city which is normally dry, the city is flooding 2

1 downpour: A "downpour" is heavy rain which falls all at once. The word is composed of "down", the direction from which the rain falls, and "pour", a term which describes flowing liquid: "Please could you pour me some wine? My glass is empty".

2 flooding: A flood is an inundation of land which is normally dry. As a verb, "to flood" describes the act of inundation. "To flood" can also be used figuratively to describe a heavy concentration or outpouring of something. Example: We've been flooded with phone calls since our commercial was televised yesterday.

Übung 3

Which of the following statements best describes Candy's weather forecast for Houston?

The weather will be unusually hot with intense storms, thunder and lightning.

The weather will be unusually biblical: full of frogs, hail, darkness and locusts.

The weather will be unusually dry and hot with no rain or water.

The weather will be unusually hot and humid with severe floods.

Ich weiß es nicht

Which of the following statements best describes Candy's weather forecast for Houston?

The weather will be unusually hot with intense storms, thunder and lightning.

Although Candy does forecast hot weather, she doesn't mention "storms, thunder or lightning".

The weather will be unusually biblical: full of frogs, hail, darkness and locusts.

Maybe this won't happen this weekend, but soon it will. So please Pharaoh, let my people go. A locust is a winged insect, and hail is a type of hard, icy rain.

The weather will be unusually dry and hot with no rain or water.

Candy reports that a "heat wave" will strike Texas this weekend. A heat wave describes an intense period of hot weather. Candy goes on to say that a "drought" is expected to affect the region as well. A drought is a prolonged period of dry, hot weather without adequate hydration.

The weather will be unusually hot and humid with severe floods.

Although Candy does forecast hot weather, she doesn't mention "floods" (an inundation of water) which normally aren't associated with hot weather. Moreover, Candy doesn't mention "humidity", which isn't associated with the type of dry weather which is affecting Houston.

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