Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Do you live in a place with cold winters? If you do, then you probably know all about snow. Snow can make the world a beautiful place. It can turn a noisy city street into a quiet wonderland. It lets us ski, snowboard, and make snowmen. Happy dogs will run around in it, trying to catch snowflakes. Teenagers will do donuts in parking lots.
But when you need to drive in the snow, it’s suddenly not so much fun. Snow makes the roads slick and makes cars skid. It’s impossible to drive in whiteouts because you can’t see the road at all. You might need to use your high beams and put chains on or wait for snowplows to clear the road. Whatever you do, stay calm and don’t freak out!
Andy and Marni are remembering what it’s like to live in places with snowstorms. Listen to today’s English lesson to find out more about this intense kind of weather.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Andy_H: You know, I’m really happy that I’m a little bit further south this time of year because…
Marni: Yeah?
Andy_H: I’m from Cleveland, Ohio, and we get snowstorms. Like, complete whiteouts. The roads are slick. It’s a mess. Let me tell you one thing, if you’re from the north, you know how to drive on snow.
Marni: Yes.
Andy_H: People in these southern climates, you know…
Marni: They don’t know what to do.
Andy_H: It’s like, two snowflakes, and they freak out and put chains on their tires.
Marni: It is true, yes. I am from Minnesota myself, and chains are illegal there.
Andy_H: You know what we used to do? When it was the biggest whiteout, the hugest blizzard, we would go out and we would just find parking lots that were untouched by snowplows.
Marni: Ah, donuts!
Andy_H: And we would just skid all around them. We’d have the best times.
Marni: Snowstorms are kind of magical in a lot of ways because sometimes they are so intense. The world just kind of stops. You get to have this moment, and it’s peaceful and quiet.
Andy_H: And then you’ll turn on the high beams, and realize how scary the amount of snow actually is and turn them off immediately. Oh, I’ve had those experiences.
Marni: Snowstorms. We don’t get them here like they do.
Andy_H: We sure don’t.
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Discussion
It’s winter, and Andy is happy to be living in a place that doesn’t have much snow. He’s originally from Ohio, a state that sometimes has intense winter weather. The roads are slick in the wintertime, and snowplows have to clear the roads before people can drive on them. Andy remembers how he used to do donuts with his friends on snowy days.
Like Andy, Marni also grew up in a state with winter whiteouts. Because of this, snow doesn’t make her freak out. In fact, seeing snowflakes fall from the sky makes her feel calm and happy. Marni even knows how to drive safely in snow without using chains. Now that Marni and Andy are living somewhere with warmer winters, they don’t have to worry about snowstorms anymore.
Do you freak out when it snows? Have you ever been in a whiteout?
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