Prince Charles the weather forecaster


Source: ITN News (You Tube) key words: prince charles weather man

Expect reign: Prince Charles reads the weather


The threat of floods and yet more miserable wet weather means all too often these days the television weather report is a thoroughly dispiriting business.

However, viewers tuning into BBC Scotland's lunchtime weather report today had at least a small measure of consolation after receiving the bad news from royalty.

Prince Charles, who was on a tour of the channel's Scottish Pacific Quay headquarters with his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, delivered a special weather broadcast live on BBC Scotland.





Vocabulary:

a reign -

a threat -

a flood -

all too often -

thoroughly -

dispiriting (adj) -

to tune into (a TV channel) -

headquarters -

to broadcast -

live (adj) -

to be treated to stg -

unsettled (weather) -

northwards -

outbreaks of rain -

a flurry of snow -

who the hell...? -

a script -

to compliment -

Wordle: First attempt

Comments

Anonymous said…
¡Strange phenomena! A prince does something. He works for one day. He is a hard worker. I have never seen it. He thought that like he was in Scotland he had to work for one day. I wonder if Scottish viewers would like it. Scottish people commented Prince Charles said that the threat of floods was imminent because the reign broadcasted that unsettled northwards was thoroughly dispiriting. LOL

The weather forecaster is a good job. The people said that they always make mistake but they really make same mistake that true. They are fortunes-teller about the weather. Whether now it´s raining in my village, tomorrow will be raining in your town.

In Spain there are people called meteorological observer who reports about the weather. For example, in Galicia there is one that reports to headquarters in Madrid. He works in his attic, he sees it´s cloudy, reining or sunny and he calls by telephone reporting about it. The forecaster will guess and will say by TV that tomorrow will be cloudy, reining or sunny. It´s a dangerous profession because can fall some lightning. I would like this job.

See you soon. José.
Graham said…
Hi José!

Sorry for taking so long to replying to your comment. I have been neglecting the blog lately - I think it's because of the arrival of the heat.

I think Prince Charles did a pretty good job as a weather forecaster.

I also think he is a hard worker, especially if you compare him to members of the Spanish family. :-)



He thought thatas he was in Scotland he would have to work for one day. I wonder if Scottish viewers liked it.
I'm afraid I can't make head nor tail of the next sentence. :-)

...People say that they always make mistakes but I don't think they make so many. Whether now it´s raining in my village or tomorrow it will be raining in your town.

In Spain there are people called meteorological observers who report about the weather. For example, in Galicia there is one that reports to headquarters in Madrid. He works in his attic, he sees if it´s cloudy, raining or sunny and he calls by telephone.


See you on Thursday.
Anonymous said…
Hello, It's Patricia, I like the video because I think that is a good form to show people that he is friendly and near from people. I probably would like that our queen made the same and appear in some program of TV making some joke, not always so serious, I think that is a way to show people that he is a person like us and do the same things.
Graham said…
Hi Patricia,

Well, Queen Letizia used to read the news and she is a commoner.


I like the video because I think that it is a good way to show people that he is friendly and close to the people. I probably would like our queen to do the same and appear on some TV programme for fun, and not always be so serious.

I think that it is a way to show people that he is a person like them and does the same things.

Anonymous said…
Hi, it’s Leticia:
I think it is a good idea of the Prince Charles to be the weather forescaster for one day, also it’s very unusual to see a prince doing that so i admire him.
Maybe this is a form to be more closer with the people of his country, and to express that he don´t mind to do that type of Jobs, that are really interesting.
I think that Queen Letizia dont mind to do that for one day because she is accustomed to appear in tv like a televisión news presenter ,and to be a weather forecaster for one day is very similar, so i think this can be funny for her and it can bring good memories about her past.
Graham said…
Hi Leticia,

Prince Charles has often been ridiculed, unfairly, by the press. I think this weather forecast shows he has a sense of fun as well as the serious side that we usually see.



I think it was a good idea for Prince Charles to be a weather forescaster for a day. Also it’s very unusual to see a prince doing that so I admire him.

Maybe this is a way to be closer to the people of his country, and to show that he doesn´t mind doing that type of jobs that are really interesting.

I think that Queen Letizia wouldn't mind doing that for one day because she is accustomed to / she is used to appearing on tv as a television news presenter ,and to be a weather forecaster for one day is very similar, so i think this might be funny for her and it can bring back good memories about her former life.



In my opinion Letizia has become more robotic since becoming Queen. She has to lighten up.