weather affects all of us in one way or another, directly or indirectly. for example, good weather makes people happy. bad weather makes people sick and depressed. be sides, on a fine day, one can go out for a walk or play a game in the open. on a rainy day, however, he can only stay indoors, in a word, weather is part of life for all of us.

　　the first thing that many people do after getting up is to see what the weather is like. with a knowledge of the weather people can arrange work and life of the day. if it is fine, he may decide to go on a picnic. if it is cloudy, he will have to take a raincoat or an umbrella with him when he is leaving the house. whatever the weather may be, one tends to adjust his activities to it accordingly.

　　in order to know what the weather will he, special people are hired 1o provide this information. they collect data, analyze them and predict the weather of the coming day. this information, which is announced on the radio or on tv, is usually very accurate. thanks to the efforts of those professionals, we can always know the weather in advance and get prepared for it.