Saturday, February 21, 2026

29.06.26: Level 3(+) (review); weather (1); weather (and historical) forecast [i]; listening

Listen to the recording without looking at the transcript and choose [A], [B] or [C]:

[i] Throughout Italy today’s weather is:

[A] warm

[B] sweltering

[C] typical for summer

[ii] At this time of year the weather is:

[A] normal

[B] unusual

[C] sometimes like this

[iii] The forecasts are good for:

[A] later today

[B] the weekend

[C] tomorrow

[iv] In Greece:

[A] it is stormy

[B] it is windy

[C] there’s a gentle breeze

[v] What connection do Alexander the Great and Ptolemy have with Macedonia?

[A] They were both kings there.

[B] They both died there.

[C] They were born there.

[vi] What took place at Actium?

[A] a naval battle

[B] the defeat of Octavian

[C] a great storm

[vii] What two pieces of information are given about Egypt?

[A] kingdom of Cleopatra; land of the pyramids

[B] land of the pyramids; kingdom of Ptolemy

[C] a desert; kingdom of Cleopatra

[viii] What is the weather like in Egypt?

[A] humid

[B] wet

[C] dry

[ix] the Nile flows into:

[A] the Tyrrhenian Sea

[B] the Mediterranean

[C] the Black Sea

[x] At Alexandria there are:

[A] a library and a lighthouse

[B] a lighthouse and a large statue

[C] a library and a tower

[xi] In Egypt the forecasts are:

[A] good for today

[B] bad for the days to come

[C] bad for tomorrow

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Grātiās tibi agō, Claudī. Tōtam per Ītaliam aestuōsa est hodiē, ut semper hīs temporibus annī. Praesāgia tempestātis crāstinae autem sunt bona. Ventōsum est autem in Graeciā, praesertim hīc in Macedoniā. Alexander Magnus et prīmus Ptolemaeus in Macedoniā nātī sunt. Et ventōsum est apud Actium, ubi Caesar Octāviānus nāvālī proeliō superāvit Cleopatram Antōniumque. In Aegyptō, rēgnō Cleopatrae terrāque pȳramidum āridum est. Ecce Nīlus, fluēns in Mare Nostrum! Ecce Alexandrīa, ubi est bibliothēca clārissima et Pharōs nōtissimus. In Aegyptō autem sunt praesāgia tempestātis futūrae mala.

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[i] B

[ii] A

[iii] C

[iv] B

[v] C

[vi] A

[vii] A

[viii] C

[ix] B

[x] A

[xi] B

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