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Conversation One
M: Is that a map? Are you going sailing orsomething?
W: I wish. It’s a hurricane-tracking chart.It’s a map of tropical ocean areas southeast of us. It follows the developmentof tropical storms, even hurricanes. They develop in the Caribbean and movearound the Atlantic and here on the Florida Coast. We got hit a lot by thosewinds or rain in July or August.
M: Do you think that the tropical storm ison the way?
W: Too early to tell, but we need to beprepared. The radio mentioned possible evacuation routes.
M: Really? It’s that serious’?
W: You’d better believe it. Late summer ishurricane season. The television updates locations and speeds every hour.
M: What did they say is out there now?
W: A couple of tropical depressions, twostorms and two hurricanes.
M: What’s the difference?
W: Wind velocity. A depression is the leastserious actually, and a hurricane is the most serious.
M: How serious are the winds in hurricanes?
W: They have sustained winds of 74 mph andup.
M: What are the names on the map?
W: David, Arlene, Francisco, and Gina. Youknow weather forecasters give the hurricanes the names of people to make stormseasy to identify,
M: I wonder what the status of the storm isnow.
W: You can turn on the television; it hasthe best coverage. There is an update coming up in five minutes.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on theconversation you have just heard.
19. What is the conversation mainly about?
20. What’s the weather of late summer?
21. How is one tropical weather system distinguishedfrom the other?
22. How do weather forecasters identifyhurricanes?
