Learn 10 high-frequency expressions, including vocabulary for seasons and weather
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| Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. Welcome to the "2000 Core English Words and Phrases" video series. Each lesson will help you learn new words, practice, and review what you've learned. |
| Okay, let's get started. |
| First is |
| Summer, Summer, Summer |
| Summer is the hottest season of the year in the northern hemisphere of the world. |
| Summer usually is from about July to maybe about September or so. Here's an example sentence |
| Summer is the time of family vacations and warm weather. |
| Summer is the time of family vacations and warm weather. |
| Summer is the time of family vacations and warm weather. |
| Spring, Spring, Spring |
| Spring is the season before |
| Summer spring is the season that comes after winter. |
| It's usually a little bit rainy and maybe when flowers start to bloom and new animals are born. Here's an example |
| Renewal and rebirth are the elements of spring. |
| Renewal and rebirth are the elements of spring. |
| Renewal and rebirth are the elements of spring. |
| Fall, Fall, Fall |
| Fall is the season |
| After summer and before winter it's when it starts to get a little bit colder. |
| You might see colors coming in on plants like oranges and yellows. Here's an example |
| It's already fall, but it's still warm these days. |
| It's already fall, but it's still warm these days. |
| It's already fall, but it's still warm these days. |
| Heavy rain, Heavy rain, Heavy rain |
| Heavy rain is just like regular rain. |
| But heavy rain means there's a lot of rain and it falls very very quickly usually. |
| So it might be dangerous to go outside because of floods or other problems caused by such intense rain. |
| Here's an example |
| This heavy rain could cause flash flooding. |
| This heavy rain could cause flash flooding. |
| This heavy rain could cause flash flooding. |
| Freeze, Freeze, Freeze |
| Freeze can be used as a noun and as a verb. |
| To freeze something means to make it so so so so cold that it becomes iced. |
| When we talk about it as a noun it means a condition where things can become icy. Here's an example |
| Some plants will die if there is a freeze tonight. |
| Some plants will die if there is a freeze tonight. |
| Some plants will die if there is a freeze tonight. |
| Rainbow, Rainbow, Rainbow |
| A rainbow is a beautiful natural phenomenon that happens usually after some rain. |
| So after the rain has fallen after the rain has stopped. |
| Usually you can see a lot of colors in the sky in this kind of shape red green blue yellow and so on. |
| So you might see this after the rain. It's called a rainbow. Here's an example |
| After the rain, you may see a rainbow. |
| After the rain, you may see a rainbow. |
| After the rain you may see a rainbow. |
| Lightning, Lightning, Lightning |
| Lightning is something that happens during a storm. So there are usually two parts to a storm. |
| There is the Thunder which is the sound and lightning which is the sharp crack of light that you see in the sky. |
| So lightning refers to those light streaks that you sometimes see in very big storms. Here's an example |
| Flashes of lightning can be beautiful but are very dangerous |
| Flashes of lightning can be beautiful but are very dangerous |
| Flashes of lightning can be beautiful but are very dangerous |
| Clear sky, Clear sky, Clear sky |
| A clear sky is a sky that doesn't have clouds in it or there are very very few clouds in the sky. |
| We can see very easily. There's no visibility problems. So usually on a very sunny day. There is clear sky. |
| Here's an example. There was a clear sky today. |
| There was a clear sky today. |
| There was a clear sky today. |
| Shower, Shower, Shower |
| Shower has a couple different uses |
| We can use it of course to talk about cleaning our body as in to take a shower and we can use it to talk about the weather so when we talk about just short periods of rain, we often call them showers. Here's an example |
| April showers bring May flowers. |
| April showers bring May flowers. |
| April showers bring May flowers. |
| Drizzle, Drizzle, Drizzle |
| Drizzle can be used as a noun and as a verb as a verb. It means to put something usually a liquid a little bit on top of something else |
| As a noun when we use it to talk about the weather. It means just a little bit of rain so a very very light rain for a short period here's an example. |
| A drizzle is a very fine light rain. A drizzle is a very fine light rain. |
| A drizzle is a very fine light rain. |
| Let's review I'm going to describe a word or phrase in English see if you can remember it then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation. Ready? |
| Do you remember how to say the name of the hottest season of the year? |
| Summer, Summer |
| And how to say the name of the season where there's often a little bit of rain, but plants come into bloom again? |
| Spring, Spring |
| What about the season that comes after summer when the colors start to emerge in oranges and yellows and reds? |
| Fall, Fall |
| Do you remember how to say the expression that means a lot of rain or very very intense rain? |
| Heavy rain, Heavy rain |
| Let's try the word that means a condition so cold that things can turn into ice? |
| Freeze freeze |
| What about the word we use to express the colorful natural phenomenon that sometimes happens after rain? |
| Rainbow, Rainbow |
| Now let's see if you remember how to talk about those beautiful, but dangerous streaks of light you sometimes see in the sky during a storm? |
| Lightning, Lightning |
| Another one. What about the expression that means a sky with no clouds with just beautiful visibility? |
| Clear sky, Clear sky |
| Do you remember how to say the word for a short period of rain? |
| Shower, Shower |
| And finally, do you remember how to say just a little bit of rain maybe for a short period only? |
| Drizzle, Drizzle |
| Well done! See you next time. Bye! |
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