Ask and answer in pairs. • What is the difference between a weather report and a weather forecast? What is the weather like today? What was the weather like yesterday (last Sunday) / two days ago?

As an endless stream of often-absurd observations of nothing much, twitter might have (0) appealed to surrealists of 1920s paris. now, film director tim burton has (1) _ adapted_ their favourite parlour game in an experiment to create a script using lines posted as tweets. widely known as a modern master of the macabre, tim burton, who (2) _ directed__ edward scissorhands and the new alice in wonderland film, was no (3) _ doubt __ attracted to the game by its title: cadaver exquis translates as “exquisite corpse”. it is a game (4) _ similar_ to consequences, in which players write lines on (5) _ folded_ paper. mr burton posted the opening line to a new tale last week, inviting readers to suggest what should happen next. the best submissions, of no more than 140 characters, are selected every few hours and posted at burtonstory.com. the introduction (6) _ reads__: ”stainboy, using his special skills, was (7) _ called_ in to investigate a mysterious glowing spot on the gallery floor.” stainboy is a nervous young superhero. his experience has (8) _   inspired  _ the imagination of tweeters. the latest of 26 lines of the story last night, (9) _ posted_ by @angelina, read: “his vision blurred from the spot, stainboy (10) _ rubbed __ his eyes and a face came into focus. he heard a girlish giggle.