Dialogue on the topic of rain. Weather Dialogues are a Great Way to Start a Conversation
Today - four live spoken dialogues about the weather.
(What could be more interesting than a topic about the weather? ;))
Note the humor and a bit of sarcasm in the last dialogue.
Translation into Russian at the bottom of the page.
1)
- It has, indeed. It"s been pretty cold for this time of the year, too.
2)
3)
Sounds nice! Sunny and warm - what can be better for a barbeque party!
4)
- Is it raining?
- It's pouring!
- Another wet day, oh well.
- Lovely weather for ducks.
- The grass is happy too.
- You bet.
The same dialogues with translation, check yourself:
1)
- What is the weather going to be like today?
- What will the weather be like today?
It is going to rain in the afternoon, sixty degrees Fahrenheit.
- There will be rain in the afternoon, 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
It"s been raining a lot this year, hasn"t it?
- It rained a lot this year, didn’t it?
It has, indeed. It"s been pretty cold for this time of the year too.
- Yes, that's for sure. It was also quite cold for this time of year.
Hopefully it will warm up soon.
- I hope it gets warmer soon.
Hope so too. Can't wait for the swimming season to begin.
- I hope so too. I can't wait for the swimming season to start.
2)
- The sun is coming out. Let's go outside.
- The sun is peeking out (from behind the clouds). Let's go for a walk.
But look at those huge gray clouds - it "s going to pour any minute.
- Look at these huge gray clouds - the rain will pour down at any minute.
I don't think it will rain. The wind is blowing south. These clouds are not going in our direction.
- I don't think it will rain. The wind blows in a southerly direction. These clouds will not go our way.
Do you think so? OK, let's go then. I'll still take an umbrella just in case.
- You think? Okay, let's go then. I'll still take an umbrella just in case.
3)
- Do you know the forecast for tomorrow?
- Do you know the weather forecast for tomorrow?
Yes, I think we are to expect blue skies and warm temps throughout the day.
- Yes, it seems it should be clear and warm all day.
Sounds nice! Sunny and warm - what can be better for a barbeque party!
- Great! Sunny and warm - what could be better for a barbecue?
I think we are to expect strong winds in the afternoon though. But at least it won't rain.
- In my opinion, however, there will be a strong wind in the afternoon. At least it won't rain.
4)
- Is it raining?
- It's raining?
It's pouring!
- It's raining!
Another wet day, oh well.
- Another wet day, nothing can be done.
Lovely weather for ducks.
- Perfect weather for ducks.
The grass is happy too.
- The grass is happy too.
You bet.
- That's for sure.
What is the weather like in your place?
What's your weather like?
The lesson provides material to familiarize preschoolers with the types of clouds and rain, poems about rain, examples of composing chains of words, and the “home cloud” experience is described.
on the topic of:
"Where did the rain come from"
Types of children's activities:
Tasks:
Preliminary work:
Planned results:
Equipment and materials:
Introductory word from the teacher.
Guess the riddle:
Without a path and without a road
The longest legged one walks
Hiding in the clouds in the darkness
Only feet on the ground (rain).
Mom and I went for a walk,
He began to water the ground.
I watered and watered,
The rain sings a song:
Drip, drip...
Only who will understand her -
Drip, drip?
Neither you nor I will understand,
But the flowers will understand,
And spring foliage
And green grass...
The grain will understand best:
Germinate
It will begin.
(B. Zakhoder)
Who else likes rain?
Rain, rain,
Look, look!
Rain, rain,
Crash, crash!
Flowers are waiting for you in the garden,
Rain, rain,
Where are you?
The fields are waiting
And the birches are waiting,
Poplars,
Oaks and roses
Forget-me-nots,
And the bulls
Chickens, ducks,
Turkeys.
And so do we
We are waiting for the rain, -
We'll run in the rain!
Why is it called that?
I saw this picture:
Cloud by cloud
It was chasing across the sky:
Behind the cloud-bear-
Cloud-moose
And the wind drives, drives
Hurries the clouds.
Then he’ll touch you on the fly,
It moves slightly...
Let's get creative.
3.Presentation:“What types of clouds are there?”
Cirrus
Layered
White fluffy cumulus
Rain
A cloud walked across the sky
A cloud covered the sun.
Only the sun hid -
The cloud burst into tears...
It started to rain.
What is rain?
4.Presentation: “What kind of rains are there?
Rain
The sun's heat evaporates water in oceans, rivers and lakes, and the water vapor rises into the air. At very high altitudes, the air is too cold for all the water vapor to remain in a gaseous state. It condenses in the cold air, forming water droplets that form a cloud. The droplets hang high in the air until they become too heavy. Then they fall, it rains.
