📖 A weather forecast - IELTS 4.0 học tiếng anh

💎 A weather forecast

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

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!

1. Nhận ra cấu trúc bản tin thời tiết

Tin thời tiết thường có cấu trúc rất rõ:

1️⃣ Tình hình hiện tại

we're off to a good start in the south this week

2️⃣ Từng khu vực

north-west, east coast, Manchester, Leeds

3️⃣ Dự báo vài ngày tới

over the next day or so
through until Thursday

4️⃣ Cuối tuần

by the weekend

👉 Khi nghe, chỉ cần bắt được khung này, bạn đã hiểu ~60% nội dung.

2. Nghe từ vựng thời tiết phổ biến

Những từ sau xuất hiện rất nhiều trong bản tin:

Từ	Nghĩa
rain	mưa
showers	mưa rào
drizzle	mưa phùn
thunderstorms	mưa giông
cloud	mây
foggy patches	từng vùng sương mù
dry	khô ráo
clear up	trời quang
temperatures	nhiệt độ

Ví dụ trong bài:

isolated showers → mưa rào rải rác
heavy showers → mưa to
thundery → có giông

3. Nghe cụm từ dự báo thời gian

Bản tin thời tiết dùng nhiều cụm thời gian:

Cụm từ	Nghĩa
over the next day or so	trong 1 ngày tới
through until Thursday	kéo dài đến thứ năm
as the week goes on	khi tuần tiếp tục
by the weekend	đến cuối tuần