Communication Skills

3.1.3. Practice Activities

a. Take a world map. Listen to the weather report on any of the English TV Channels or radio. Mark the weather conditions of different places on the map. (You can use your own symbols and signs while marking, but indicate what they mean in some corner of the map.) Do this activity for at least a week.

b. Either your teacher or one of your classmates will read the following weather report. Listen to him/her and take notes.

Jyotsna: Good morning, I’m afraid it’s a gloomy day today almost everywhere. The latest satellite pictures show extensive cloud coverage in northern India and Nepal and it’s raining heavily in and around Uttaranchal. Lucknow has recorded 5 cms of rainfall and Kanpur 2 cms. There may be some rain in Delhi, Chandigarh and Bhopal.

In the South, though there are no rains, it’s cloudy and there may be showers in Karnataka, Rayalaseema and Talangana. Tamilnadu will remain cloudy and there may be strong winds.