What other types of rain do you get?
-Mushroom rain
A cloud is circling above me.
And mushrooms make me laugh:
They rush under an umbrella from the rain
Shower
slanting rain
What kind of rain is there?
The poem “What rain?
The rain was dripping, drizzling,
He let it go, knocked, mowed down,
It poured like a rain, stood like a wall.
He drummed and crushed herbs.
The rain is blind and pouring
Growing, mushroom,
Cover, hanging, fast,
Sleepy, slow and argumentative,
Like a reed, standing upright,
Both cold and hot,
And also thunderstorm,
Rainbow, stripe,
Parallels and in a grid,
And in the wind, even into the cage.
That's how much rain there is,
For plants and people
(O. Grigoriev.)
Physical education minute
Drop one, drop two,
Drop slowly at first -
Drip, drip, drip, drip
The drops began to keep up.
Drop drop catch up -
And we'll open the umbrellas
Let's protect ourselves from the rain.
Game "Chains of words"»
For example:
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Summary of the lesson.
Summary of an integrated lesson in the preparatory group
on the topic of:
"Where did the rain come from"
Integration of educational areas:“Cognition” (formation of a holistic picture of the world, broadening the horizons of children) “Communication”,
“Music”, “Reading fiction”
Types of children's activities: cognitive-research, communicative, perception of fiction, productive.
Tasks:
Develop children's search activity: the ability to define tasks based on the problem posed; the ability to plan the stages of your actions and justify your choice.
Identify, enrich and consolidate knowledge about rain, clouds, and their types.
To develop observation, creative imagination, cognitive interest in the world around us, as well as memory, coherent speech, the ability to analyze and draw conclusions.
Formation in preschoolers of a consciously correct attitude towards natural phenomena and objects as a means of developing the foundations of environmental culture
Preliminary work:
- Conversation with children about the meaning of water
- Reading the poem by N. Nikolaenko “Rain-shower” and other poems about rain, clouds, water.
- Reading the fairy tale by T.A. Shorygin “The Adventures of Cap and Lee”
- Reading the fairy tale “Kapitoshka. Journey of Water"
- Reading the fairy tale “The Water Cycle in Nature”
- Conducting individual experiments with water (states of water, properties of water)
- Didactic game “Who needs water”
- Drawing on the theme “Droplet’s Journey”
- Educational game “Where, what kind of water is there?”, “Good or bad.”
- Presentation on the topic: “What kind of clouds are there?”, “What kind of rains are there”
- Experiment “The water cycle in nature using the example of a garden in a jar”
Planned results:
Has ideas about the occurrence of clouds and rain, knows the types of rain and clouds, knows about the benefits of rain for all living things, carries out the stages of the experiment, and is able to draw conclusions.
Equipment and materials:
Presentation: “What kind of rains there are”, “What kinds of clouds there are”, pictures depicting different types of clouds and rain.
For the “Home Cloud” experiment: a three-liter jar, ice cubes, boiling water.
Introductory word from the teacher.
Guess the riddle:
Without a path and without a road
The longest legged one walks
Hiding in the clouds in the darkness
Only feet on the ground (rain).
A musical recording plays: sounds of rain.
Mom and I went for a walk,
He began to water the ground.
I watered and watered,
Driven everyone under umbrellas (rain).
2. Conversation on the topic: “Where did the rain come from?”
Who likes rain and why?
The rain sings a song:
Drip, drip...
Only who will understand her -
Drip, drip?
Neither you nor I will understand,
But the flowers will understand,
And spring foliage
And green grass...
The grain will understand best:
Germinate
It will begin.
(B. Zakhoder)
Who else likes rain?
Rain, rain,
Look, look!
Rain, rain,
Crash, crash!
Flowers are waiting for you in the garden,
Rain, rain,
Where are you?
The fields are waiting
And the birches are waiting,
Poplars,
Oaks and roses
Forget-me-nots,
And the bulls
Chickens, ducks,
Turkeys.
And so do we
We are waiting for the rain, -
We'll run in the rain!
What is rain? (children's answers)
Where does the rain come from? (children's answers)
Now we will conduct the “Home Cloud” experiment.
Why is it called that?
Pour boiling water into the bottom of a three-liter jar and cover with a plate with ice cubes. Let's observe how water vapor rises and
As it cools, it will turn into tiny droplets of water, forming a cloud.
Clouds, clouds - curly sides.
Clouds are curly, whole, full of holes,
Light, airy, obedient to the breeze.
Have you seen the clouds? What do they look like?
I saw this picture:
Cloud by cloud
It was chasing across the sky:
Behind the cloud-bear-
Cloud-moose
And the wind drives, drives
Hurries the clouds.
