SEVERE WEATHER (Using newspapers to hone your skills)

I am sure you know the Spanish newspaper El País has an English edition. Why don't you practise your mediation skills by reading an article both in Spanish and English while jotting down the most relevant expressions and collocations? You can widen your ideas, knowledge of the world and vocabulary if you pick articles from different topics.

Fin de semana invernal con hasta 19 grados menos y nieve a 700 metros.

Weekend of wintry weather in Spain, with sharp drop in temperatures.

Today's lesson:

Severe weather: UK buffeted by blizzards

British Weather vocabulary exercise (Advanced)

Weather idioms exercise.

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