IELTS Preparation Series 1, Episode 19: Weather report

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Hello. I'm Margot Politis. Welcome to Study English, IELTS preparation.

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Today we're going to listen to a weather report.

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We're going to listen for numbers, and practise saying and spelling them.

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Listen to the weather in Sydney.

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Good morning. It looks like being another glorious summer day in Sydney.

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Temperatures will range from a minimum of 16°C in Richmond and 17°C in the city,

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with maximum temperatures reaching the high 20s, with 29 in Richmond and 27 in the city

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by early afternoon. This summer promises to be the warmest since 1987. The average minimum

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for this time of year is 15°C and the average maximum is 22°C.

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Humidity will be high again today, ranging from 80-90% across the metropolitan area,

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and possibly for the next 5 or 6 days.

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Sunrise will be at 5.45 am and the sun will set at 7.43 pm. The next full moon will be

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on December 9th.

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For those interested in fishing and surfing, windy conditions will prevail all day with

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winds gusting from the southeast from 10-15 knots, then easing to 10-11 knots by late

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afternoon. Swells along all Sydney beaches will range from 1 - 1.5 metres.

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So counting and numbers are a very important part of language. You need them to talk about

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how much things cost, what you earn, telephone numbers, visa cards, passports, addresses

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and dates.

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Being able to listen for and understand numbers is an important academic skill.

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There are some conventions you need to learn, and you'll need to do a lot of practice listening

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for and saying numbers.

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Let's get started.

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Listen to these pairs of numbers:

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13, 30

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14, 40

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15, 50

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16, 60

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Now you try these ones:

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17, 70

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18, 80

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19, 90

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They sound very similar. You'll need to listen carefully so you don't get these mixed up.

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Temperatures will range from a minimum of 16°C in Richmond and 17°C in the city.

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Humidity will be high again today, ranging from 80-90% across the metropolitan area.

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The temperature in Richmond is 16 degrees Celsius.

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The humidity is 80 - 90%.

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Did you hear these numbers correctly?

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If you don't understand what someone's said, ask them to repeat, and stress the key syllable.

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And that will be 16 dollars.

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Did you say sixTEEN, or sixTY?

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Usually the first syllable in a number is stressed.

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16, 60

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Notice that it is the final 'n' in teen that you have to be careful with.

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-teen, -ty

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But, of course, when you're listening for numbers, you can often work out the correct

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amount by the context. Try to always be aware of what seems right, even if you didn't quite

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hear properly.

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Pronunciation of years can sometimes be difficult as well.

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Listen to the clip:

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This summer promises to be the warmest since 1987.

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1987. NINEteen EIGHty seven.

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Notice where the stress comes.

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NINEteen NINETY nine.

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Let's practice some more:

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2001, two thousand and one

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1932, nineteen thirty two

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2040 twenty forty, or perhaps this will be read as two thousand and forty. I guess we'll

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have to wait and see!

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Notice 40 is spelt forty, not like four and fourteen.

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OK, now let's look at temperatures.

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Temperatures will range from a minimum of 16°C in Richmond and 17°C in the city,

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Temperatures will range from 16 degrees Celsius.

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We write that as 16 degrees Celsius, with a capital C. If it was in Fahrenheit, we'd

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write 16 degrees Fahrenheit, with a capital F. But in Australia, we use Celsius.

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So when giving a temperature range it is written 16-17°C, or 16 to 17°C.

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These are both read out the same way. Notice that the 'to' is unstressed.

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16-17 degrees Celsius.

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Now we're going to listen to a different weather report.

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Look at it written, and see if you can work out what should be written in the blanks.

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Here is the weather report for Sydney today, Tuesday 14th November.

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The sun will rise at 5:15 and set at 6:45.

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The minimum temperature for metropolitan Sydney will be 13, rising to a maximum of 30 degrees

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Celsius.

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Humidity today promises to be high at 70-80 per cent

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OK, let's have a look at that.

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The weather report for Sydney today, Tuesday the 14th November.

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She said: Tuesday the 14th November.

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The sun will rise at 5:15 and set at 6:45.

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The minimum temperature for metropolitan Sydney will be 13, rising to a maximum of 30 degrees

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Celsius.

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Humidity today promises to be high, 70-80 per cent

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How did you go with that?

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Remember, pronouncing final consonants will help considerably in hearing and understanding

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numbers. This is very important so that listeners understand what you say.

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Listen to the pronunciation of numbers here.

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Humidity will be high again today, ranging from 80-90% across the metropolitan area,

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and possibly for the next 5 or 6 days.

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She says five or six days.

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By linking final consonants with the first vowels of the following word, your speech

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will be much clearer.

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We say:

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5 or 6

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7 and 8

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9 or 10

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OK. Now let's listen for some times:

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Sunrise will be at 5.45 am and the sun will set at 7.43 pm. The next full moon will be

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on December the 9th.

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She says: Sunrise will be at 5:45 am.

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Sunset will be at 7:43 pm.

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Notice the way we say the time. We say the hour and then the minutes as a whole number,

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and we add a.m. for morning, p.m. for afternoon.

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5.45am, five forty five am

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7.43pm, seven forty three pm

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But there are a number of different ways of saying the quarter hours.

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We have:

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7am or 7 o'clock

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7.15 or quarter past 7

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7.45, or quarter to 8

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7.30, half past seven

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Now let's listen to some more of the weather report.

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For those interested in fishing and surfing, windy conditions will prevail all day with

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winds gusting from the southeast from 10-15 knots, then easing to 10-11 knots by late

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afternoon.

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Notice that she says for those interested in fishing and swimming.

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Interested here is a past participle, but it's used as an adjective.

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English verbs have 2 sorts of participles, present and past.

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So the regular verb to interest has interesting, interested.

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bore: boring, bored

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tire: tiring, tired

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excite: exciting, excited

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When we want to say how we feel about something, we can use the past participle.

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I am interested in science.

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I am bored with reading.

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I felt tired after that walk.

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But when we're describing the qualities of a person or thing, we use the present participle.

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Science is interesting.

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A good way to remember these is to make sure you always write a table with the past and

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present participles together.

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You'll notice that the present participle usually ends in -ing, and the past participle

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ends in -ed. But, of course, there are always irregular verbs to watch out for as well.

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And that's all for Study English today. Hope you keep practising those interesting participles.

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They should keep you interested!

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See you next time, bye bye.

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