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eekend. W: Is it very far? M: No. It39。s so slow. W: But it39。ll be clear and fine this afternoon. Tomorrow it will be overcast, with a slight chance of rain later in the day. Today, the high will be 12 degrees. Tomorrow the low will be 6 degrees. Thanks for listening. W: What did it say? M: It will be clear and fine in the afternoon. W: See? There39。t you try 12121, the 24hour telephone weather forecast service? M: Gee! How e I hadn39。t be so sure. W: You39。s going to be fine this afternoon. W: So what? M: The sports meet! It39。m afraid. By tomorrow evening most of us will see some rain. Tomorrow morning will start off dry with a good deal of sunshine in most places. There will be a bit of fog along the southeast coast, however, and it will be generally cloudy, with light winds from the northeast keeping this coast cooler. In the northwest it will stay dull and cloudy with some heavy showers. Temperatures in this part of the country will be a cool 16 degrees. As the day goes on, we39。s not going to rain. The high is going to be only 6 degrees and the low, minus 3 degrees. By Friday night and maybe Saturday morning it39。s weather forecast for international travelers. Let39。s see, it39。re wonderful! How did you ever do it? John: It was nothing. Say, let39。s the matter, Mary? You look upset. Mary: My cell phone won39。re going to have a rainstorm this afternoon. Q: What will the weather be like this afternoon? SCRIPT Here Is the Latest Weather Report Good morning, I39。s the weather like now? 4. W: It seems to be clearing up. All the dark clouds are gone. M: Yes. Let39。s the weather like today? W: It was cold and wet when I got up, but now the rain has let up and the sun is ing out. Q: How is the weather now? 2. W: How39。s the weather outside now? M: It39。s hope it stays this way. I hate rainy days. Q: How is the weather today? 5. W: I think I39。m Jim Porter, and here is the latest weather report from Channel 62. First the national picture. The Pacific Coast will have strong winds which might bring rain from Northern California through coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest. In the Rockies there will be heavy snow. It will be cold and dry in the Midwest, and cloudy in the afternoon. Over to the Northeast, where there will be clear skies this morning. There might be some rain in the afternoon, but it won39。t work. I guess I39。s play some tennis, shall we? Mary: Yes, but it looks to me like there39。s just 1:00. Try to get a weather report on TV. Mary: OK. (Turning on the TV.) Announcer: ... and now here39。s start with Beijing. It will be cold and windy today. The low will be zero and the high will be 6 degrees Celsius. 2. Mexico City will be warm and wet, with a low of 68 degrees Fahrenheit and a high of 82 degrees. 3. Tokyo will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers in the afternoon. The low will be 4 degrees Celsius and the high 12 degrees. 4. Chicago is having a snowy day. It is freezing with a low of 15 degrees Fahrenheit and a high of 30 degrees. SCRIPT 1. ... and now here39。s going to snow but it will let up by Saturday afternoon and Sunday is going to be clear and sunny, but very cold. SCRIPT A Weather Report Good evening. Well, it39。re going to see a big change, as warm, humid weather pushes in from the south. This will bring rain to most of the southern half of the country by the evening. And there will be some thunderstorms, but only in the southwest, where temperatures will reach 26 degrees or possibly 27 degrees. In the northern half of the country the weather will be brighter and fresher. It will stay dry, but it will be quite windy and that east wind will keep temperatures down to about 19 degrees. That39。s scheduled at 2:00, but the fog! You can only see within a short distance. W: But don39。ve heard the forecast this morning, haven39。t thought about it? I39。ll be no problem for the sports meet this afternoon, then. M: But the report isn39。s safer. 3. M: Where did your brother go for holiday? W: Qingdao. M: When did he go? W: Last Friday. M: How long is he planning to stay? W: About two weeks. M: Did he fly? W: No. He went by ship. 4. W: So, you are going to have a vacation in Hong Kong. M: Yes. I39。s only 40 miles away. So we39。d like to go there, too. Woman: Yes, it39。s cheaper, isn39。ll definitely enjoy yourselves, I39。s going to look after the house? Who39。ve heard about it. But where exactly is it? M: It39。t know. Maybe. We39。t really like it. But we39。s idea. SCRIPT A 60YearOld Message in a Bottle Schwarz, a Swiss tourist traveling in Sweden, found a message in a bottle on a remote Swedish beach, some 55 miles south of Stockholm. The message in the bottle was apparently thrown into the sea 60 years ago by an Estonian refugee fleeing the Nazis. The message was written in English and dated 1943, when the Nazis occupied Estonia. It was signed by Maja Westerman, an Estonian refugee who wrote that she and her sister had arrived a year earlier on a small Swedish island. We are still dreaming about our home, she wrote. Is the war over yet? We are looking forward to peace and friendship. I would be very grateful if I could see my family again. About 2,000 refugees were given asylum on the small Swedish island during the Second World War, most of whom came from Estonian islands. It is very moving, said Schwarz, from his home in Switzerland. Just imagine if Maja Westerman is still alive today and it would be possible to find her! Schwarz said he found the bottle on Tuesday and returned to Switzerland on Friday. He said he would search for the letter39。s usually when I39。t it? That39。ll give you a letter, and you need to take this to the optician39。ve got your test results back now and they confirm what I thought. Your blood pressure and your cholesterol level are very high. So if you don39。t exercise every day,