Then he’ll touch you on the fly,
It moves slightly...
Let's get creative.
Let's close our eyes and imagine the sky with clouds floating across it.
A recording of the song “Clouds” is playing Music: V. Shainsky Lyrics: S. Kozlov
Tell us what you see.
3.Presentation:“What types of clouds are there?”
Clouds can be of different shapes, colors, and sizes. The appearance of clouds depends on how quickly they form and how much water they contain.
The many different clouds can be divided into three main groups - low, medium and high clouds.
Cirrus Clouds formed from ice crystals form at high altitudes in very cold air. They often appear light and thin.
Layered clouds form low to the ground. They are gray in color and are often found in low coastal areas.
White fluffy cumulus clouds (which also occur quite low) decorate the blue sky in good weather. Cumulus clouds are named for their shape. They look like heaps of cotton wool, changing their shape all the time. There are also fogs in summer and more often in autumn.
Fog is also a cloud of water droplets that appears in cold air near the ground and it often forms in lowlands.
Rain clouds are clouds. They are dark in color because the water droplets (or ice crystals) that make them up have increased in size and become so large that gravity causes them to fall to Earth. (When water droplets are small, they reflect light, but as they get larger, they absorb light and appear darker.) Rain clouds can be low and flat or high and overhanging. Hanging, anvil-shaped rain clouds are called cumulonimbus clouds, and they are what bring really bad weather—thunderstorms, hail showers, and tornadoes.
A cloud walked across the sky
A cloud covered the sun.
Only the sun hid -
The cloud burst into tears...
It started to rain.
What is rain?
4.Presentation: “What kind of rains are there?
Rain- This is precipitation falling from clouds in the form of drops. (0.5-7 mm.)
The sun's heat evaporates water in oceans, rivers and lakes, and the water vapor rises into the air. At very high altitudes, the air is too cold for all the water vapor to remain in a gaseous state. It condenses in the cold air, forming water droplets that form a cloud. The droplets hang high in the air until they become too heavy. Then they fall, it rains.
If the rain is finer, it is called drizzle.
What other types of rain do you get?
-Mushroom rain- the most beloved rain among the people. It pours through the sun's rays sometimes with an almost clear blue sky. They call it mushroom because... This summer rain is warm and short, and it is believed that mushrooms begin to grow after it. According to popular belief, not only mushrooms grow under such rain, but also small children. It's fun to run under the large drops shining in the sun. They also say about such rain “the princess is crying”
A cloud is circling above me.
The rain is funny, the rain is mushroom.
And mushrooms make me laugh:
They rush under an umbrella from the rain
Shower or torrential rain, heavy, frequent rain that usually falls in the summer. When they say “it’s pouring like buckets,” they mean downpour. The density of streams in a shower can be 10-15 per 1 sq.cm. Rain showers are typical for summer. Short showers help purify the air, improve soil wetting, and refresh green spaces. If the heavy rain drags on, it can lead to flooding.
slanting rain– rain with strong constant wind.
What kind of rain is there?
The poem “What rain?
The rain was dripping, drizzling,
He let it go, knocked, mowed down,
It poured like a rain, stood like a wall.
He drummed and crushed herbs.
The rain is blind and pouring
Growing, mushroom,
Cover, hanging, fast,
Sleepy, slow and argumentative,
Like a reed, standing upright,
Both cold and hot,
And also thunderstorm,
Rainbow, stripe,
Parallels and in a grid,
And in the wind, even into the cage.
That's how much rain there is,
For plants and people
(O. Grigoriev.)
Physical education minute
Drop one, drop two,
Drop slowly at first -
Drip, drip, drip, drip
The drops began to keep up.
Drop drop catch up -
And we'll open the umbrellas
Let's protect ourselves from the rain.
Game "Chains of words"»
For example:
rain-puddle-earth-grass-flowers-trees-apples-juice-person-work-money-food-shop-buyer-seller-buyer-seller-package-car-house-refrigerator-ice-water….
Water - river - sea - waterfall - cloud - rain - puddle - stream - river - Volga - Russia...
Drop - dew - fog - sun - steam - cloud - rain - water - puddle - ..
5.Drawing “Journey of a Drop”
- Let's play a game - transformation. You will be raindrops. Imagine your journey and show it in your drawing.
Summary of the lesson.
Let's look at your drawings. Tell us about your journey, starting with the words: “I am a drop...”
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Summary of an integrated lesson in the preparatory group
on the topic of:
"Where did the rain come from"
Integration of educational areas:“Cognition” (formation of a holistic picture of the world, broadening the horizons of children) “Communication”,
“Music”, “Reading fiction”
Types of children's activities:cognitive-research, communicative, perception of fiction, productive.
