Read the webpage. Then, mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).

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Reading

2. Read the webpage. Then, mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).

1 __ Expect foggy weather in Havana, Cuba.

2 __ Ships need to stay in port in New York due to high waves.

3 __ Havana, Cuba faces high sustained winds.

Vocabulary

3. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank

hail ice  snow

typhoon     wave rain

hurricane    swell

Types of precipitation

Types of storms

Ocean conditions

__________

__________

__________

__________

______________________

__________

__________

4. Read the sentence pairs. Choose which word or phrase best fits each blank.

1 fog / precipitation

       A I can barely see through this _________________!

       B Expect three to five inches of ___________ to accumulate.

2 weather / icing

       A The _____________ of the main deck damaged the ship.

       B What’s the ____________________ going to be like tomorrow?

3 swells / waves

       A The ____________________ off shore almost flipped the boat.

       B The ______________________ severely damaged the beach house.

5. Listen and read the webpage again. Where is a hurricane expected to make landfall within the next 12 hours?

Listening

6. Listen to a conversation between a captain and an officer. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).

1 __ The woman warns of high swells.

2 __ The ship is in the storm’s direct path.

3 __ The woman recommends returning to shore.

7. Listen again and complete the conversation.

Captain: Do you have an 1 _________ on the storm?

Officer: Yes, I do. 2 ________ ____________ indicate that the storm is becoming more powerful.

Captain: That’s unfortunate. Are we in the storm’s path?

Officer: We aren’t in the storm’s 3 ___________ path, but we will experience some rough sailing.

Captain: Will there be high 4 _____________?

Officer: Yes, I expect so. And 5 ____________ will reach 15 feet.

Captain: What do you 6 __________ we do?

Officer: I think we should move further away from the storm’s path. If we do that, we should be okay.

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