Thursday, February 26, 2026

07.07.26: Level 1 (review); weather (10); Traupman [i] listening

Listen to the text without looking at the transcript and answer the questions:

algeō, -ēre [2]: be / feel cold

[i] How does the boy describe the weather today? (1)

[ii] Why does he say that? (1)

[iii] How does the girl describe the weather today? (4)

[iv] What does the boy think the weather in Switzerland is like? (3)

[v] According to the girl:

(a) What are winters like in the Alps? (1)

(b) What is the weather like in summer? (1)

[vi] According to the boy, what is the weather like in Rome:

(a) in winter? (1)

(b) in summer? (1)

[vii] According to the girl, which two weather features do not happen in Rome? (2)

[viii] The girl suggests they go outside to play. Why? (1)

[ix] Why does the boy agree? (1)

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Puer Rōmānus: Est frīgidum hodiē.

Puella Helvētia: Frīgidumne? Quōmodo id dīcere potes?

Puer: Quia ego algeō.

Puella: At sōl lūcet et ventulus mītis flat. Prōrsus, est diēs bellus et tepidus.

Puer: Haec dīcis, quia tempestās in Helvētiā semper frīgida est. Nihil habēs in Ālpibus praeter nivem et glaciem.

Puella: Parum vērum est! Estō; hiemēs in Ālpibus sunt longae. Sed tempestās ibi aestāte est bellissima.

Puer: Hīc hiems est plūvia, et diēs aestāte sunt calidissimī.

Puella: Sed hīc Rōmae neque grandinat neque ningit. Eāmus forās lūsum. Mox tū nōn iam algēbis.

Puer: Vēra dīcis. Iam disserēnat.

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[i] cold

[ii] feels cold

[iii] sun shining (1); gentle breeze blowing (1); beautiful; (1) warm (1)

[iv] always cold (1); snow (1); ice (1)

[v] (a) long; (b) very beautiful

[vi] (a) rainy; (b) very hot

[vii] no hail (1); no snow (1)

[viii] soon won’t feel cold

[ix] weather clearing up

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