Talking About the Weather
Welcome to this English conversation lesson on “Talking About the Weather”. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to discuss the weather with a friend, using vocabulary related to different types of weather conditions and natural disasters. You’ll also learn alternative ways to say “weather”, such as “climate” or “forecast”.
Vocabulary
- “Thunder storm” is a storm with thunder and lightning
- “Downpour” is a heavy and sudden fall of rain
- “Flooding” is when water covers an area that is normally dry
Talking About the Weather Conversation
Friend 1: Did you see the thunder storm late last night?
Friend 2: No. I totally missed it.
Friend 1: It was pretty loud. Did you sleep through it?
Friend 2: I guess I must have, didn’t hear a thing.
Friend 1: I watched it from my bedroom window. The rain was really heavy.
Friend 2: I heard on the news this morning some areas had a lot of flooding.
Friend 1: My aunts basement got flooded, they’re doing clean up today.
Friend 2: Was there a lot of damage?
Friend 1: Not too much. A few items near the stairwell.
Friend 2: That’s good. Some of the roads were flooded out as well.
Friend 1: Did you see the sink hole on the highway?
Friend 2: No I didn’t. Was it bad?
Friend 1: One whole section of the road collapsed. I guess with the heavy downpour the ground turned in to a swamp.
Friend 2: I can’t believe I didn’t wake up!
Friend 1: It was pretty late when the heavy stuff started coming down. Plus it happened so fast, it was over in about twenty minutes but what a downpour!
Friend 2: Sounds like it. I guess our neighborhood was pretty lucky, lots of big puddles but no flooding.
Friend 1: The weather report says only neighborhoods in the lower parts of the city were affected by the flooding.
Friend 2: That makes sense. Well it’s suppose to be sunny and warm today so hopefully most of it will dry up.
We hope this conversation has helped you learn how to discuss the weather with a friend. Remember to use vocabulary like “thunder storm”, “downpour”, and “flooding” to sound more natural in your conversation.