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Heatwaves across the world

Learning English from the News

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Heat Wave

The word scorch is connected to heat, isn't it? And we got a lot of words about heat in english. It means to heat something to a level which damages it. For example, if you're ironing a shirt, you want to make your shirt nice and flat. If you leave that iron on the shirt for too long, it can leave scorch marks. So we can describe a very hot day as a scorcher. Yes? We've had a few too many scorches. Reses, absolutely. Ok. Let's have a look at our next headline. This one's from the standard hottest u k day ever predicted as london bakes in heat wave

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