BBC 6 Minute English - Weather words - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

Rob

Hello and welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary. I'm Rob...

Catherine

And I'm Catherine. And our topic today is weather. Now Rob, apparently, British people love to talk about the weather. Do you think that's true?

Rob

Absolutely, you know me, I'm talking about it all the time. And in today's programme, we'll look at some key weather vocabulary and show you how to use it in different types of sentences.

Catherine

There'll be a quiz...

Rob

And we'll give you a top tip to help you learn vocabulary more effectively.

Catherine

So, on with the show! We'll start by listening to Harvey, talking about the weather where he lives. And we have a question for you at home.

Rob

The question is: what is the weather like for Harvey in spring?

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Harvey

I live in the north. I love it here, but the weather isn't too good. There's a lot of rain in the autumn and winter. In fact, it's raining right now. Sometimes it snows in the winter. In the spring the weather's usually quite windy. But it's lovely and sunny in summer.

Rob

So, that's Harvey. And we asked you about the weather in spring. What's it like?

Catherine

Harvey said that the weather gets quite windy in spring.

Rob

Well done if you got that right. And we'll talk more about windy weather later. First, let's talk about the rain! Listen to this clip:

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There's a lot of rain in the autumn and winter.

Catherine

In this sentence, rain is a noun, so in a sentence, we can say there is a lot of rain, or we can add a main verb, for example: I like rain. Rob - how do you feel about rain?

Rob

I hate rain because I like to do a lot of cycling and when it rains I get wet. But the word rain can also be a verb. For example: it rains a lot here in London; in fact, look out the window: it's raining now!

Catherine

It's always raining in London! And can add a letter 'y' to the end of rain to make the adjective rainy. Rob, do you use an umbrella on rainy days?

Rob

No I don't, I wear a coat - more practical.

Catherine

More 'blokey'!

Rob

More 'blokey', yes. So that's the noun - rain; the verb - rain; and the adjective - rainy. The word snow works in the same way. Listen to this another clip.

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Sometimes it snows in the winter.

Catherine

Sometimes it snows in winter. The word snow there is a verb.

Rob

As a noun, we can say: sometimes there is snow.

Catherine

Or we can add the letter 'y' to make an adjective. Sometimes it's snowy.

Rob

Good. Now for another clip. Here's Harvey talking about the weather in Spring.

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In the spring the weather's usually quite windy.

Catherine

In the spring the weather's usually quite windy. In this sentence, windy is an adjective.

Rob

We can also use the word wind as a noun. Is there much wind today Catherine?

Catherine

There's quite a lot actually, I got quite blown around. So that's wind as a noun and windy as an adjective, but we can't use wind as a verb. You have to use a different verb like blow. The wind is blowing very hard today...

Rob

Right. And the word sun is the same. It's a noun:

Catherine

The sun is hot...

Rob

It can make an adjective:

Catherine

It's lovely and sunny...

Rob

But it isn't a verb. You need a different word for that.

Catherine

The sun is shining, even though it isn't!

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Rob

And we're looking at weather words. OK, it's quiz time! Are these sentences correct or wrong? Number one. It's sunning today.

Catherine

That's wrong. You can't say it's sunning, because sun isn't a verb. Instead, say it's sunny or the sun is shining.

Rob

Number two. There was a lot of snow last week.

Catherine

And that's correct.

Rob

Here comes the last one. I don't like windy.

Catherine

And that's also wrong. Windy is an adjective, so we need to add a noun here. Say: I don't like windy weather. Or, use wind as a noun and say: I don't like wind.

Rob

And that's the end of the quiz. Well done if you got those right. And we've just got time for a top tip for learning vocabulary.

Catherine

We have Rob, and this is it: when you learn a new word for the first time, you'll learn it more effectively if you use it a few times in the first 24 hours. So, if you learn a new word in the morning Rob, look it up again in the evening before you go to sleep.

Rob

I'll do that. Thank you! There's more about this at bbclearningenglish.com. Join us again soon for more 6 Minute Vocabulary.

Both

Bye!

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Session Vocabulary

Vocabulary points to take away

noun - verb - adjective

rain - rain - rainy

There is a lot of rain; It rains a lot; It's very rainy

snow - snow - snowy

There is a bit of snow; It snows in winter; It's a bit snowy

wind - blow - windy

I don't like wind; The wind blew the trees over; It's always windy

sun - shine - sunny

The sun is hot today; I wear sunglasses when the sun shines; It's sunny today