Tasks:
Develop children's search activity: the ability to define tasks based on the problem posed; the ability to plan the stages of your actions and justify your choice.
Identify, enrich and consolidate knowledge about rain, clouds, and their types.
To develop observation, creative imagination, cognitive interest in the world around us, as well as memory, coherent speech, the ability to analyze and draw conclusions.
Formation in preschoolers of a consciously correct attitude towards natural phenomena and objects as a means of developing the foundations of environmental culture
Preliminary work:
- Conversation with children about the meaning of water
- Reading the poem by N. Nikolaenko “Rain-shower” and other poems about rain, clouds, water.
- Reading the fairy tale “The Adventures of Cap and Lee” by T.A. Shorygin
- Reading the fairy tale “Kapitoshka. Journey of Water"
- Reading the fairy tale “The Water Cycle in Nature”
- Conducting individual experiments with water (states of water, properties of water)
- Didactic game “Who needs water”
- Drawing on the theme “Droplet’s Journey”
- Educational game “Where, what kind of water is there?”, “Good or bad.”
- Presentation on the topic: “What kind of clouds are there?”, “What kind of rains are there”
- Experiment “The water cycle in nature using the example of a garden in a jar”
Planned results:
Has ideas about the occurrence of clouds and rain, knows the types of rain and clouds, knows about the benefits of rain for all living things, carries out the stages of the experiment, and is able to draw conclusions.
Equipment and materials:
Presentation: “What kind of rains there are”, “What kinds of clouds there are”, pictures depicting different types of clouds and rain.
For the “Home Cloud” experiment: a three-liter jar, ice cubes, boiling water.
Introductory word from the teacher.
Guess the riddle:
Without a path and without a road
The longest legged one walks
Hiding in the clouds in the darkness
Only feet on the ground (rain).
A musical recording plays: sounds of rain.
Mom and I went for a walk,
He began to water the ground.
I watered and watered,
Driven everyone under umbrellas (rain).
2. Conversation on the topic: “Where did the rain come from?”
- Who likes rain and why?
The rain sings a song:
Drip, drip...
Only who will understand her -
Drip, drip?
Neither you nor I will understand,
But the flowers will understand,
And spring foliage
And green grass...
The grain will understand best:
Germinate
It will begin.
(B. Zakhoder)
Who else likes rain?
Rain, rain,
Look, look!
Rain, rain,
Crash, crash!
Flowers are waiting for you in the garden,
Rain, rain,
Where are you?
The fields are waiting
And the birches are waiting,
Poplars,
Oaks and roses
Forget-me-nots,
And the bulls
Chickens, ducks,
Turkeys.
And so do we
We are waiting for the rain, -
We'll run in the rain!
(Alexander Vvedensky)
What is rain? (children's answers)
Where does the rain come from? (children's answers)
The sun's heat evaporates water in oceans, rivers and lakes, and the water vapor rises into the air. At very high altitudes, the air is too cold for all the water vapor to remain in a gaseous state. It condenses in the cold air, forming water droplets that form a cloud. The droplets hang high in the air until they become too heavy. Then they fall, it rains.
Now we will conduct the “Home Cloud” experiment.
Why is it called that?
Pour boiling water into the bottom of a three-liter jar and cover with a plate with ice cubes. Let's observe how water vapor rises and
As it cools, it will turn into tiny droplets of water, forming a cloud.
Clouds, clouds - curly sides.
Clouds are curly, whole, full of holes,
Light, airy, obedient to the breeze.
Have you seen the clouds? What do they look like?
I saw this picture:
Cloud by cloud
It was chasing across the sky:
Behind the cloud-bear-
Cloud-moose
And the wind drives, drives
Hurries the clouds.
Then he’ll touch you on the fly,
It moves slightly...
Let's get creative.
Let's close our eyes and imagine the sky with clouds floating across it.
A recording of the song “Clouds” is playing Music: V. Shainsky Lyrics: S. Kozlov
Tell us what you see.
3.Presentation: “What types of clouds are there?”
Clouds can be of different shapes, colors, and sizes. The appearance of clouds depends on how quickly they form and how much water they contain.
The many different clouds can be divided into three main groups - low, medium and high clouds.
Cirrus Clouds formed from ice crystals form at high altitudes in very cold air. They often appear light and thin.
Layered clouds form low to the ground. They are gray in color and are often found in low coastal areas.
White fluffy cumulus clouds (which also occur quite low) decorate the blue sky in good weather. Cumulus clouds are named for their shape. They look like heaps of cotton wool, changing their shape all the time.There are also fogs in summer and more often in autumn.
