Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage
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Every day, our teacher starts the lesson with a question: โWhat's the weather like today?โ
Today, it is cloudycloudy (adj)With many clouds in the sky.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: bulutli๐ท๐บRU: ะพะฑะปะฐัะฝัะน and coolcool (adj)A little cold; not hot but not freezing.≈ Synonym: chilly๐บ๐ฟUZ: salqin๐ท๐บRU: ะฟัะพั ะปะฐะดะฝัะน. Yesterday, it was sunny and hot. Uzbekistan has different weather in different seasons.
In summer, it is usually very hot and drydry (adj)Without water or rain.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: quruq๐ท๐บRU: ััั ะพะน. The sun shinesshine (verb)To send out bright light.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: charaqlamoq๐ท๐บRU: ัะฒะตัะธัั every day, and the sky is clearclear (adj)With nothing to block the view; not cloudy.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: musaffo, tiniq๐ท๐บRU: ััะฝัะน and blue. Sometimes the temperaturetemperature (noun)How hot or cold something is.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: harorat๐ท๐บRU: ัะตะผะฟะตัะฐัััะฐ reaches forty degreesdegree (noun)A unit for measuring temperature.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: daraja๐ท๐บRU: ะณัะฐะดัั!
In winter, it is cold, and it sometimes snowssnow (verb)When soft white ice falls from the sky.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: qor yog'moq๐ท๐บRU: ะธะดัะธ (ะพ ัะฝะตะณะต) in the mountainsmountain (noun)A very high hill.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: tog'๐ท๐บRU: ะณะพัะฐ. In Tashkent, it doesn't snow very often, but it can be windywindy (adj)With a lot of wind.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: shamolli๐ท๐บRU: ะฒะตััะตะฝัะน and grey.
In spring, the weather changes a lot. Some days are warm and sunny, and other days are rainy and cool. Flowers start to grow, and the trees turn green again.
In autumn, the weather is usually mildmild (adj)Not extreme; gentle.≈ Synonym: gentle๐บ๐ฟUZ: mo''tadil๐ท๐บRU: ัะผะตัะตะฝะฝัะน. It isn't too hot or too cold. The leavesleaf (noun)A flat green part of a plant or tree.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: barg๐ท๐บRU: ะปะธัั change colourcolour (noun)Red, blue, green, and other colors.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: rang๐ท๐บRU: ัะฒะตั, and the windwind (noun)Moving air outside.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: shamol๐ท๐บRU: ะฒะตัะตั blowsblow (verb)To move air, like wind does.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: esmoq๐ท๐บRU: ะดััั the leaves from the trees.
โWhy do we talk about the weather so much?โ Akiko asks. โBecause weather affectsaffect (verb)To cause a change in something.≈ Synonym: influence๐บ๐ฟUZ: ta'sir qilmoq๐ท๐บRU: ะฒะปะธััั our plans,โ the teacher explains. โWhen it rains, we stay inside. When it's sunny, we go outside.โ
I check the weather every morning before I choose my clothes. Today, because it's cloudy and cool, I wear a jacket.