Unexpected Cloudburst 🌧 [Learn English Listening]

EP.10) Something unexpected happened while we were driving, so I pulled out my phone and we made a lesson! ROUGH TRANSCRIPT: All right so here we are on the freeway could you tell us about the excitement that you just went through? — whoa! we just had a rain storm that was a cloudburst — wait a minute was a rainstorm or was it a cloudburst? — well it seem like it was a cloudburst because it happened very suddenly — and what exactly happened could you describe it for us? — well all at once the rain started like from one minute to the next minute and the sky was blue in many parts of the sky that was blue and we hadn't seen any dark clouds but apparently we were under a dark cloud that opened up — ahaha is that a metaphor of being under a dark cloud? — I think it, I don't know I'll have to look that one up — OK we're gonna leave you with that thought of the cloudburst and uhh being under dark cloud — why don’t you define a cloudburst? — oh I don't know we'll do that in another do that in another... oh oh ok my interviewee has more to add — a cloudburst is a short quick shower with very strong rain — shower oh from from the cloud not like taking a shower? — no. shower. rain shower — a rain shower is that like when it's raining — yes — and you call that a rain shower? — yes — So I — showers in the afternoon the weather forecast will forecast showers for the afternoon — oh the weather forecast calls for showers that's another way to say calls for rain, is that it? — that's correct — wow we're learning a lot here! but I think we've learned enough for one lesson because were almost at the two minute mark and the whole point is keep it short keep it sweet so that's the end of it! thanks and will catch you next time! link: https://linktr.ee/UnexpectedEnglish