Fog is also a cloud of water droplets that appears in cold air near the ground and it often forms in lowlands.
Rain clouds are clouds. They are dark in color because the water droplets (or ice crystals) that make them up have increased in size and become so large that gravity causes them to fall to Earth. (When water droplets are small, they reflect light, but as they get larger, they absorb light and appear darker.) Rain clouds can be low and flat or high and overhanging. Hanging, anvil-shaped rain clouds are called cumulonimbus clouds, and they are what bring really bad weather—thunderstorms, hail showers, and tornadoes.
A cloud walked across the sky
A cloud covered the sun.
Only the sun hid -
The cloud burst into tears...
It started to rain.
What is rain?
4.Presentation : “What kind of rains are there?
Rain - This is precipitation falling from clouds in the form of drops. (0.5-7 mm.)
The sun's heat evaporates water in oceans, rivers and lakes, and the water vapor rises into the air. At very high altitudes, the air is too cold for all the water vapor to remain in a gaseous state. It condenses in the cold air, forming water droplets that form a cloud. The droplets hang high in the air until they become too heavy. Then they fall, it rains.
If the rain is finer, it is called drizzle.
What other types of rain do you get?
Mushroom rain - the most beloved rain among the people. It pours through the sun's rays sometimes with an almost clear blue sky. They call it mushroom because... This summer rain is warm and short, and it is believed that mushrooms begin to grow after it. According to popular belief, not only mushrooms grow under such rain, but also small children. It's fun to run under the large drops shining in the sun. They also say about such rain “the princess is crying”
A cloud is circling above me.
The rain is funny, the rain is mushroom.
And mushrooms make me laugh:
They rush under an umbrella from the rain
Shower or torrential rain, heavy, frequent rain that usually falls in the summer. When they say “it’s pouring like buckets,” they mean downpour. The density of streams in a shower can be 10-15 per 1 sq. cm. Rain showers are typical for summer. Short showers help purify the air, improve soil wetting, and refresh green spaces. If the heavy rain drags on, it can lead to flooding.
slanting rain – rain with strong constant wind.
What kind of rain is there?
The poem “What rain?
The rain was dripping, drizzling,
He let it go, knocked, mowed down,
It poured like a rain, stood like a wall.
He drummed and crushed herbs.
The rain is blind and pouring
Growing, mushroom,
Cover, hanging, fast,
Sleepy, slow and argumentative,
Like a reed, standing upright,
Both cold and hot,
And also thunderstorm,
Rainbow, stripe,
Parallels and in a grid,
And in the wind, even into the cage.
That's how much rain there is,
For plants and people
(O. Grigoriev.)
Physical education minute
Drop one, drop two,
Drop slowly at first -
Drip, drip, drip, drip
The drops began to keep up.
Drop drop catch up -
And we'll open the umbrellas
Let's protect ourselves from the rain.
Game "Chains of words"»
For example:
rain-puddle-earth-grass-flowers-trees-apples-juice-person-work-money-food-shop-buyer-seller-buyer-seller-package-car-house-refrigerator-ice-water….
Water - river - sea - waterfall - cloud - rain - puddle - stream - river - Volga - Russia...
Drop - dew - fog - sun - steam - cloud - rain - water - puddle - ..
5.Drawing “Journey of a Drop”
- Let's play a game - transformation. You will be raindrops. Imagine your journey and show it in your drawing.
Summary of the lesson.
Let's look at your drawings. Tell us about your journey, starting with the words: “I am a drop...”
The most common topic of conversation. Let's model some dialogues and translate them: A dialogue about the weather.
- Hi, Olya.
- Hi, Misha.
- It’s cold today, you’re not cold?
- No, you can see how much clothes I have.
— Yes, really, dressed like a cabbage.
- Don't make me laugh. Let's walk in the park.
— Come on, I like to walk on the snow-covered paths.
Now there are several weather dialogues, but first in Russian - then in English - try to come up with a translation yourself, then compare it with ours.
- It's a nice weather today, isn't it? Hello.
- Greetings. The weather is really good. This year May is especially wonderful.
- They say it will be a very hot summer.
- Undoubtedly, with such a spring, the summer will be warm.
— It’s a nice weather today, isn’t it? Hello.
— Greetings. The weather and the truth is good. This year, May is especially wonderful.
— They say it will be a very hot summer.
— Undoubtedly, with this spring the summer will be warm.
- How do you like the weather?
— It was very cold at night, we had to turn on the heater.
“But during the day it’s already much warmer than in winter.”
- You're right.
— How do you like the weather?
— It was very cold at night, I had to turn on the heater.
- But in the daytime it’s much warmer than in the winter.
- You're right.
