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Transcript
Hello and good morning! Well, we're off to a good start in the south this week, as most of the rain from the weekend has disappeared – just a few patches of cloud and maybe some showers here on the east coast. They'll all clear up by lunchtime, though. Over the next day or so, London and the area around Kent can expect a couple of isolated showers, but mostly dry through until Thursday.
It's not such good news for the north-west this week, I'm afraid: more wet weather, and not a lot of sunshine. Some of today's showers will be heavy – and even thundery in Manchester and across the Pennines. Leeds will escape the thunderstorms, with drizzle and light rain only throughout the rest of the day and tonight.
Elsewhere it becomes dry today, but with some foggy patches towards Wales. In England, tomorrow morning will see a dry, bright start in most places, with high temperatures throughout the week. We might see one or two thunderstorms appearing as the week goes on, with temperatures everywhere at 29 to 30 degrees.
By the weekend, unfortunately, the dry weather will make way for mostly cloudy skies and rain. The rain will move from Scotland, down towards the north and reach the south coast by Saturday afternoon. Temperatures, at least, will stay mostly warm at around 21 degrees for the weekend. It might feel like a nice change from the high twenties and early thirties we'll see in the week. That's all from me until tomorrow. Enjoy the mini-heatwave while you can!
I like the cold weather, especially with rain. I can find peace and joy in the light rain or drizzle. I know it's weird but I really feel excited when there are some patches of dark clouds in the sky which is the sign of a shower. I'm a bit annoyed with the heatwaves in summer because my body will be soaked in sweat and I also feel not very productive in this kind of weather.
Note: New words I try to put into my answer:
- Drizzle
- Shower
- Patch
- Heatwave
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I like cold weather the most. In my country is generally very hot, the highest temperature is over 40°C. I always feel like I'm gonna die in the sun. So, when winter comes, I feel fresher, and the weather is so good. The winter in my country is not that cold, I can go outside and play, and don't need to worry about sunburned skin.
may i ask where you live
what i very like is the medium weather . not too cold and not too hot . but if the medium weather is not there , so let us go with the cold one.
i would like the sunshine weather the more. because the sunshine weather make way for Swimming and play lots of games out of the home and in my opinion, wet weather make me feel like sad
In my opinion i prefer spring weather throughout the year because all the world become colourful and tempreture not hot and not cold
I prefer dark cloudy and rainy weather.
for me, I love the hot weather because you don't need to put yourself on a carpet all the day and wear a lot of clothes
and on the mental side, I love it because the cold weather put my mind in a mood of getting on a carpet and get a hot drink and watch some movie unlike the hot weather that makes me enthusiastic to make new things and energetic
Listening to the weather forecast is really hard for me because I don't understand and remember what they said. Even I read transcript, i can't remember the content to do the tasks.
I definitly like warm weather, I don't like rain and sunny. I only like rain at night when i go to bed
I prefer hot weather because I like going to the beach and I still hate wearing blouses.
I live in a country with four season but I mostly like warm because it s the perfect time to go out and play some football
In my opinion, I prefer cold weather but it doesn't rain, I like cold weather because I can do all my activities relaxed without much heat, I'm not a big fan of heat, it suffocates me and doesn't allow me to be calm. My perfect days are when it's cold but it doesn't rain. Also, if I'm very cold, it's easy to solve. I just have a hot coffee and a good coat.
I prefer cloudy weather than the sunny one, also cold than hot temp.
I prefer warm weather over cold weather.
I was born and grew up in a country where there is only two weather seasons; summer, and rainy season. Obviously, I have a dream of moving to a place where there is winter. In addition, I wanted to experience snow, wear boots and winter jackets. But things change, now I live in a country where there is four weather season. At first, everything seems perfect experiencing cold season ,but I realize that I feel not very productive in this kind of weather. To sum up, I prefer warm weather than cold because I can be very productive at work at the same time I can be physically fit while enjoying a simple walk in the park.
Generally speaking, I’d like autumn best throughout the year. Because it’s no any heatwaves to endure annoyingly and there’re fantastic colourful scenes that the leafs of the trees from green changing to yellow or red elsewhere during this season.
Even more, It’s relatively comfortable temperature to enjoys many outdoor sports just like jogging, running and hiking, etc.
Well, I prefer the warm weather in spring rather than the hot weather in summer and the cold weather in winter, I don't really like the light rain or drizzle when I have to go to work by bicycle but the heatwaves in summer are the worse. It's a bit annoying when I'm travelling on the cycle path and start to rain really hard, so I need to find a patch covered by some roof to avoid getting wet, I usually use a stop bus to wait throughout the storm clear up and make way for the sunshine. In the winter we have a lot of storms with heavy rain and thunders and some places in the countryside get isolated by the flooded routes caused by the higher levels of water running by the rivers caused by the heavy rain.
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Great site!
Thank you for your nice answer.
I like rainy weather because I can feel peace when the rains fall down.
I like hot weather best because I don't need to wear a lot of clothes and can use a fan or get the cool breeze from the window.
i like cold weather, like have snow or something like that. because i live in a country which is tropical climate. there are two seasons clearly: dry and rain so that i want to experience cold weather.
Like both sunny and rainy weather
I like the breeze weather best
plz what mean of ''we're off to a good start"
Hello Rolabaik,
'to be off to a good start' means 'to be a good start'. In this case, the weather person means that the week in the south has started with good weather. When people in the UK speak of 'good weather', they almost always mean sunny weather.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Natasa Tanasa,
Both words have several uses, but I think the one that may be confusing is this:
In this use, the difference is degree: throughout suggests it reached every part of the country, while through suggests is spread widely, but not necessarily to every single place.
If you had a different context in mind then feel free to provide an example and we'll be happy to comment.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team