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Appendix 1

Some like it hot - but not this hot.

Too hot - even for a baboon. An Olive baboon rests in the shade at Madrid Zoo

on a day when the temperature hit 39C.

Photograph: Jorge Sanz/Demotix/Corbis

In contrast to the wet and windy start to the summer in the northern half of Britain, the south-east of England is looking rather parched right now, even after the weekend's rain. The south-east has been on the ; line-height: 150%; widows: 2; orphans: 2"> Germany's all-time highest temperature record was broken on 5 July with 40.3C in Bavaria, and in the Netherlands, Maastricht set a new national record for July of 38.2C. Spain set new record temperatures for both May and June, and this month Geneva recorded the highest ever temperature in Switzerland north of the Alps, with 39.7C.

The impacts have been felt far and wide, especially in the power markets. Swiss and French nuclear power plants have been forced to reduce power output to avoid heating the Rhine and Aare rivers with their waste water. And, ironically, solar power plants have suffered slight reductions in power output because of the intense heat. Wildfires raging in Greece from heat and drought have sent up vast plumes of smoke that are clearly visible on satellite pictures. Such heat takes its toll on public health too: an estimated 700 people died in France in the heatwave at the end of June and early July.

Jeremy Plester

Sunday 26 July 2015 21.30 BST Last modified on Monday 27 July 2015 00.01 BST

Story from theguardian.com/news/2015/jul/26/weatherwatch-heatwave-europe

Appendix 2

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Appendix 3

Questions for blocking vocabulary

… the south-east of England is looking rather parched right now, even after the weekend's rain.

• Do we speak about water or land? (Land)

• Is this land good for growing plants? (No)

What is particularly shocking about this heat is its persistence.

• Does it mean that high temperatures are still a problem? (Yes)

• Is this weather condition continued and prolonged? (Yes)

For now the extreme heat has returned to its more normal habitat.

• Is it the natural place where high temperatures are usual? (Yes)

• Is it the place where certain weather conditions originate? (Yes)

The impacts have been felt far and wide, especially in the power markets.

• Is it an effect that event or situation can have? (Yes)

• Does it mean that something changed? (Yes)

And, ironically, solar power plants have suffered slight reductions in power output because of the intense heat.

• Is it good for plant's productivity? (No)

• Do the solar power plants work more or less? (Less)

Such heat takes its toll on public health too.

• Does it have an effect on anything? (Yes)

• Is this effect positive or negative? (Negative)

Appendix 4

1. Find the best title for the article

1. Some like it hot, but not this hot

2. Typical British summer: what's it like?

3. Animal dying because of the climate change

4. Temperature record broken in Germany.

5. Solar power plants suffer reductions in power.

Appendix 5

2. Agree or disagree with the statements.

1. Early summer in northern Britain was wet and windy.

2. The weekend's rain caused no change in weather conditions in the south-east of England.

3. The temperature record was broken only in Germany and the Netherlands.

4. The highest recorded temperature ever in Switzerland this year was 38.2.

5. The nuclear power plants reduced power output because they heat the rivers with their waste water.

6. Smoke over Greece can be seen from space.

Appendix 6

Keys

Find the best title for the article

1. Some like it hot, but not this hot

2. Typical British summer: what's it like?

3. Animals dying because of the climate change

4. Temperature record broken in Germany.

5. Solar power plants suffer reductions in power.

Agree or disagree with the statements.

1. Early summer in northern Britain was wet and windy. (Yes)

2. The weekend's rain caused no change in weather conditions in the south-east of England. (Yes)

3. The temperature record was broken only in Germany and the Netherlands. (No, in Spain and Switzerland too)

4. The highest recorded temperature ever in Switzerland this year was 38.2. (Wrong, it was 39.7)

5. The nuclear power plants reduced power output because they heat the rivers with their waste water. (Yes)

6. Smoke over Greece can be seen from space (Yes)