While we were sailing, my friend tuned in to listen to the weather forecast on a local radio station. Over the airwaves, there was a pause and an audible shuffling of papers, followed by a voice saying, "I'm sorry, I can't find the forecast, but let me look out of the window--Oh! it's a lovely drying day."

Vocabulary Practice
Mark the best choice.

1. To '___' means to adjust a radio to receive a certain program.
• broadcast
• sail
• tune in
• shuffle

2. 'Airwaves' means ___.
• wind
• plane
• radio waves
• light waves

3. 'Forecast' is ___.
• a kind of radio
• statement of future events
• a person reading the news
• a kind of boat

4. To 'shuffle' here means to ___.
• walk heavily towards something
• move around to different positions
• write to somebody
• talk softly to someone

Questions for Discussion
1. What is wrong with such a forecast?
2. What's the weather like today?

Activity
1. Now you tell your friend(s) the story in your own words.

Miscellany
A French proverb:

Money is a good servant but a bad master.