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how to improve the environment as an individual

how to protect endangered species?

natural disasters and their causes

terrorism and poverty?

Seasons in the Czech Republic and their typical features

Comparison of climate in the UK, the USA and the CR.

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1) Why are spring and summer preferred by most people? 2) What is the countryside like in spring? 3) What spring flowers can you name?

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sunny - The sun is shining all the time., cloudy - There are some clouds around., icy - It´s very cold with temperatures in minus degrees., snowy - The snow is falling down all the time., partly cloudy - Sometimes we can see the sun but sometimes we can ´t., overcast - The clouds are everywhere around., foggy - You can´t see the way you go., stormy - There is much light in the sky and thunderstorm., rainy - The water is pouring down all the time., windy - Little subjects fly around and you can ´t use an umbrella.,

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sunny - The sun is shining all the time., cloudy - There are some clouds around., icy - It´s very cold with temperatures in minus degrees., snowy - The snow is falling down all the time., partly cloudy - Sometimes we can see the sun but sometimes we can ´t., overcast - The clouds are everywhere around., foggy - You can´t see the way you go., stormy - There is much light in the sky and thunderstorm., rainy - The water is pouring down all the time., windy - Little subjects fly around and you can ´t use an umbrella.,

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1. Sunshine and Hot Weather

To talk about the weather in English, you often use 'it' plus an adjective.

Before, you heard some examples of weather expressions, including 'it's sunny', 'it's humid' and 'it's too hot.'

You can use 'be' in different forms to talk about the past or the future. For example

It was sunny yesterday.

It will be sunny tomorrow.

It has been sunny recently.

You also heard 'There's a heatwave.'

This is another common pattern to talk about the weather: use 'there is' or 'there are', plus a noun.

Learn more about parts of speech and forming sentences in this Oxford Online English lesson on English sentence structure.

2. Wind and Rain

There's a strong wind.

It's windy.

There's a gentle breeze.

There's a thunderstorm.

There's a lot of lightning.

Sometimes, you use 'it' with a continuous verb in English weather expressions.

It's raining hard.

It's pouring down.

It's hailing.

It's snowing lightly.

It's snowing heavily.

It's raining lightly.

It's a little wet outside.

If you use a continuous verb, you can also make it past. For example:

It was raining hard all day yesterday.

It was snowing lightly when we left.

To talk about the future, you *can* use a future continuous verb, but it's more common to use 'will' or 'going to' plus an infinitive. For example

It's going to pour down soon.

They say it will snow heavily at the weekend.

3. Cloud and Fog

It's overcast.

There's a lot of cloud.

It's a grey day.

There's one more common pattern. You can use 'it's a ... day', and add an adjective before 'day'.

You heard 'it's a grey day'. You could also say 'It's a cloudy day', or 'It's a bright day.'

The forest is misty in the morning.

It's a foggy day.

There's some fog, but it's not too thick.

'Fog' and 'mist' are similar, but not the same. Do you know the difference?

Fog is basically cloud which is at ground level. Mist is caused by water droplets in the air. They're similar, but fog is generally thicker and lasts longer. Mist is thinner and normally disappears fast. Many places are misty in the morning, but the mist disappears as the sun comes up.

There are some light clouds.

It doesn't look like rain.

If you hear 'it looks like rain', what will the sky look like?

'It looks like rain' means that it's likely to rain very soon. So, the sky is probably overcast, with lots of heavy, dark clouds.

There isn't a cloud in the sky.

It's perfectly clear.

If you describe the weather as 'clear', you mean that there are few or no clouds. You *also* mean that the air is clear: there's no mist, or fog, or haze, or anything similar. If it's clear, you can see a long way.

4. Extreme Weather

If you live somewhere cold, rivers, lakes and other bodies of water might freeze over. 'Freeze over' means they freeze on top, but there's still liquid underneath. If it's really cold, the river might freeze solid. If the river has frozen solid, the whole thing is ice; there's no liquid water.

There's a blizzard - you can hardly see ten metres!

A blizzard is a kind of storm. To count as a blizzard, you need heavy snow and strong winds at the same time.

The recent rain has caused severe flooding in some areas.

The floods have caused millions of euros of damage.

Heavy rain can cause floods - or flooding. 'Flooding' is a gerund, but it's often used as a plain noun. In the sentences you saw, you could say 'floods' or 'flooding'.

The hurricane is approaching the coast.

It is predicted that the typhoon will make landfall in the next 24 hours.

The storm will bring gale force winds, with gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour.

There are different words for strong winds and storms.

