29/3/2010 11:00-12:30

1. There is a drought in many parts of China.
   There is a severe shortage of water. Water is being rationed in the cities.
   In Singapore the situation is completely different.
   There is plentiful supply of water.
   Although water levels in reservoir were low recently , they have been replenished as a result of rains in the last few weeks.
   Water is very precious.
2. The temperature rarely goes above 32C.
   sweat
   perspire
   We perspire a lot in the tropics.
   The weather is humid.
   Humidity is very high.
3. It takes about 3 weeks to get yourself acclimatised.
   water vapour
   The leaves drop.
   The trees become bare.
   Plants begin to bud in spring.
   Flowers begin to blossom.
   We usually wear light cotton clothes.
   Cotton absorbs perspiration easily.
   Cotton is a natural fabric.
4. Our attire is determined by climate.
   boiling hot <->freezing cold
   Three Gorges Dam has interfered with nature leak.
   leakage
5. light rain = drizzle.
6. It is drizzling
   hug
   cats and dogs
   Rains in Singapore are accompanied by lighting and thunder.
   tide
   flood
7. Vehicles get stranded.
   drainage works
   Canals have widened and deepened.
   Rivers have been canalized.
   drown
   He died of drowning.
   He was drowned.
   Loess <-> yellow dust
   fog,foggy.
   The foggy weather visibility is very limited.
   smog
   program of afforestation

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