29/3/2010 11:00-12:30
- 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. - The temperature rarely goes above 32C.
sweat
perspire
We perspire a lot in the tropics.
The weather is humid.
Humidity is very high. - 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. - Our attire is determined by climate.
boiling hot <->freezing cold
Three Gorges Dam has interfered with nature leak.
leakage - light rain = drizzle.
- It is drizzling
hug
cats and dogs
Rains in Singapore are accompanied by lighting and thunder.
tide
flood - 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
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