A、How much it has improved in recent years. B、How reliable long-range forecasts are. C、How long it takes to become a meteorologi

W: We’d better be looking for sales on down jackets arid thermal underwear. It’s going to be really cold this winter.
M: Well, you didn’t expect it to be warm, did you?
W: Of course not, but I just heard the National Weather Services prediction for the next 90 days. They said it’s supposed to be much colder weather than usual.
M: Yeah, maybe. Personally, I think those long-range forecasts are useless.
W: Not as useless as you think.
M: Oh, come on, when you’re talking about what’s going to happen three months later, you might as well just pick a forecast out of your hat.
W: Well, you are half way right They aren’t very good for precipitation But they are a lot better for temperatures especially for this time of the year.
M: Really, so I should take them seriously about the cold but not count too much on a lot of extra snow?
W: Anna.
M: But what did you say about this time of the year? Do some seasons really give them more problems in making forecasts?
W: Autumn is the worst Apparently weather patterns change so much thea Just think how variable our weather has been the last three months.
M: Come to think of it. That’s true. It probably would have been hard to predict all those changes back in the summer. You know, you’re beginning to convince me there is more to forecasting than I thought. How come you know so much about it?
W: I get my information from an expert. My sister’s a meteorologist.
M: No wonder you know.
5.On what aspect of weather forecasting does the
6.According to the woman, what does the 90-day forecast predict fairly accurately?
7.Why is it difficult to predict the weather far in advance for autumn?
8.What is the man’s attitude toward forecasting at the end of the conversation?