Tamara: Hello, Mr. English!
Mr. English: Tamara! It?s so good to see you again! How are you?
Tamara: I?m fine! How are you?
Mr. English: I?m OK! It?s a beautiful day.
Tamara: Yes, it is. The sun is shining. The children are playing. [We hear birds.] The birds are singing, and I?m ready for my lesson.
Mr. English: Your lesson?
Tamara: Yes. My history lesson.
Mr. English: Oh, that?s right. You?re here from the future. And you want to learn all about life in the 1990s. [We hear thunder.]
Tamara: What?s that?
Mr. English: Oh, that?s thunder.
Tamara: Thunder… Hmm. [We hear thunder again.] And that light in the sky… what is it?
Mr. English: That?s lightning. It?s a storm. A storm is coming! Look, it?s not sunny now. And it?s cold! There are dark clouds in the sky. [We hear rain.] Oh, it?s raining now! [We hear strong winds.] And it?s windy. Let?s go inside. [They come in from the rain.] Oh, where is our beautiful sunny day?
Tamara: I think the storm is beautiful. This is my first real storm.
Mr. English: But is it sunny in the future --all the time?
Tamara: [She laughs.] No, we have rain in the twenty-first century. But only when we want rain. And there is no lightning, and there is no thunder.
Mr. English: Really? Well, I?d like to see the sun again today! I feel sad when the weather is bad.
ITS? A GRAY DAY.
ITS? A TERRIBLE DAY.
IT?S A GLOOMY DAY.
IT?S A DREARY DAY.
IT?S CLOUDY. IT?S RAINY. IT?S WINDY. IT?S SAD.
THERE?S LIGHTNING AND THUNDER.
YES, THERE IS… AND I?M GLAD.
IT?S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN ANY WEATHER.
SO LET?S SING A BEAUTIFUL SONG.
IT?S A BEAUTIFUL DAY WHEN WE?RE TOGETHER.
AND RAIN OR SHINE, THERE?S NOTHING WRONG.
AND WE?RE ALL FEELING ALL RIGHT.
IT?S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN ANY WEATHER.
AND IT?S GONNA TO BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.
Tamara: Thank you for the history lesson, Mr. English.
Mr. English: The history lesson?
Tamara: Well, now I see that the weather is very important for people at the end of the twentieth century. You feel happy when it?s sunny, and sad when it?s not sunny.
Mr. English: Well, that is true for me --and for a lot of people. But tell me more about the weather in the twenty-first century.
Tamara: Oh, in the future, people can change the weather. The weather can?t change people.
Mr. English: Really?
Tamara: [She laughs.] Really!
Mr. English: Listen! It?s not rainy now. And where are those dark clouds? The sun is shining again! The weather is fine and I feel great!