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Weather and seasons

Hello and welcome to another episode of Elephant English Podcasts. Today's video is going to be a little bit different because I am going to do a speaking pract

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  1. Hello and welcome to another episode of Elephant English Podcasts.
  2. Today's video is going to be a little bit different because I am going to do a speaking practice.
  3. So I'm going to read some questions about weather and seasons that they might ask you in a speaking exam and I'm going to respond to these questions.
  4. So the first question is what seasons do you have in your country?
  5. In the UK we have the four seasons.
  6. We have winter when it is a little bit cold and sometimes it snows.
  7. Then we have spring when the weather is warm and there are a lot of flowers.
  8. Thirdly, there is the summer which is hot but not very hot if we compare it to other countries like Spain.
  9. And then finally we have autumn which is similar to spring but the leaves of the trees fall off and it is very beautiful.
  10. Which is your favourite season?
  11. My favourite season is summer because it is quite hot and you can do a lot of things outside.
  12. For example, you can go for a walk on the beach you can be outside in your garden, you can have a barbecue or just go to the park.
  13. Is your country popular with tourists in every season?
  14. I think that the UK is popular with tourists in every season but the most important season for tourism is summer.
  15. There are a lot of people that come to the UK in June, July and August.
  16. But a lot of people come to London, for example, during all of the year.
  17. In the second part of this speaking test, I have to describe a type of weather that I don't like.
  18. So, I don't like rain.
  19. This is not very good because in England there is a lot of rain.
  20. Sometimes it rains every day for two weeks.
  21. But other times it only rains once per week.
  22. So, it just depends on the week and on the season really.
  23. And the reason why I don't like the rain is because when it is raining, you can't go outside and do things that you like to do.
  24. For example, you can't go to the beach, you can't go to the park and it makes you feel a little bit sad.
  25. In the third part, I have to give my opinion on some topics So, do you think the weather makes people sad or happy?
  26. Yes, I think that when the weather is sunny and it is very hot, people are happier because they can do more things and they can go outside.
  27. But I think that when it is raining and it is cold, people feel very sad.
  28. The next question is, what are some examples of bad weather?
  29. Well, I think that the main examples of bad weather are rain, storms and maybe snow.
  30. snow can be good for some people but other people hate snow because you can't go to work or you can't go to school but in England the main examples of bad weather is normally rain or storms and finally the last question is how do you look at the weather well I normally look online to see what the weather is going to be like Google normally tells me what the weather is going to be like today and tomorrow but normally I don't look at it only if I'm going to do something special like for example go to the beach or go somewhere outside where I know that I can't go if it rains So, today we have done a speaking practice about the weather and seasons I hope you enjoyed it and that it was useful for you I'm going to do this about other topics as well So if you have liked it, please like this video and subscribe.
  31. Remember that I make activities about the content in the videos and you can find this with the transcript of this video on my website.
  32. Thank you and I'll see you next time!