Thuy is talking to her grandmother:
Thuy: Grandma, it's the weather forecast on TV.
Grandma: Can you turn up the volume, Thuy?
Thuy: Yes, Grandma.
Weatherman: Here is tomorrow's weather forecast. Ha Noi and areas to the north will be sunny. Ha Noi will have the temperatures between 23oC and 27oC. It will be raining along the coast of Thanh Hoa. The south-central coast can expect thunderstorms. Hue will experience temperatures between 25oC and 30oC. There will also be thunderstorms over the central highlands. Areas around the Cuu Long Delta can expect clouds during the day. Ho Chi Minh's temperatures will be between 27oC and 35oC.
Thuy: That's all, Grandma.
Grandma: Thank you, dear. What are you doing?
Thuy: I'm preparing for a picnic with some old friends of mine. We haven't met since we left school. We're going to park on the other side of the river.
Grandma: Don't forget to bring along the raincoat.
Thuy: But Grandma, the forecast says it'll be sunny.
Grandma: I never trust weather forecasts.
Thuy: You don't miss a single on TV, do you?
Grandma: But I like watching them, dear.
Thuy: Alright Grandma, I'll bring a raincoat just in case. I hope my friends won't laugh at me.
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Typhoons: When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Autralia, and typhoon in Asia. The world "typhoon" comes from Chinese: tai means "big" and feng means "wind", so the word "typhoon" means "big wind".
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Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm. they can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy in 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
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