 Lesson
9 - Weather Report
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
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Weather Report
JENNIFER: It’s freezing outside! What
happened to the weather report? I thought this cold front was supposed to pass.
GABRIELA: Yeah, I thought so too. That’s
what I read online this morning.
JENNIFER: I guess the wind chill is really
driving down the temperature.
GABRIELA: Can we go inside? I feel like my
toes are starting to go numb. |
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Conversation Notes |
- A “cold front” means a large mass of cold air. It can be
plural: There were multiple cold fronts this January.
- Here “supposed to” refers to something that is intended
or expected to happen: I thought it was supposed to rain today. This phrase
can be used for many situations: I thought the train was supposed to arrive
at 9:00 a.m.
- Yeah / Yup / Uh huh are informal conversational cues
used by native speakers in conversation. Each of these responses could be
used here for “yes.” Gabriela affirms what Jennifer is saying. The most
polite way to affirm a response is to say “yes.”
- Listen for the emphasis on “That’s what I read online
this morning.” This useful phrase can be used with other verbs to convey
information: That’s what I heard on the radio. / That’s what I saw on TV. /
That’s what I read online.
- Chill / freezing / cold: These words describe cold
weather. I feel the wind chill. / I feel the chill. / I am freezing. / I am
cold.
- Wind chill is the effect of the wind making the
temperature feel colder on a person’s skin. This is an uncountable noun. The
temperature is 4 degrees, but with the wind chill it feels like -8. These
phrases are used in weather reports as well.
- The phrase “driving down” means “forcing to be lower”
and can be used in many situations. An oversupply of new houses is driving
down sales prices in the area.
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Source: U.S. State Department |
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