Weather

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Simon:

Isn’t it marvellous to take a walk in Hyde Park on such a beautiful day, Mr. Winter?

Winter:

It is. These parks are really the lungs of London. – By the way, I’m a bit tired. There’s a nice bench.

S.:

You mean the bench where the girl is sitting?

W.:

Yes. I’d like to talk to her. She looks a nice girl.

S.:

It’s best to start with the weather. That’s always a safe subject.

W.:

Let’s try.

W.:

Lovely day today, isn’t it?

Girl:

It is.

W.:

It seems a glorious day.

G.:

I think we are in for a fine spell.

S.:

I hope it will last long. There’s hardly a cloud in the sky.

G.:

We’ll have a heat wave, I fear.

W.:

The thermometer is rising, but the barometer is falling. It must be 25 degrees in the shade.

S.:

25 degrees centigrade correspond with – wait a minute – 77 degrees Fahrenheit.

G.:

Goodness me, an electronic computer seems to be necessary to compare centigrade and Fahrenheit thermometers,

W.:

It is very close and sultry today.

S.:

You are right. It is muggy and oppressive.

W.:

Not a leaf is stirring.

S.:

There’s hardly a breath of air.

G.:

I am hot. And the sun dazzles my eyes.

W.:

It would be better to wear sun-glasses.

G.:

By the way, I’ve just read the weather forecast in my newspaper here.

S.:

Let me see.

G.:

Pressure will remain high to the south-west of the British Isles.

S.:

There will be occasional rain drizzle.

G.:

But bright weather with a few scattered showers will spread to England and Wales.

W.:

And here is the weather-chart.

S.:

On the Continent we’ve had so much of English weather, and we’ve always wanted to experience a real London fog.

G.:

A pea-souper, you mean. But not in late spring or summer; it is in autumn and winter that you get the real pea-soupers. Then the whole traffic is put out of order, and the bobbies have to carry torches.

W.:

I fear a thunderstorm is brewing. Do you see the sheet lightning there?

G.:

Yes, I do. The sky is overcast, and the sun is going in. It looks like rain.

S.:

What a gust of wind!

W.:

Thunder and lightning!

G.:

It’s beginning to rain.

S.:

And we’ve forgotten our umbrellas and macs!

W.:

It never rains, but it pours!

G.:

Fortunately enough, I’ve brought my folding umbrella. Let me put it up …

W.:

What a tremendous clap of thunder!

S.:

And what a flash of lightning!

G.:

Chain-lightning. I hope it didn’t strike a building.

W.:

I don’t think so, because all the buildings have lightning conductors.

S.:

The rain is torrential. It’s absolutely pouring down now.

G.:

It’s raining cats and dogs.

S.:

A real cloud-burst.

G.:

The ground is becoming soft and muddy.

S.:

It’s clearing up.

W.:

The clouds are lifting.

G.:

Yes, it has left off raining. Look at this wonderful rainbow!

S.:

Bright sunshine again.

W.:

Now we know why English weather is something worth talking about.