Thứ Ba, 1 tháng 12, 2020

Talking about Weather!


I/ How's the weather today? 

Answers:


It’s good

It's nice

It's bad

It's amazing

It's wonderful


More questions:


1. How's the weather in Spring?


2. How's the weather in Summer?


3. How's the weather in Fall (= Autumn)?


4. How's the weather in Winter?


II/ What's the weather like? 


Answers:


1/ it’s hot /hɑːt/




2/ it’s cool /kuːl/




3/ it’s warm /wɔːrm/




4/ it’s stormy /ˈstɔːrmi/




5/ it’s cold /koʊld/




6/ it’s cloudy /ˈklaʊdi/




it's cloudless /ˈklaʊdləs/



7/ it’s rainy /ˈreɪni/



it's drizzly 
/ˈdrɪzli/




8/ it’s windy /ˈwɪndi/



it's breezy  /ˈbriːzi/



9/ it’s snowy /ˈsnoʊi/



10/ it’s foggy /ˈfɑːɡi/



11/ it’s sunny /ˈsʌni/



12/ it's wet /wet/ = humid /ˈhjuːmɪd/



13/ it's floody /flʌd/




14/ it's smoky /ˈsmoʊki/



15/ Dry /draɪ/




16/ it's polluted







More questions:


1. What’s the weather like in Spring?


2. What’s the weather like in Summer?


3. What’s the weather like in Fall?


4. What’s the weather like in Winter?


5. Have you ever been to...

  • Mekong Delta? Where in Mekong Delta? How's the weather in Can Tho/ Dong Thap/ An Giang/ Long An/ ben Tre...? What's the weather like?
  • Central Highland Vietnam? Where in Central Highland Vietnam? How's the weather in Da Lat/ Bao Loc/ Dak lak/ Dak Nong/ Kon Tom...? What's the weather like?
  • Central Vietnam? Where in Central Vietnam? How's the weather in Da Nang/ Hoi An/ Hue/ Qui Nhon/ Nha Trang...? What's the weather like?
  • North Vietnam? Where in North Vietnam? How's the weather in Ha Noi/ Sapa/ Ha Long Bay/ Trang An/ Ha Giang...? What's the weather like?
  • South Vietnam? Where in South Vietnam? How's the weather in Sai Gon/ Vung Tau/ Bien Hoa/ Binh Duong/ Tay Ninh...? What's the weather like?

Or


6. What is the weather like in Phan Thiet?


7. Have you ever been to...

  • Da Lat? What is the weather like in Da Lat?
  • Nha Trang? What is the weather like in Nha Trang?
  • Sai Gon? What is the weather like in Sai Gon?
  • Ha Noi? What is the weather like in Ha Noi?
  • Sapa? What is the weather like in Sapa?

8. Have you ever traveled abroad? Where? How's the weather? What's the weather like?

More WEATHER in English!

I/ How’s the weather?




  • good /ɡʊd/
  • great /ɡreɪt/
  • nice /naɪs/
  • pleasant /ˈpleznt/
  • fine /faɪn/
  • lovely /ˈlʌvli/
  • excellent /ˈeksələnt/
  • wonderful /ˈwʌndərfl/
  • beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfl/





  • bad /bæd/
  • awful /ˈɔːfl/
  • ugly /ˈʌɡli/
  • gloomy /ˈɡluːmi/
  • unpleasant /ʌnˈpleznt/
  • terrible /ˈterəbl/

II/ What’s the weather like?

  • sunny /ˈsʌni/
  • warm /wɔːrm/
  • cold /koʊld/
  • very cold
  • icy /ˈaɪsi/
  • hot /hɑːt/
  • mild /maɪld/
  • bitter cold /ˈbɪtər/
  • freezing/ˈfriːzɪŋ/
  • chilly/ˈtʃɪli/
  • cool /kuːl/
  • rainy /ˈreɪni/
  • wet /wet/
  • stormy /ˈstɔːrmi/
  • breezy /ˈbriːzi/
  • dry /draɪ/
  • windy /ˈwɪndi/
  • calm /kɑːm/
  • windless /ˈwɪndləs/
  • humid /ˈhjuːmɪd/
  • foggy/ˈfɑːɡi/

III/ Sky /skaɪ/

  • dark /dɑːrk/
  • cloudy /ˈklaʊdi/
  • blue /bluː/
  • clear /klɪr/
  • bright /braɪt/
  • cloudless /ˈklaʊdləs/
  • gray (BrE grey) /ɡreɪ/

IV/ Temperature /ˈtemprətʃər/


What’s the temperature in Phan Thiet? 

The average temperature in Phan Thiet is 35°C (thirty five degree celsius)

More practice:

What’s the temperature in Sai Gon?
What’s the temperature in Can Tho?
What’s the temperature in Da Lat?
What’s the temperature in Nha Trang?
What’s the temperature in Ha Noi?

Average /ˈævərɪdʒ/


Degree /dɪˈɡriː/


Celsius /ˈselsiəs/


Examples:


What's the weather like? How's the weather?


The weather is nice today. The weather is good today. The weather is awful today.


It's warm today. It's hot today. It's cold today. It is cold and windy. It's getting colder.


The wind is blowing. The wind was cold and strong. A strong wind was blowing.


It's humid. It's hot and humid. It's cloudy, but there's no rain. Maybe it will rain at night.


It looks like rain. It's going to rain.


It's raining. It's raining hard. It's snowing. It's snowing hard.


More advanced practice: 


Describe a type of weather you like

You should say:

what kind of weather it is

when this weather usually occurs

what you usually do during this weather


And explain why you like this type of weather


1. What's the weather like in your hometown/ country?

2. Does the weather affect your mood?

3. Do you like rainy/ sunny days?

4. What's your favorite season?

5. Do you like winters/ summers?

6. How many seasons does your country have?

7. What do you usually do in sunny/ rainy season?


More phrases:


Pretty (adv) = quite = rather


Example:


It's pretty/ quite/ rather hot in my hometown during sunny season.


Really (adv)


Not really


Example:


Do you like summers?

Not really


Boiling hot 


Example:


It's never boiling hot in the summer and freezing cold in the winter.


To put me in good/ bad mood


Example:


Sunny days put me in a good mood.


Rainy days really put me in a bad mood.


Springtime/ Summertime/ Falltime/ Wintertime


Everything comes back to life and blossom.


In my opinion


Example:


In my opinion, during cold and rainy days people are more depressed and irritated.


Depressed (adj) = stressed


Irritated (adj) = easy to get angry


It's getting warmer and warmer in Spring


It's getting hotter and hotter in Summer


It's getting cooler and cooler in Fall


It's getting colder and colder in Winter



It's raining cats and dogs
 = 
Heavy rain


Changeable (adj)


Predictable (adj) # Unpredictable (adj)


Muddy (adj)

 





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