MẪU CÂU TIẾNG ANH VỀ TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER

Welcome to Lesson 15 of the Everyday English Speaking Course! In this lesson, you’ll learn practical words and phrases for describing the current weather and temperature as well as predicting weather conditions in the future.

 Conversation #1 – Summer Weather 
 

Conversation Vocabulary & Phrases
To start, Carol says, “It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?” – this is a common way to begin a casual conversation. Here are some additional phrases for asking about the weather:

•  “How's the weather?”
•  “What's the weather like today?”
•  “It's a beautiful day, isn't it?”
•  “Terrible weather, isn't it?”

These two questions, ending in “isn’t it?” are ways to initiate a conversation because the other person will agree with your comment.

•  “What's the weather forecast?”

The forecast means the prediction of the weather in the future

•  “What's the temperature?”
•  “Is it hot/cold out?”

The most basic way to describe current weather conditions are these phrases:

 “It’s...

• o sunny
• o cloudy
• o rainy
• o foggy
• o windy
• o humid

And to describe the temperature, you can say:
 “It’s...

• o boiling
• o hot
• o warm
• o mild
• o cool/chilly
• o cold
• o freezing

 “It’s about 70 degrees.”

You can also describe the weather more generally, with these typical adjectives:
 Good weather
o “The weather’s... great / fantastic / gorgeous / perfect.”
 Bad weather
o “The weather’s... terrible / lousy / awful.”

Here are a few common phrases for talking about hot and sunny weather:

•  “The sun is shining.”
•  “It sure is a scorcher today.”

a scorcher = a very hot day: RẤT NÓNG

•  “There isn't a cloud in the sky.”
•  “We're having a real heat wave.”

heat wave = a series of hot days: CHUỖI NGÀY NÓNG
 “I got a bad sunburn.”
sunburn = when your skin turns red and hurts because of too much sun :RÁM DA DO NẮNG
 “Make sure to use sunscreen!”
sunscreen protects your skin from a sunburn!
 “I’m all sweaty.”
 “It’s unbearably hot.”
this means it’s extremely hot (in a negative sense) and you are uncomfortable

 Conversation #2 – Winter Weather 

Conversation Vocabulary & Phrases
In this dialogue, we hear various phrases about rainy, cloudy, windy, and snowy weather:
Phrases for talking about rain:

•  “It looks like rain.”

this means it is not yet raining, but it appears that it will rain soon

•  “It's drizzling.”

drizzling = raining lightly: MƯA LÂM RÂM

•  “It’s pouring.”

pouring = raining heavily : MƯA TO

•  “I got caught in the rain.”

this means you were outside when it started to rain

 “I hope the rain lets up.”
this means you hope the rain stops : LET UP = STOP ( DỪNG)
 “We had a downpour.”
a downpour is a sudden period of heavy rain
 “We had a thunderstorm.”
a thunderstorm is heavy rain with thunder and lightning
 “The heavy rain is causing flooding.”
flooding = too much water causing damage to land and buildings: LŨ LỤT

Phrases for talking about snow:

•  “It’s snowing.”
•  “We’re having a snowstorm/blizzard.”
•  “We’re expecting six to eight inches.”
•  “The roads are icy/slippery.”
•  “I slipped on the ice while walking to school.”

when walking, the verb to use is “slipped” : TRƠN TRƯỢT

•  “My car skidded on the icy road.”

when driving, the verb to use is “skidded”

Phrases for talking about clouds:

•  “It’s gloomy.”

this means the day is dark and depressing because the clouds are blocking the sun

•  “It’s foggy.”
•  “It’s overcast.”

overcast = the sky is completely covered with clouds

•  “It’s clearing up.”

this means the clouds are starting to go away

•  “The sun is coming out.”
  this means the sun is starting to appear

Phrases for talking about wind:

•  “There's a light breeze.”

this phrase describes a weak and pleasant wind

•  “The wind’s picking up / dying down.”

picking up = getting stronger; dying down = getting weaker

• “The wind is blowing.”
• “There are gale-force winds.”

gale-force winds = extremely strong winds

•  “A gust of wind almost knocked me over.”

Finally, in both conversations, there are phrases describing the prediction of the weather in the future. We call this prediction the weather forecast, and there are a number of different ways to express it in English:

•  “The forecast says...

o it's going to rain tomorrow.
o we're going to get six inches of snow.
o it'll be sunny this weekend.

•  “It's supposed to...

o get a little warmer tomorrow.
o clear up by the evening.
o be hot and humid all week.

•  “They say...

o there will be a thunderstorm this afternoon.
o it'll be chilly tomorrow.
o we're going to have a heat wave.

•  “We're expecting...

o hot/cold/humid/mild/warm/chilly weather
o rain/snow/a thunderstorm/a blizzard

•  “There's a 90% chance of...

o rain/snow/thunderstorms