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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
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Brad and Carol are neighbors living in South Carolina. Listen to this conversation during one day in June. Carol: It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it? Brad: Sure is! There’s not a cloud in the sky. Carol: And it’s not too hot or humid either. I love it when it’s warm with a light breeze. Brad: Yeah. It’s supposed to be a real scorcher tomorrow, though. Carol: Oh really? That’s perfect, because my kids have a pool party in the afternoon. I wonder if we’re going to have a heat wave, like last summer. Brad: I don’t think so – they say we’re gonna get some thunderstorms over the weekend, so the rain should cool things off. Carol: That’s good. Well, I’m off to the park – I’ll catch you later! |
Brad và Carol là hàng xóm sống ở Nam Carolina. Hãy lắng nghe cuộc trò chuyện này vào một ngày tháng Sáu. |
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:
These two questions, ending in “isn’t it?” are ways to initiate a conversation because the other person will agree with your comment.
The forecast means the prediction of the weather in the future
The most basic way to describe current weather conditions are these phrases:
“It’s...
And to describe the temperature, you can say:
“It’s...
“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:
a scorcher = a very hot day: RẤT NÓNG
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
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Lindsay, in New York, calls her cousin Joe, who’s on vacation in Florida, in the month of January. Joe: Yeah. The forecast says the rain will let up by tomorrow morning... so, how much snow are you expecting? |
Lindsay, ở New York, gọi điện cho anh họ Joe, người đang đi nghỉ ở Florida, vào tháng Giêng. Joe: Vâng. Dự báo cho biết mưa sẽ tạnh vào sáng mai... vậy bạn dự đoán tuyết sẽ rơi bao nhiêu? |
Conversation Vocabulary & Phrases
In this dialogue, we hear various phrases about rainy, cloudy, windy, and snowy weather:
Phrases for talking about rain:
this means it is not yet raining, but it appears that it will rain soon
drizzling = raining lightly: MƯA LÂM RÂM
pouring = raining heavily : MƯA TO
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:
when walking, the verb to use is “slipped” : TRƠN TRƯỢT
when driving, the verb to use is “skidded”
Phrases for talking about clouds:
this means the day is dark and depressing because the clouds are blocking the sun
overcast = the sky is completely covered with clouds
this means the clouds are starting to go away
Phrases for talking about wind:
this phrase describes a weak and pleasant wind
picking up = getting stronger; dying down = getting weaker
gale-force winds = extremely strong winds
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:
o it's going to rain tomorrow.
o we're going to get six inches of snow.
o it'll be sunny this weekend.
o get a little warmer tomorrow.
o clear up by the evening.
o be hot and humid all week.
o there will be a thunderstorm this afternoon.
o it'll be chilly tomorrow.
o we're going to have a heat wave.
o hot/cold/humid/mild/warm/chilly weather
o rain/snow/a thunderstorm/a blizzard
o rain/snow/thunderstorms