Learn to talk about the weather in the present and future tense
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sadia: Hi from New York. This is Sadia. Thanks for joining us today. |
| Keith: Hey, and I’m Keith. “Don't Be Left Out in the Cold” |
| Sadia: In the last lesson, Lesson 10 - How to Stay in Style While in America, you learned how to check in to a hotel and how to request something. |
| Keith: You also learned about the phrase "is there” and “are there," and also we talked about prepositions again. |
| Sadia: In this lesson you will learn how to talk about the weather. |
| Keith: And this conversation takes place on a Friday morning, in a hotel lobby. |
| Sadia: The conversation is between the main character, Zo, and a front desk worker. |
| Keith: Alright, well let’s listen in to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Front Desk Worker: Good morning, sir! |
| Zo: Good morning! What's the weather like today? |
| Front Desk Worker: Well, it'll be sunny all morning, but it’ll rain in the afternoon. |
| Zo: Ah, rainy days.... |
| Front Desk Worker: Yes, bad weather later today, but you're lucky; spring is a beautiful season. Beautiful weather here in April. |
| Zo: Really? |
| Front Desk Worker: Sure! There's some rain, yes, but also lots of sunny days. Really great weather. |
| Zo: Thank you! Where are the taxis? |
| Front Desk Worker: Ah, yes—the taxis are in front of the hotel. |
| Zo: Thank you. |
| Front Desk Worker: Have a good day, sir! |
| Keith: One more time, slowly. |
| Front Desk Worker: Good morning, sir! |
| Zo: Good morning! What's the weather like today? |
| Front Desk Worker: Well, it'll be sunny all morning, but it’ll rain in the afternoon. |
| Zo: Ah, rainy days.... |
| Front Desk Worker: Yes, bad weather later today, but you're lucky; spring is a beautiful season. Beautiful weather here in April. |
| Zo: Really? |
| Front Desk Worker: Sure! There's some rain, yes, but also lots of sunny days. Really great weather. |
| Zo: Thank you! Where are the taxis? |
| Front Desk Worker: Ah, yes—the taxis are in front of the hotel. |
| Zo: Thank you. |
| Front Desk Worker: Have a good day, sir! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Sadia: What's the hottest topic in the English language? |
| Keith: The hottest topic? Are you being "punny"? |
| Sadia: No, I’m not making a pun or using words playfully. The weather actually IS a pretty hot topic! |
| Keith: And hot topic means very common conversation I guess? |
| Sadia: Mm-hm. Popular. |
| Keith: You're right-- talking about the weather is the easiest way to break the ice. |
| Sadia: Mm-hm. Break the ice means like to begin a conversation, especially with a stranger. |
| Keith: Why do you think that is? |
| Sadia: I guess it's because the weather is the one thing that affects us all! |
| Keith: It doesn’t matter if the weather is pleasant or unpleasant, sunny or rainy, we all have opinions about it! |
| Sadia: Speaking of which, it's entirely too cold in New York today. |
| Keith: Spring was supposed to be pretty close. I don’t know what happened. |
| Sadia: Yeah, I know it’s freezing. You’re a winter person. |
| Sadia: No, no, no, no, no. I’m not a winter person. I’m absolutely about warmth and sunshine! It has to be, maybe, 80 degrees Fahrenheit for me to be comfortable. |
| Keith: So you would say you’re a summer person. |
| Sadia: Yeah summer person. |
| Keith: Yeah, I think that’s a cool phrase that maybe some of our listeners can |
| Sadia: Yeah summer person means you’re a person who prefers the summer. |
| Keith: Who likes the summer. Me? I’m a winter person. I like the winter. |
| Sadia: Do you really? |
| Keith: Yeah, you know it’s because if it’s cold, I can put on more clothes. But if it’s hot, I can’t take off everything. |
| Sadia: That’s a good point. |
| Keith: OK, let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Ketih: The first word we shall see is: |
| Sadia: rainy [natural native speed] |
| Keith: full of rain |
| Sadia: rainy [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: rainy [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| like [natural native speed] |
| Keith: in the manner of |
| like [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| like [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| Sadia: today [natural native speed] |
| Keith: the present day; after yesterday but before tomorrow |
| Sadia: today [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: today [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| in [natural native speed] |
| Keith: place where |
| in [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| in [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| Sadia: morning [natural native speed] |
| Keith: the earliest part of the day |
| Sadia: morning [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: morning [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| usually [natural native speed] |
| Keith: normally; commonly |
| usually [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| usually [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| Sadia: warm [natural native speed] |
| Keith: giving soft or gentle heat |
| Sadia: warm [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: warm [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| cool [natural native speed] |
| Keith: slightly cold; not warm |
| cool [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| cool [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| Sadia: careful [natural native speed] |
| Keith: taking much care; paying much attention |
| Sadia: careful [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: careful [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| sometimes [natural native speed] |
| Keith: at times; now and then; occasionally |
| sometimes [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| sometimes [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| Sadia: to rain [natural native speed] |
| Keith: to fall from the sky as water |
| Sadia: to rain [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: to rain [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| lucky [natural native speed] |
| Keith: having good chance or fortune |
| lucky [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| lucky [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| Sadia: beautiful [natural native speed] |
