Learn the English Phrases COLD SNAP and HEAT WAVE - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So you can see I'm out here wearing my winter hat.
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And you can see that there is snow
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falling on the ground and landing on my hat
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because we are having a cold snap.
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In English, when you say that we are having a cold snap
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or when you say there is a cold snap,
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it means that the weather has suddenly turned really cold,
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and unexpectedly cold.
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I was out for a walk this morning,
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and there were really, really tiny snowflakes.
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But right now we're having a cold snap.
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It is two degrees, maybe one degree right now.
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The temperature is dropping.
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Tonight it's going to be minus three
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or minus four degrees.
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That is not a normal temperature for this time of year,
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and it is not normal for there to be snow
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on a Friday in May, I think it's May 8th today.
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So we're definitely having a cold snap,
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and it's kind of beautiful.
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The opposite of a cold snap of course is a heat wave.
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We are not having a heat wave right now.
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We are definitely having a cold snap.
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I'm continually holding the camera up
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so that you can see the big flakes.
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We are definitely not having a heat wave.
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But a heat wave is when you have abnormally hot weather
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for several days in a row.
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So notice the difference though.
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A cold snap happens rather quickly.
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It doesn't last for a long time.
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So a cold snap happens usually in the evening.
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Tonight it'll be super cold,
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and then a heat wave can last
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for one, two, or three or more days.
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So that's when it's really, really hot.
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So once again, snowing up here in Canada on Friday, May 8th.
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And it's kind of fun.
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You can tell I'm a little bit excited about it.
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We're having a cold snap,
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and hopefully sometime this summer we have a heat wave.
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Actually, maybe not.
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I don't actually like hot weather that much.
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Have a good day, see you Monday.
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