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Session 5
Listen to find out how to talk about the weather in English.
α΅αα α¨α ααα³α α α₯ααααα α₯αα΄α΅ ααα«α΅ α₯αα°ααα½α αααα
αααα α₯αα³αα₯α’
Activity 1
How do I talk about the weather?
α₯ααα
α α΅αα α¨α ααα³ α¨αα«αα© ααα΅ α¨αααα αα° ααα΅ α α
α°α α°α¨α°α α«α΅ααα‘α’
It's cool.
It's hot.
It's warm.
It's cold.
ααα½ α΅αα α¨α ααα³ α¨ααααͺα« ααααΆα½α αααα
ααα
α±α α«α³αα‘α’
αααΆα½αα ααα£α«α΅ αα³αα₯αα ααα₯αα’ α¨αα«α α¨α³α½ α«αα α αα αα α«αα³α΅α©α΅α’
αα©α£α€α
α€α αα΅α₯ααα€ α₯αα³α αα° How do I… ααα
α³α½α α α°α
α αα‘α€ α α₯α¨ααΉα α¨αααα¨α α₯α αα©α£α€α…
Sian
And me, Sian. Hi everybody. Welcome!
αα©α£α€α
α αα
ααα α΅αα α¨α ααα³ α¨αααα«α£αΈαα αα© αα© ααααΆα½ α₯αααααα’ α¨α°αα°α α°αα½ α΅ααα¬α α¨α α¨α ααα³ α²α«αα© α αα³αα₯ α₯ααααα’ ααα ααα α£ααα£αα΅ α₯αα α αα¨ααα€ α αα α₯ααααα³ααα’ αα αα αα α¨α΅αα α°αααͺ α°α΅α³ α₯αα³ααα α₯α» ααα΅αα’
What's the weather like today?
- It's really cold and rainy.
- It's cloudy but it's quite warm outside.
- Ugh, it's raining now.
- It's really sunny and it's very hot today!
αα©α£α€α
α
α! α¨α΅ ααα α₯αα°αααα α₯α α αα«ααα! α¨α΅ ααα α₯αα°αααα αα΅ααα? α΅αα α¨α ααα³ α¨ααα«α³α½α α αα΅ ‘α¨α α¨α© ααα³ αα ααα΅αα?’ α₯αα α₯αα΄α΅ α₯αα°ααα αα
α₯αα£α«α’
Sian
OK, so we ask the question like this: ‘What’s the weather like?’ And it just means ‘tell me about the weather today’. Let's practise the pronunciation. Listen again and repeat.
What's the weather like today?
αα©α£α€α
α΅ααα
α²α«αα₯ α΅αα α¨α ααα³α αααα«α΅ α΅αααα ααα α΅α ααα α₯ααα«? We heard lots of adjectives - α
α
αα½ - didn't we?
Sian
Yes! So we have adjectives to describe the weather and these are made with the noun plus the letter ‘y’. Like, for ‘rain’ we can say ‘it's rainy today’.
αα©α£α€α
α αα’ α΅α ααα₯ ‘rain’ ααα€ α₯αα±α α
α
α ααα΅α¨α ‘y’ α₯αα¨ααα α΅α ααα£α ‘rainy’ ααααα’ ‘It's rainy today.’
α΅ααα
α αα α°αα ‘cloud’ αααα αα α
α
α αα αα΅ α₯αα½ααα? α'ααα ‘sun’ ααα΅?
α΅ααα ααα α αααααα αααα
α₯αα°αα α«α³αα‘α’
It's cloudy but it’s quite warm outside.
It's really sunny and it's very hot today!
αα©α£α€α
α΅ααα
α α¨αα¬α α¨α α¨α ααα³ ααααα
α₯ααα
α
α
αα½ αα αα αα½ααα€ αααα α α ααα αα΅α₯ α«ααα α α ααα α¨α α¨α ααα³α’ ‘It's’ α₯α ααααα α ααα±α’ ‘It's cloudy, it's rainy, it's sunny’.
Sian
Now, let’s quickly practise the pronunciation together!
It’s rainy.
It's sunny.
It's cloudy.
