IELTS WEATHER WITH NAS

This podcast is about IELTS Speaking Part 1 and the importance of idioms. The speaker recommends joining group classes to learn idioms in context and to practice using them. The speaker provides examples of idioms related to hot weather and heavy rain. They also discuss checking the weather forecast and the speaker's habits of checking it daily. The speaker emphasizes the benefits of smart learning and encourages listeners to join their group classes to improve their vocabulary and language skills. and welcome to IELTS Speaking Part 1 with Nass. I'm Nass, a South of 35 IELTS specialist with more than 11 years of international experience, so I think that I'm the right person to help you, guide you, mentor you, and tutor you when it comes to IELTS Speaking Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. But in this podcast we are going to deal with IELTS Speaking Part 1. Something else worth mentioning is that on italki we offer group classes where IELTS topics are explored and discussed in dynamic sessions with other students. You learn phrasal verbs and idioms in context, which really beats memorized word lists. With a memorized word list don't fully understand the usage of the phrasal verb or the idiom, whereas in our group classes you are guided and mentored, encouraged to use the idioms and the phrasal verbs repeatedly so that they become familiar to you. So the smart choice would be to sign up for an IELTS group class or an italki group class. But let's get back to the topic at hand for today which is idioms and IELTS Speaking Part 1 about the weather. So this is a current topic and the first one is what's the weather like where you live? Now let's assume that in the summer it's really, really hot. Okay, can you think of an idiom for really hot weather? It's scorching. Yep, you can fry an egg on the pavement. Beautiful phrase. And we also have something called the dog days of summer, the hottest days of the summer. So where I live on the Mediterranean, we really do have the dog days of summer in August, at the end of August, where it's about 45 degrees. Isn't that a beautiful idiom? So if I'm talking about weather and the climate in the place where I live, I can use that idiom. Also, if I'm talking about the weather in winter, we don't actually get snow here, but in December, January, and February, it rains heavily. So there is a lot of rain. Another way to say that, an idiom that I can use to say that is that it rains cats and dogs in December, January, and February. So let's go back to the question. What's the weather like where you live? Well, generally speaking, it's really hot and humid in the summer. In fact, it's scorching with temperatures reaching about 45 degrees. And then we also have the dog days of the summer, and that's in late August. In the winter, it really rains a lot. It rains heavily. We probably have about 20 days of rain every month in December, January, and February. So I would have to say that it rains cats and dogs in the winter. Now, wasn't that a really comprehensive answer? And the only thing that I did was use two idioms, which you will learn to use with precision when you sign up to my group classes. It doesn't have to be an IELTS group class. If you join up to NASA's Convo Club or NASA Presents Breaking News, you will learn vocabulary, idioms, and phrasal verbs in context, and you will get to practice them repeatedly. Let's look at one of the other questions related to the weather in a current topic. And are you in the habit of checking the weather forecast, and when or how often? So if you check the weather forecast, where do you actually check the weather forecast? Do you check it online? Do you have an app where you check the weather forecast? So I have an app on my phone, AccuWeather, and I generally check the weather forecast if it's raining, because I want to see how long this rain is going to continue, and if it's going to rain cats and dogs for the next few days, if I am able to go out, if I'm going to be housebound. I also check the weather in summer when it's really hot, and during the dog days of summer, I check the temperature, I check the real feel, and I also check the humidity, because where I live, we sometimes have humidity of 80%, and that makes it very uncomfortable. So am I in the habit of checking the weather forecast? I would say, well, generally speaking, I check the weather forecast once a day, especially on days when it's raining cats and dogs, because I need to know when it will end, so that I'm able to go out to the supermarket and places like that. I also check the weather forecast regularly in the summer to check the temperatures, because it reaches about 45 degrees, and then I can't go out, it's not safe to go out, and also to check the humidity, because that affects the comfort level and the real feel. Now, I'd like you to make a note of all the vocabulary idioms and phrasal verbs that I used in the session. In seven minutes, you have probably learned more than you would memorizing word lists for three hours, and this is why you need to make the smart choice. You need to convert from intensive learning that doesn't yield results to smart learning. Join the Groom class today, just try one, and you will see the difference that it makes. Not only are you learning new vocabulary, phrasal verbs, and idioms, but you get to actually practice them and use them, and that's something you simply cannot get when you are memorizing word lists. We hope that you enjoyed this podcast. We hope it was of value to you. 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