| Keith: very pleasant to look at |
| Sadia: beautiful [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: beautiful [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| taxi [natural native speed] |
| Keith: taxicab; hired car |
| taxi [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| taxi [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| Sadia: in front [natural native speed] |
| Keith: just ahead |
| Sadia: in front [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: in front [natural native speed] |
| Next:" |
| Sadia: hotel [natural native speed] |
| Keith: a building that provides lodging and meals to travelers |
| Sadia: hotel [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: hotel [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Keith: OK well let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Sadia: OK, the first phrase we’ll look at is “What's the weather like today?” |
| Keith: That ever-important phrase. |
| Sadia: Mm-hm. OK, Zo is leaving the hotel. He probably wants to make sure he's prepared for the long day he has ahead of her. |
| Keith: He probably won't have time to go back to the hotel if there’s rain or if it’s too cold, he might want a jacket or an umbrella, so he asks the front desk worker about today's forecast. |
| Sadia: Right. What's the weather like today, Keith? |
| Keith: It's cool, it’s crisp, and a little cloudy. And I heard that it's supposed to get cooler in the evening. |
| Sadia: Oh, my. Good thing I brought my scarf. |
| Keith: What's next? |
| Sadia: Next is the use of prepositional phrases. |
| Keith: Remember, prepositions are our best friends! Or sometimes worst enemies. Remember that prepositions links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a sentence. |
| Sadia: So prepositional phrases are phrases that use prepositions. |
| Keith: In this dialogue, there’s several prepositional phrases |
| Sadia: Let's not forget that taxis can be found "in front of" the hotel. |
| Keith: Of course, "in" is not the only preposition. Let's play a game; I'll say a preposition, and you say a sentence. |
| Sadia: Okay! Go! |
| Keith: On. |
| Sadia: My books are on the table. |
| Keith: To. |
| Sadia: I'm going out to dinner tonight. |
| Keith: Throughout. |
| Sadia: Oh! Good one! Animals that hibernate sleep throughout the winter. |
Lesson focus |
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| Sadia: The focus points of this lesson are the conjunction, "but," the future tense, and adjectives with nouns. |
| Keith: In this dialogue, the front desk worker says, "Rainy in the morning, but sunny in the afternoon." |
| Sadia: You can combine 2 sentences with opposite ideas into one by adding the word, "but." |
| Keith: Listen to these two sentences - "Sarah ran as fast as she could to catch the bus. She missed it." |
| Sadia: By inserting the word "but" between these two sentences, you can combine them-- making them one nice, long sentence. |
| Keith: What does that become, Sadia? |
| Sadia: That becomes, “Sarah ran as fast as she could to catch the bus, but she missed it.” |
| Keith: Magic of the conjunctions. You put two sentences into one. |
| Sadia: Yep, conjunctions, they are magic. And they may seem difficult to understand, BUT it's actually quite simple! |
| Keith: Very nice one, Sadia! |
| Sadia: Thank you. To recap, in the dialogue, the front desk worker says, "Rainy in the morning, but sunny in the afternoon." |
| Keith: "But" is the conjunction. |
| Sadia: It connects two opposite ideas-- rainy and sunny-- to make one sentence. "Rainy in the morning, but sunny in the afternoon." |
| Keith: Let's move on to looking at the future tense. |
| Sadia: What's "future tense?" It refers to verbs, right? |
| Keith: That’s right. Verbs in the future tense have not yet happened; but, they WILL happen in the future. |
| Sadia: Ahh! Will. OK, so in the dialogue, Zo asks about the day's weather. The front desk worker says, “Well, it will be sunny all morning, but it will rain in the afternoon." |
| Sadia: Not only is there a conjunction in that sentence, there are future tense verbs, too! It WILL be sunny, it WILL rain. |
| Keith: Exactly. The day has just starter, so the worker tellsZo what the weather WILL be like for the rest of the morning. |
| Sadia: The front desk worker is making guesses, about what the weather may be like for the |
| rest of the day. So, the future tense is used to refer to things that have not yet happened, that haven’t happened-- but WILL! |
| Keith: And you can make a statement or sentence with a future tense verb by using a really easy and simple formula - |
| Sadia: Subject + WILL + verb. Our listeners WILL become amazing English speakers. |
| Keith: Yeah. And we WILL keep bringing them fun, engaging, educational lessons. |
| Sadia: True. So that’s future tense! What's next? |
| Keith: Why don't we talk about adjectives with nouns? |
| Sadia: Okay. It's common to pair adjectives with nouns. I'm |
| sure you all remember that adjectives are words used to DESCRIBE nouns. And they're always placed BEFORE the nouns they describe. |
| Keith: In this dialogue, the front desk worker says about the weather in April, "There's some rain, yes, but also lots of sunny days. Really great weather." |
| Sadia: Great example. SUNNY is an adjective that describes the DAYS in April. Sunny days. |
| Keith: And, "Really great weather." GREAT is an adjective that describes the WEATHER in April. Great weather. |
| Sadia: And here's another line from the dialogue - "Spring is a beautiful season. Beautiful weather here in April." |
| Keith: And BEAUTIFUL seems to be the important word here-- that’s the ADJECTIVE. Beautiful. "Spring is a beautiful season. Beautiful weather here in April." Beautiful DESCRIBES the spring season and the April weather. |
| Sadia: The formula here is simple too. It’s just adjective + noun. So, uh, happy + girl = happy girl. |
| Keith: How about loud + dog. That's a loud dog. |
| Sadia: Sunny + sky = sunny sky. Nothing can really top a sunny sky, so let's stop right here. |
Outro |
| Keith: Alright, if you say so! Well that’s all for today, folks |
| Sadia: Hope you enjoyed today’s lesson. Bye-bye. |
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