Laurie Halse Andersonâs young-adult novel âSpeakâ is rich with symbolism. âSpeakâ tells the story of Melinda Sordino, a high school student who stops speaking after she is raped by a classmate at a party.aurie Halse Andersonâs young-adult novel âSpeakâ is rich with symbolism. âSpeakâ tells the story of Melinda Sordino, a high school student who stops speaking after she is raped by a classmate at a party.
weather forecastnoun [ C ] uk â /ËweÃ°.É ËfÉË.kÉËst/ us â /ËweÃ°.É ËfÉËr.kÃ¦st/. B1 a statement of what the weather is likely to be for the next day or few days, usually broadcast on television or radio or printed in a newspaper.
People often confuse weather and climate; they are not identical. According to the American Meteorological Society (AMS), weather is defined as the state of the atmosphere at some place and time, usually expressed in terms of temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation and cloudiness.