Practice translations from one language to another, then back - this will help the brain learn to switch quickly, and, by the way, this is an excellent workout that will have a positive effect on other mental activities.
- It’s so cold. My hands are cold.
- Here, take the mittens. When it's thirty degrees below zero, you can't go outside lightly dressed. Unless you're a bear.
- Yes, in such frost, even bears will not stick their heads out of the house. Thanks for the mittens.
- Please. Let's go eat ice cream.
- It's so cold. My hands were frozen.
“Here, take your mittens.” In thirty degrees of frost, you can not go out easily dressed. Unless you're a bear.
- Yes, in such a frost, even bears do not stick out of the house. Thanks for the mittens.
- You are welcome. Let's go eat ice cream.
Hello friends!
To learn how to carry on a conversation about the weather, check out the following examples of typical dialogues. They will help you learn to ask and answer questions about the weather conditions outside your window.
- In this dialogue, the conversation takes place between mother and daughter.
- Dialogue about the weather between strangers at the bus stop.
- Hello! Do you know which bus I can take to go to the British Consulate? | - Hello! Do you know which bus I need to take to get to the British Consulate? |
- Hello! You should take No. 7a or No. 24. | - Hello! You need to take No. 7a or No. 24. |
- Thank you! The weather is very nice today, isn’t it? | - Thank you! The weather is wonderful today, isn't it? |
- Oh yes! I hope it’ll stay like this for the whole weekend. | - Oh yeah! I hope the weather stays like this all weekend. |
- We can only hope. The weather has been changing so fast lately. | - One can only hope. The weather has been changing very often lately. |
- Telephone conversation between sister and brother about the weather in Hawaii.
- Hey, sis! How are you? How is Hawaii? | - Hi sister! How are you? How's Hawaii? |
- Hey Sam! This is the best weekend ever! Lauren and I spend the whole day on the beach. | - Hello, Sam! This is the best weekend! Lauren and I are at the beach all day. |
— How is the weather? | - How is the weather? |
- Marvelous! It's so hot in here. Sunny and humid but I like it. | - Amazing! It's so hot here. Sunny and humid, but I like it. |
- I'm happy you're enjoying it. Have fun! Bye! | - I am glad you like it. Have some fun! Bye! |
- I will! Bye! | - Will! Bye! |
- Girl shares with her friend impressions of a trip to Hong Kong.
- Hi Karen! I haven’t seen you for ages! How are you doing? | - Hello, Karen! I haven't seen you for a hundred years! How are you? |
- Hey! Glad to see you! I'm fine, thank you. And you? | - Hello! Good to see you! OK, thank you. And you? |
- Fine. Traveling a lot. Just came back from Hong Kong. | - Fine. I travel a lot. Just returned from Hong Kong. |
- Wow! How did you like it? | - Wow! Did you like it? |
— I didn’t see much because of work. But the air was so suffocating, it was hard to breathe. I don’t know how people live there. | “I didn’t really watch anything because of work.” But it was so stuffy there, it was hard to breathe. I don't know how people live there. |
— Yeah, I also heard that the climate there is very hot and humid. | — Yes, I also heard that the climate there is very hot and humid. |
- Dialogue about climate and weather in Russia.
— What’s the weather like in Russia, Mary? | — What’s the weather like in Russia, Mary? |
— It depends on the region. Usually it’s very hot in summer and also very cold in winter. For example, in Moscow during winter the temperatures sometimes drop to 25-30 degrees below zero. It's also snowing a lot. | — Depends on the region. Usually it is very hot in summer and very cold in winter. For example, in Moscow in winter the temperature can reach 25-30 degrees below zero. And a lot of snow. |
- Oh my God! I can't even imagine it! The coldest temperature that I’ve ever experienced was minus 7. And I have never seen snow in my life! | - Oh my God! I can't even imagine it! The lowest temperature I've ever lived in is minus 7. And I've never seen snow in my life! |
- Well, you get used to it. | - Well, you get used to it. |
- Friends discussing favorite season.
— What is your favorite season, Ann? | —What is your favorite time of year, Anne? |
- I like autumn. When it’s not too hot but not too cold. I also like when it’s raining. I think it’s the most romantic season of all. And what about you? | — I like autumn. When it is not very hot and not very cold. I also love it when it rains. I think this is the most romantic time of the year. And your? |
- I prefer summer. I like to spend time outside, camping or just chilling on the beach. I like when it's hot and sunny. | - I like summer. I enjoy spending time in nature, hiking or just relaxing on the beach. I love it when it's hot and sunny. |
— What about winter? | - What about winter? |
— I don’t like winter very much. It’s beautiful when it’s snowing but I cannot stand cold weather. | — I don’t really like winter. It's beautiful when it snows, but I can't stand the cold. |
I hope these dialogues will help expand your vocabulary on the topic of weather and help support the conversation on this topic.
