Unit 1.FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (Vocabulary Reading Listening Speaking Grammar)
Unit 2.INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS (Vocabulary Reading Listening Speaking Grammar)
Unit 3. HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
Unit 4. THE WORLD OF FASHION
Unit 5-6. WEATHER CLIMATE
What is the difference between weather and climate?
We hear about weather and climate all of the time. Most of us check the local weather forecast to plan our days. And climate change is certainly a “hot” topic in the news.
Think about it this way: Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.
Weather is what you see outside on any particular day. So, for example, it may be 75° degrees and sunny or it could be 20° degrees with heavy snow. That’s the weather.
Climate is the average of that weather. For example, you can expect snow in the Northeast in January or for it to be hot and humid in the Southeast in July. This is climate. The climate record also includes extreme values such as record high temperatures or record amounts of rainfall. If you’ve ever heard your local weather person say “today we hit a record high for this day,” she is talking about climate records.
So when we are talking about climate change, we are talking about changes in long-term averages of daily weather. In most places, weather can change from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and season-to-season. Climate, however, is the average of weather over time and space.
