{"id":1497,"date":"2019-03-26T15:47:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T07:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T09:14:15","slug":"learning-basic-english-the-weather-and-neutral-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/english-learning\/learning-basic-english-the-weather-and-neutral-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning basic English &#8211; The Weather and Neutral Word"},"content":{"rendered":"[Ref https:\/\/7esl.com\/weather-vocabulary\/]\n<blockquote><p>Life is like a\u00a0<strong>rainbow<\/strong>. You don\u2019t always know what\u2019s on the other side, but you know it\u2019s there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s <em>surprising<strong>ly + &#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s\u00a0 &#8230;. today.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s gonna to be\u00a0 &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n[It&#8217;s going be &#8230;]<\/li>\n<li>It seems that &#8230; will <em>continue into <\/em>this Friday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[Adj]\n<ol>\n<li>sunny<\/li>\n<li>cloudy<\/li>\n<li>windy<\/li>\n<li>cold<\/li>\n<li>hot<\/li>\n<li>rainy<\/li>\n<li>drizzling<\/li>\n<li>stormy<\/li>\n<li>foggy<\/li>\n<li>snowy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Example<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s <em>surprising<strong>ly<\/strong><\/em> warm and <strong>sunny<\/strong> today, isn&#8217;t?<\/li>\n<li>The sky is dark and <strong>stormy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>it gonna to <strong>be rainy<\/strong> today!<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s too\u00a0<strong>windy\u00a0<\/strong>outside.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s\u00a0<strong>cold<\/strong>\u00a0and you should <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>cover up <\/em><\/strong><\/span>warmly.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s scorching <strong>hot<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">that<\/span> we decide to do otherwise.<\/li>\n<li>Tomorrow will be\u00a0<strong>cloudy<\/strong>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">with <strong>outbreaks of<\/strong><\/span><\/em> rain and drizzle.<\/li>\n<li>It seems that the <strong>rain<\/strong>\u00a0will <em>continue into<\/em> this Friday.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>drizzle\u00a0<\/strong>have just stopped and the <strong>sun<\/strong> <em>is breaking through.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>We haven&#8217;t had a very <strong>snowy<\/strong> winter in Taiwan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Sun\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><strong>Sun<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Bright\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The weather is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>bright<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and <strong>sunny.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Blazing\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The<strong> sun<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">is <strong>blazing<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>down<\/strong><\/span> this afternoon.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Sunlight\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">I\u00a0 am<strong> dazzled by<\/strong><\/span> the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>sunlight<\/strong>.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Sunshine\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 It is a cool day with <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>fitful<\/strong><\/span>(\u65b7\u65b7\u7e8c\u7e8c\u7684\/\u77ed\u66ab\u7684) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>sunshine<\/strong>.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>The drizzle have just stopped and the <strong>sun <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>is breaking through.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span id=\"Rain-2\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><strong>Rain<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Drizzling<\/strong>\u2013 It has been <strong>drizzling<\/strong>\u00a0all day.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Pouring\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 It was absolutely <strong>pouring<\/strong> with rain this morning<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Raining\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 It <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">is\u00a0<strong>raining<\/strong>\u00a0cats and dogs.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Lashing\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The rain <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">is <strong>lashing<\/strong><\/span> (\u97ad\u6253)<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> the windows.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span id=\"Clouds\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><strong>Clouds<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Cloudy\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 It is so <strong>cloudy<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">that<\/span> the top of (the mountain\/building) is invisible.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Gloomy\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 It is a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">wet and\u00a0<strong>gloomy<\/strong>\u00a0day.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Foggy\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0It was<strong>\u00a0foggy<\/strong> and It&#8217;s a real <strong>pea-souper<\/strong> today<br \/>\n(The gloomy and foggy day make me feeling sleepy.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Overcast\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The sky is (soon) <strong>overcast<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Clear\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 We have a <strong>clear<\/strong> sky today.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span id=\"Fog\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><strong>Fog<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Mist\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0The sun will evaporate the\u00a0<strong>mist<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Haze\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The sun<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> is surrounded by <\/span>a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">golden <strong>haze<\/strong>.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Dense fog\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0The airport was closed in by the\u00a0<strong>dense fog<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Patchy fog\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Drizzle and<strong>\u00a0patchy fog<\/strong>\u00a0are forecast.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span id=\"Snow-2\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><strong>Snow<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Snowfall\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0There was very little\u00a0<strong>snowfall<\/strong>\u00a0last year.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Sleet\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0The rain was turning to\u00a0<strong>sleet<\/strong>.<br \/>\n(Sleet &#8211; Rain and snow mixed is precipitation)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Snowstorm\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>snowstorm<\/strong>\u00a0will<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <strong>last<\/strong> till<\/span> tomorrow afternoon.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Snowflake\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0A single\u00a0<strong>snowflake<\/strong>\u00a0landed on her nose.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Blizzard\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Tom arrived in the midst of a <strong>blizzard<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span id=\"Wind\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><strong>Wind<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Breeze\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0A cold\u00a0<strong>breeze<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> is blowing hard.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Blustery\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The day is cold and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>blustery<\/strong>.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Windy\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 It is <strong>windy<\/strong> and Peter feels cold.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Windstorm\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">sea is <strong>choppy<\/strong><\/span> today because of the <strong>windstorm<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Hurricane\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0A\u00a0<strong>hurricane<\/strong> hit the city yesterday.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span id=\"Temperature\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><strong>Temperature<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Hot\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The weather is <strong>hot<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">without<\/span> a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>breath of wind.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Warm\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0It is nice and\u00a0<strong>warm<\/strong>\u00a0today.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cool\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is a lovely<\/span> <strong>cool<\/strong>\u00a0evening.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cold\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>cold<\/strong> weather <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">exhilarate<\/span> us\/me.<br \/>\n<\/em>[<em> exhilarate (v.) &#8211;<\/em><b class=\"def\">very\u00a0<a class=\"query\" title=\"excited\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/excite\">excited<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"query\" title=\"happy\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/happy\">happy<\/a><\/b>]<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Freezing\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0It is\u00a0<strong>freezing<\/strong>\u00a0cold now.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Ref https:\/\/7esl.com\/weather-vocabulary\/] Life is like a\u00a0rainbow. You don\u2019t always know what\u2019s on the other side, but you know it\u2019s there. It&#8217;s surprisingly + &#8230; It\u2019s\u00a0 &#8230;. today. It&#8217;s gonna to be\u00a0 &#8230; [It&#8217;s going be &#8230;] It seems that &#8230; will continue into this Friday. [Adj] sunny cloudy windy cold hot rainy drizzling stormy foggy<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/english-learning\/learning-basic-english-the-weather-and-neutral-word\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1505,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}