A weather forecast

A weather forecast

Listen to a weather forecast and answer the questions to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

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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!

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Submitted by dta89uct on Fri, 25/08/2023 - 17:11

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This listening exercise is really challenging for me; there are hardly any pauses throughout, leaving no time for digestion.
"we're off to a good start in the south this week, as most of the rain from the weekend has disappeared" sounds like a sentence without the comma

Submitted by RENACHAN on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 12:21

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I think I like the temperature at the beginning of winter and summer. I don't like summer for its heat, which reaches 50 degrees in my country,where you can't think about going outside or even staying for a second without the air conditioning. My problem with winter is that I have to wake up every day at 5 o'clock for school,where the temperature is minus zero, and I don't like the gloomy atmosphere of winter.

Submitted by long09025 on Tue, 01/08/2023 - 07:03

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This topic is much harder than these old ones

Submitted by rhoda16 on Fri, 21/07/2023 - 07:26

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Here in our country we have a tropical sessions. The best weather for me is dry.

Submitted by Annie's Dinh on Wed, 05/07/2023 - 17:13

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I suppose that I love winter and autumn. Because , in winter, I can play With my friend by making the snow from snowing and put on the warm coast which is the clothes I like. And then , In autumn, I love the wind , it has made me comfortable and i can study all day with that weather that I'm not tired.Both winter and autumn have similar comfortable air . And , In the morning , I can get up early that I'm not tired and uncomfortable. So , It's the similar winter and autumn seasons had brought people the comfortable feelings.

Submitted by XinchaoVietNam on Sun, 11/06/2023 - 09:27

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I like the cold of winter because it makes me feel comfortable and warm when I wear this jacket all day.

Submitted by Hiba ana on Sun, 14/05/2023 - 10:39

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i will choose winter and autumn because i like both cold and rainy weather .in my country Sudan the winter is divided from rainy weather ( autumn and its last for 3 months and winter may last for 4 months i really enjoy the good both seasons .

Submitted by nganvo110 on Sat, 13/05/2023 - 11:18

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I love summer because it's the season of blooming flowers, singing birds, clear blue skies, and stunning beaches. It's perfect for outdoor activities like hiking, high ropes challenges, and reef scuba diving. In contrast, I'm not a fan of winter with its thunderstorms, drizzle, and floods, which often put me in a bad mood.

Submitted by JBenavidesMelo on Sat, 06/05/2023 - 18:29

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I live in a city with cold weather, I like it except when it gets too rainy. I dislike hot weather, but warm weather is OK. My favorite season is autumn, even tough it is cold, windy and I freeze, I love the colors and the environment.

Submitted by oscardortiz on Sat, 06/05/2023 - 18:27

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I like a really wet weather, and enjoy the rain because it let to show everything green, the trees and plants grows, everything is fresh, you can sleep with open windows, the only thing that I hate of the rain here in my city, it’s the thunderstorm, there are a lot of them during the summer and autumn time.I don’t like the hail either, there’s many damage with it