αα©α£α€α
Great! α₯αΊα₯ α
α
αα½α α αα αα α¨α α¨α ααα³αα αααα
α₯αα½αααα’ αα ααΆα½α΅? ααα³α α αα ‘α₯α¨ααα αα’ αααα΅ α₯ααααα΅? Can you remember? Let's listen to find out…
It's raining now.
Sian
That's right! So you can say ‘it's raining’.
αα©α£α€α
α α£α α₯α© - α αα¨α¨α»α α αα΅ α°α α΅αααα΅ ααα³α α²α«αα« α°αα α΅ααα
αα
‘hot’ α₯α ‘cold’ αααα α ααα’ αα
α ααααα α΅αααα ααα³ ααααͺα« αααα΅α α«α΅α³αα³α? α°ααα α₯αα³αα₯α’
It's quite warm outside.
Sian
That's right – so ‘warm’ is comfortable – not hot and not cold. We can also say ‘it's cool’ which is closer to cold.
αα©α£α€α
α΅ααα
α¨αααα α₯α΅α¨ αα
α«αα΅α α¨ααα΅ ααα³αα½ α α
α°α α°α¨α°α α¨ααααͺα« ααααΆα½α α₯αα³αα₯α’
Listen and practise the pronunciation:
It's cold.
It's cool.
It’s warm.
It's hot.
αα©α£α€α
α΅αα α¨α ααα³α α¨αα«αα©α£αΈαα α₯ααα
α α΅αα
ααααΆα½ α°αα¨ααα€ α αα α¨α°αα°α αααα΅ α¨αα΅α¨αα« αα ααα’
What's the weather like today?
αα©α£α€α
α₯αΊα₯ αα¬ α₯α α°αα α αα€ ααα αα ααα΅α α α αααα΅ αα ααα?
Sian
It's really cloudy but quite warm.
αα©α£α€α
Did you say the same?
α αα ααα«α ααα€ α¨α£α΅ ααα΅α α αα’ αααα΅ αα ααα?
Sian
It's really hot and sunny.
αα©α£α€α
Did you say the same?
Sian
It's raining here in London again! What's the weather like where you are? Come and tell us!
αα©α£α€α
Good idea! See you next week for more great episodes of How do I… Bye!
Sian
Bye!
Learn more!
1. α¨α α¨α ααα³αα ααααα
αα αααα΅ α
α
α αααα ααα αα α₯αα ααααα’
α α α₯ααα αα± αα 'y' α₯αα¨αα«ααα’
α΅ααα
α 'rain'α₯ 'it’s rainy' ααααα’ 'wind'α₯ 'it's windy' ααααα’ 'sun'α₯ 'it's sunny' ααααα’ α₯αα
αα α¨αα¨α¨α»α 'n' α΅α°αααα½α’
2. α΅αα α¨α ααα³α αααα«α΅ αα αααα΅ ααΆα½α αα αα α₯α½ααα?
'It's raining', 'it's snowing' ααα΅ α₯αα½αααα’
3. α¨ααα΅ ααα³αα α₯αα΄α΅ αααα
α₯α½ααα?
α¨αααα αα° ααα΅ α α
α°α α°α¨α°α α₯αα²α
ααα΅ αα½ααα¦
- it's cold
- it's cool
- it's warm
- it's hot
α΅αα α¨α ααα³α α₯αα΄α΅ ααα«α΅ αα»αα?
3 Questions
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘α’
Help
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘α’
Hint
α¨α α¨α ααα³α α₯αα΄α΅ αα α₯αα αα α¨α αα½αα?Question 1 of 3
Help
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘α’
Hint
αα₯ α«α αααα΅ 'warm' α¨αααα α α αα₯ ααα αα αα αα α₯αα½αααα’Question 2 of 3
Help
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘α’
Hint
βItβ αα«α°α΅ α«α΅ααααα³αα’Question 3 of 3
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α αα΅α‘α α‘α΅αα½α αα αααα©αα’
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α°α¨ααͺ α αα α¨ααα α α αααα½α αααα α₯α α¨αα³αα₯ αα
αα΅αα α ααααα΅ ααα³α α α αα£α© How do I... αααα½α αα α₯ααα’
Session Vocabulary
It's sunny.
ααα«α ααIt's windy.
ααα³α ααIt's rainy.
ααα£α ααIt's raining.
α₯α¨ααα ααcool
ααααwarm
αα α«α