The climatic conditions that the inhabitants of Foggy Albion face every day have led to the fact that talking about the weather is an almost eternal topic in the mouths of the British. Therefore, if you want to speak English freely and naturally, like a born Briton, then you simply must be able to hold a conversation about the capriciously changeable or, conversely, stubbornly stable weather outside the window. We will learn to communicate on this topic in today’s lesson. We will find out what words describe the weather in English, learn popular phrases and analyze the principle of their construction, and also work through the learned information in the form of a dialogue.
The first time we encountered a description of the weather in English was in elementary school. Often in class, the teacher builds small dialogues with the children about what the weather is like today and how the children feel about it. Thus, students repeat the learned vocabulary, and also gradually get used to feeling confident in a conversation in a foreign language.
When studying today's material, we will try to adhere to similar tactics: first we will study the grammatical and lexical basis, and then we will practice in “live” speech, i.e. We will strive to build our own dialogue about any weather in English. So, let's look at a few small rules.
Important grammatical points
- In order to make a simple expression about the weather in English, you need to use the grammatical structure it is . When translated into Russian, such phrases are translated as short impersonal sentences. It is windy –Windy. It is sunny –Sunny. It is cold –Cold.
- The pronoun it is also used as a subject when denoting weather phenomena characteristic of a particular season or occurring at a given time. Note the difference in sentence context for the Present Simple and Present Continuous aspects.
- Itissnowingoutside– It’s snowing outside (the weather today, right now).
- ItrainsinautumninPrague– In autumn it is rainy in Prague (seasonal phenomenon).
- The noun weather itself in English is always used with the definite article the. If there is an adjective before the noun, the article is not required.
- The weather is getting colder –Becomescooler.
- Does she like cold weather? –To herlikecoldweather?
- Vocabulary expressing natural phenomena is usually used without an article. But it should be borne in mind that when denoting a location, the English language requires the definite article the.
- JacklikessnowJack loves snow.
- My dog likes to lie in the sun –MydogloveslieonSun.
Knowledge of these norms is necessary for grammatically correct construction of a story about the weather in English. Now let's get acquainted with the lexical part of the material.
Description of weather in English (vocabulary)
So, the tables below will help us learn words on the topic of weather in English. They are all divided into thematic blocks, which makes it easier and more effective to assimilate new information. English words and expressions on the topic of weather are given with transcription and translation, which allows you to practice all the necessary skills at once: reading, pronunciation, translation and writing.
Basic Expressions
Let's start with the simplest vocabulary. This section contains basic phrases and words about the weather in English for children, as well as for adults just beginning their journey to mastering the language. Since it is difficult to work with English transcription at a basic level, next to it is a column with approximate pronunciation in Russian. In the following sections, only the original transcription is used.
In the first table we consider a list of nouns that describe natural phenomena.
Word | Transcription | Russian pronunciation | Translation |
weather | [weezer] | weather | |
sun | [san] | Sun | |
wind | [wind] | wind | |
rain | [rain] | rain | |
snow | [snow] | snow | |
fog | [foog] | fog | |
ice | [ice] | ice | |
thunder | [θʌn.dər] | [sunder] | thunder |
lighting | [laytin] | lightning |
But when talking about nature, a variety of adjectives are more often used. Therefore, in the following table we will familiarize ourselves with the characteristics that indicate weather in English with Russian translation and pronunciation.
sunny | [sled] | solar | |
windy | [windy] | windy | |
rainy | [Rainie] | rainy | |
snowy | [snowy] | snow | |
foggy | [fogs] | fog | |
warm | [wooom] | warm | |
hot | [hot] | hot | |
cold | [cold] | cold | |
frosty | [frosty] | frosty | |
cloudy | [cloudy] | cloudy |
This short list will allow kids and beginners alike to come up with a couple of sentences about the weather.
We also suggest learning a cheat sheet that contains English questions about the weather and several options for answering them.