A gale is defined by the wind force on the Beaufort scale. There are different definitions, but anything above a specific strength is a gale.

What about hurricanes and typhoons? Do you know the difference?

Hurricanes and typhoons are both powerful tropical storms, but they start in different places. Hurricanes form in the Atlantic Ocean, while typhoons form in the Pacific.

Keep learning with this full list of weather vocabulary in English.

That's all. We hope you learned some useful new weather expressions in English. Thanks for watching!

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1. Sunshine and Hot Weather To talk about the weather in English, you often use 'it' plus an adjective. Before, you heard some examples of weather expressions, including 'it's sunny', 'it's humid' and 'it's too hot.' You can use 'be' in different forms to talk about the past or the future.

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British people are famous for talking about the weather. Do you know why?

It's because in the UK we have a lot of weather. You never know what the weather will be like. You can have all four seasons in one day.

We are going to look at a typical British day, so the weather is going to be very changeable. This means that weather can change quickly and unpredictably. It can be sunny, and then 30 minutes later, it will start snowing.

1. Cold Weather

So, first we wake up and it is a bit cold. How would we describe this?

I could say that it's a bit chilly.

This means that it's a little cold. Not very cold, just a little cold.

Autumn mornings are often chilly. In chilly weather, you might want a light jacket, but you won't need a heavy coat, or a scarf, or anything like that.

But what if it's very cold? You could say that it's freezing. You might say that you can see your breath.

Freezing means that it is very cold. Not just chilly, but very cold. Antarctica is freezing. Northern Canada in winter is freezing.

To see your breath means that you can literally see the air when you breathe on it. Usually if you can see your breath it is freezing.

If the weather is so freezing that you can see your breath you probably will need to bundle up.

Bundle up means to wear layers of clothes to keep yourself warm. When the weather is freezing you need to bundle up.

On freezing mornings, it can be very, very difficult to get out of bed. But let's imagine that we get up because we have to go to work.

2. Wet Weather

So we leave the house and it's drizzling at the moment.

Drizzling means that it is raining lightly. It's not heavy. Drizzle is so light that it can look like mist.

We can also say that it is only spitting.

Spitting is even lighter than drizzling. It means that a few raindrops are falling, but it isn't really raining. Before it rains, it might start spitting and then get heavier.

It is also quite gusty today.

Gusty means that the wind is heavy, but not continuous. The wind comes in short, heavy bursts.

Then, suddenly the heavens open.

This means that it starts raining heavily.

How else could I describe it if it is raining a lot? I could say that it is chucking it down.

This means that it is raining a lot. It is really heavy. It is the type of rain that people find it difficult to drive in or walk in. As I am walking to work my clothes are getting soaked.

This means that my clothes are very wet because of the rain. Luckily I bought my umbrella today.

So we get to work, only a little damp from the rain thanks to the umbrella.

Damp means that something is slightly wet. My clothes are a little wet because of the rain.

And, from my window I can see that it's very overcast and dark overhead.

To say that it is overcast means that the clouds are covering the sky. You cannot see the sun.

When it is dark overhead you are saying that the clouds are very black. Most likely this is because it is raining or going to rain soon.

So it is dark overhead and overcast. You think there's going to be a storm. You could say that there is a storm brewing.

3. Stormy and Windy Weather

This means that you think a storm will start very soon. You're sure there's going to be a storm; you can see it in the sky.

And then you see lightning.

Lightning is a large electric flash of light.

And after the lightning you hear thunder.

Thunder is the noise that you hear caused by lightning. Usually you will hear thunder after you see lightning.

We call these storms thunderstorms.

Thunderstorms are storms that have lighting, thunder and it is also chucking it down as well.

When the storm starts, the wind picks up. Soon, it's almost a gale.

The wind picks up when the wind becomes stronger. A gale is a very strong wind, which can be dangerous.

Lucky for you when it is time to go home the storm has finished. It is now sunny and hot. You won't need your umbrella anymore.

4. Hot Weather

You walk outside and there isn't a cloud in the sky and it is baking hot.

This means that it is very hot. It is baking hot in the Sahara Desert.

It's completely still. That means there's no wind at all.

We can also say that it is a scorcher today.

This also means that it is extremely hot. In Australia, most days in the summer could be described as scorchers. Another way to say this is to say that it is boiling.

So if the temperature is very hot we can say that it is baking hot, a scorcher or boiling.

The walk home from work is a lot better than your walk to work this morning in the rain.

5. Snowy Weather

So you get home and watch the weather forecast.

The weather forecast is the prediction for the next day or week of what the weather will be like.

