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Lesson 19 – Weather
Do you want to know if it’ll be sunny or rainy next weekend? Then you should check the
weather
forecast – that’s the prediction of the weather in the near future.
If the forecast says
the sun will be shining brightly, with
clear skies (no clouds in the sky) and
high
temperatures, then it’s a good day to go to the beach and
bask in the sunshine (or
soak up the
sunshine) – these expressions mean to enjoy the sun’s heat and light.
However, if the forecast says it’ll be
oppressively hot, scorching hot, or
swelteringly hot, then you
might want to stay inside and turn up the air conditioning! Another common phrase is
hot and humid –
that means hot with a lot of water in the air (so you will sweat a lot).
The weather forecast might say it will be
partly cloudy (the sky partially covered by clouds). Another way
to say this is that there are
scattered clouds (just a few clouds). If there are
heavy clouds, then you
won’t be able to see the sun at all – and if there are
storm clouds, then it will probably rain very soon.
One way to express this is to say
“It looks like rain.”
We can have
light rain (little rain) or
heavy rain (lots of rain, intense rain) – and if the rain gets REALLY
intense, we can describe it as
torrential rain. If the rain continues without stopping, then we call it
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