Expression | Transcription | Russian pronunciation | Translation |
What weather do you like? | [Wat wezer do yu like] | what kind of weather do you like? | |
I like (cold/hot/snowy) weather. | [Ay like cool/hot/snowy weather] | I like it (cold/hot /snowy weather. |
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What is the weather like today? | [Wat from ze wezer like today?] | What's the weather like today? | |
The weather is fine. | [ðə weðə(r) ɪz faɪn] | [Ze wezer from fain] | Good weather. |
The weather is bad. | [ðə weðə(r) ɪz bæd] | [Ze wezer from bad] | The weather is bad. |
It is (sunny/warm/windy) today. | [ɪt ɪz (sʌn.i/ wɔːm/ wɪn.di/) təˈdeɪ] | [it from (sani/woom/windy) today] | Today (sunny/warm /windy). |
It is raining. | [ɪt ɪz reɪnɪŋ] | [It's from reining] | It's raining. |
It is snowing. | [ɪt ɪz snəʊɪŋ] | [It's from snowing] | Snowing. |
What is the weather like in (summer/spring/autumn/winter)? | [Wat from thee weather like in (samair/spring/ootem/winter] | What is the weather like (summer/spring/autumn, winter)? | |
It is very cold in winter. | [ɪt ɪz veri kəʊld ɪn wɪntə(r)] | [It's from very cold in winter] | It's very cold in winter. |
It is so (cloudy/ sunny) today, isn’t it? Yes, it is. No, it isn't. |
[ɪt ɪz səʊ (klaʊ.di/ sʌn.i) təˈdeɪ, izn’t it. jes ɪt ɪz. nəʊ it izn’t] |
[It from sou cloudy/sani today, yes, it from. Know it iznt] | It's so (cloudy/sunny) today, isn't it? Yes, yes. No not like this. |
For younger students, this vocabulary will be enough to ask about or describe the weather. And for everyone who is older, more interesting and varied vocabulary will be available.
Weather forecast
Surely, you often have the question “What will the weather be like tomorrow/the day after tomorrow/over the weekend?” Humanity has not lost this interest for many decades, despite the fact that sometimes the predictions of meteorologists do not come true at all. But we continue to closely monitor forecast weather changes. Let's look at what the weather forecast sounds like in English.
The table shows popular phrases and phrases about the weather that can often be heard or read in weather forecasts. However, the British also use these expressions in everyday speech when describing weather changes.
Expression | Transcription | Translation |
Do you know the weather forecast for tomorrow? | Do you know the weather forecast for tomorrow? | |
It's forecast for snow. | [ɪt iz fɔːkɑːst tə snəʊ] | They promise snow. |
It's going to be sunny. | [ɪt iz ɡəʊ.ɪŋ tə bi sʌn.i] | It will be sunny. |
The weather will change. | [ðə weðə(r) wɪl tʃeɪndʒ] | The weather will change. |
We're expecting a thunderstorm. | A storm is expected. | |
The temperature will be 11 degrees below zero. | [ðə temprətʃə(r) wɪl bi ɪˈlevn dɪˈɡriːs bɪˈləʊ zɪərəʊ] | The temperature will be minus 11 degrees. |
It’s supposed to clear up later. | [ɪt iz səˈpəʊzd tə klɪə(r) ʌp leɪtə(r)] | The sky will clear up soon. |
There is a chance of some rain. | [ðeə(r) ɪz eɪ tʃɑːns əv səm reɪn] | Light rain possible. |
Good weather in English
Sometimes there are days when you just want to admire the surrounding nature. In this section we provide a list of phrases that will help you write an enthusiastic description of good weather in English.
This type of question can be easily answered using the standard Yes, it is/No, it isn’t.
Bad weather in English
Nature doesn't have bad weather, but bad days still happen. To express your disappointment with constant rains or other vagaries of nature, use this table. Let's look at how bad weather is indicated in English with Russian translation of phrases.
The vocabulary we have studied already allows you to easily translate your thoughts about the weather from Russian into English. Let's try to create dialogues.
Weather in English - dialogues with translation
Learning a language in the form of dialogue is possible for any level of preparation.
Children will enjoy playing questions and answers. For example, you ask what the weather is like in Africa, and the child answers briefly.
You should not have long dialogues with your child, otherwise the baby will get tired and bored.
You can have a more in-depth conversation with a friend or acquaintance. Let's imagine that you want to arrange a meeting with a friend.
Hi! What are you doing tomorrow? | Hello, what are you doing tomorrow? |
Hi! I am free tomorrow all day. | Hello, I'm completely single. |
Cool! Let’s go for a walk in the park tomorrow? | Cool! Shall we go for a walk in the park tomorrow? |
Oh, do you know the weather forecast for tomorrow? | Oh, did you hear tomorrow's weather forecast? |
No, I don't. And you? | No and you? |
I've just heard it over the radio. The weather will change. It will be cold and rainy. | I just heard it on the radio. The weather will change. It will be cold and rainy. |
So, we can meet at a café. | Then we can meet in a cafe. |
Ok. See you later. | OK see you later. |
The next day you met, and the weather turned out to be simply wonderful.
Now practice on your own. Make up some dialogues about the hottest, coldest and most memorable day you had in 2017. Successful completion of the task and always excellent weather in your area! See you again!
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