The weather forecast tells you that tomorrow it will begin with a bit of frost on the ground and it will be sleeting. In the afternoon there will be flurries of snow but then it will turn into a blizzard by the evening. The snow on the floor will turn into slush. It will be below freezing for most of the day. What does this mean?

It will begin with a bit of frost on the ground.

Frost means ice crystals on a frozen surface. When it is freezing the ground may be covered in frost. Usually in winter in the UK we have very frosty mornings.

And, it will be sleeting.

Sleet is rain and snow mixed together. Sleet happens when snow melts as it falls.

In the afternoon there will be a flurry of snow.

A flurry of snow means that there will be light snow for a short time. It won't be heavy and it usually doesn't stay on the ground.

But, it will turn into a blizzard by the evening.

A blizzard is a storm with lots of snow and wind. Usually planes can't take off or land when there is a heavy blizzard.

Then, the snow on the floor will turn into slush.

Slush is snow or ice that has partly melted. Usually snow will turn into slush when the weather gets warmer. Walking in slush is very unpleasant, because cold water will get into your shoes!

It will be below freezing for most of the day.

When we say it is below freezing we are saying that the temperature is below 0°C. This means that it's freezing. So I'll probably want to bundle up tomorrow!

So what have we learnt today? We have learned that Britain's weather is very changeable and hopefully you have learned how to describe weather in more detail using phrases and expressions.

Thanks very much for watching this lesson from Oxford Online English!

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a continuous period of unusually hot weather - heatwave, a brief period of rain - shower, a storm with a lot of snow and strong winds - blizzard, partly melted falling snow (some people think of it as half-way between rain and snow) - sleet, a thick cloud that forms close to the ground or to water and is difficult to see through - fog, an informal adjective meaning 'cold', usually used in reference to the weather - chilly, used to describe weather which is warm and pleasant, especially warmer than usual for the time of year - mild, the loud noise that you sometimes hear in the sky during a storm - thunder, rain that falls in small, light drops - drizzle, a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry - flood, a light wind - breeze, a thin fog - mist, a long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die - drought, rain that freezes in the sky and falls to the ground as small balls of ice - hail, the bright flashes of light that you see in the sky during a storm - lightning, a violent storm with extremely strong winds and heavy rain - hurricane,

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a continuous period of unusually hot weather - heatwave, a brief period of rain - shower, a storm with a lot of snow and strong winds - blizzard, partly melted falling snow (some people think of it as half-way between rain and snow) - sleet, a thick cloud that forms

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'One aspect of the British stereotype is that we're always talking about the weather. That's an exaggeration, of course, but I'd say there's a bit of ____ to it. For example when you see older people greet each other in the street, it seems that 'hello' is often ____ straight away by a comment about the weather - perhaps something like, 'it's turned out nice again' or 'a bit chilly today, isn't it?' In my opinion there are two possible ____ for this preoccupation with the weather. Firstly, the weather in Britain is very changeable and often disappointing, so people tend to be more ____ of it. Secondly, the weather ____ a 'safe' topic of conversation that fits in with the supposedly reserved nature of many British people. For some British people, however, the weather is a much more serious issue than just the subject of small talk - like farmers, for example, or the thousands of people who had to leave their homes in last year's ____ I suppose it's a good thing that we have a generally ____ climate, though. Sure, ten hours of ____ can be a bit depressing, and it would be nice if the summers were a bit hotter, but at least we don't have ____ like the one in New Orleans a couple of years ago, or frequent droughts that destroy all the ____.'

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rainy weather: to cloud over, to become overcast, it looks like rain, humid, it is drizzling, it is pouring with rain, to sleet, downpour, Sunny weather: clear and bright sky, the sun is shining, dry, drought, heat wave, sultry heat, the weather is dead calm, sweat, Windy weather: a cold wind is blowing, breeze, windstorm, hurricane, blow, Foggy weather: thin mist, haze, be hazy, dense fog, low visibility, Winter weather: frost, freeze, snowfall, blizzard, snowdrift, icicle, the hands get numb, frostbite,

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rainy weather: to cloud over, to become overcast, it looks like rain, humid, it is drizzling, it is pouring with rain, to sleet, downpour, Sunny weather: clear and bright sky, the sun is shining, dry, drought, heat wave, sultry heat, the weather is dead calm, sweat, Windy weather: a cold wind is blowing, breeze, windstorm, hurricane, blow, Foggy weather: thin mist, haze, be hazy, dense fog, low visibility, Winter weather: frost, freeze, snowfall, blizzard, snowdrift, icicle, the hands get numb, frostbite,

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