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Beth and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about the weather. Learn to talk about how the weather changes your plan. boiling very hot freezing very cold showers rain for short amounts of time If it's sunny then I will go for a walk. If it rains, then he won't play cricket. Neil Hello and welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. In this podcast, we talk in easy English about a different topic each week to help you learn. I'm Neil. Beth And I'm Beth. If you want to read along with this episode, visit our website for a text version and all the vocabulary: bbclearningenglish.com. Neil Hi, Beth. How are you today? Beth I'm very well, thank you, Neil. How are you? Neil Well, the sun is shining today, Beth, so I'm very happy. What are we talking about in today's episode? Beth Well, funnily enough, we are talking about the weather. Neil Excellent! In the UK, we love to talk about the weather because it changes a lot. Beth It does, it can be raining and then sunny, all sorts of temperatures, in just one day. Neil But what's the weather like today? Beth Well, today, it's sunny. There are blue skies. It's really nice. But later on, it's supposed to get very hot, boiling. Neil Boiling? Boiling is water that's one hundred degrees. It has those bubbles in it. But we use boiling also to talk about very hot weather. Beth Do you like it when it's boiling, Neil? Neil No, I don't like it when it's boiling. I like it when it's warm and sunny. But if it's boiling, that's too hot for me. Beth I would agree. What sort of weather do you like? Neil I like it when it's sunny. I don't mind if it it's cold on a sunny day. It's fine for me. Beth Yeah, we have that in the winter quite a lot here. It might be blue sky, sunshine, but freezing, really cold. Neil Freezing. Freezing is literally zero degrees, when the water turns into ice. But also we use freezing just to mean that something is very cold. Beth Yeah. So, for example, if you forget your coat, then you might be very cold. You’d say ‘Oh, it's freezing’. But, actually, maybe it's ten degrees outside. Neil Yeah, I went camping at the weekend, Beth. Beth Ooh, very nice! Neil The weather is very important when you're camping. Beth It is. How was it? Neil It was warm and sunny in the daytime and at night time, the temperature dropped. It felt freezing. It wasn't freezing, but it felt very, very cold. Beth Yeah, that happens when you go camping in the UK. Did it rain? Neil It didn't rain. I was very lucky. There was only one short shower. Beth You had a shower? Neil No, I was camping! Beth You were dirty! Neil But we can use the word shower to mean a short time of rain. Beth Yeah. We often hear about showers on the weather forecast. They say there will beshowers today, which means rain on and off. Neil In the UK, the weather is very important for our plans, especially in the summer. So, Beth, do you have any plans? What are you doing this weekend? Beth Well, I am meeting some friends and the weather will be important because if it is sunny and warm, then we will go for a walk. But if it's raining, we might stay inside. What about you? Neil Well, my son plays cricket and he has a match at the weekend. But if it's raining, he won't play cricket because you can't play cricket in the rain. Well, hopefully, it won't be too hot later because we don't like boiling weather. Do we, Beth? Beth No, definitely not. Neil Let's look at the vocabulary we learned during the conversation. We had boiling which we use to say that it's very hot. Beth Freezing, which we use to say that it's very cold. Neil Showers – rain for short amounts of time. Beth And we learnt a way to talk about possibilities using if. For example, if it's sunny this weekend, I'll go for a walk. Neil That's it for this episode of Real Easy English. If you want more programmes from BBC Learning English try our learning English stories podcast, where we tell classic stories and dramas in English to help you learn. Search Learning English Stories on your podcast app or visit our website: bbclearningenglish.com. Beth And next time, we'll talk about cooking. Neil Mmm! See you then. Beth Bye!

Beth and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about the weather. Learn to talk about how the weather changes your plan. boiling very hot freezing very cold showers rain for short amounts of time If it's sunny then I will go for a walk. If it rains, then he won't play cricket. Neil Hello and welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. In this podcast, we talk in easy English about a different topic each week to help you learn. I'm Neil. Beth And I'm Beth. If you want to read along with this episode, visit our website for a text version and all the vocabulary: bbclearningenglish.com. Neil Hi, Beth. How are you today? Beth I'm very well, thank you, Neil. How are you? Neil Well, the sun is shining today, Beth, so I'm very happy. What are we talking about in today's episode? Beth Well, funnily enough, we are talking about the weather. Neil Excellent! In the UK, we love to talk about the weather because it changes a lot. Beth It does, it can be raining and then sunny, all sorts of temperatures, in just one day. Neil But what's the weather like today? Beth Well, today, it's sunny. There are blue skies. It's really nice. But later on, it's supposed to get very hot, boiling. Neil Boiling? Boiling is water that's one hundred degrees. It has those bubbles in it. But we use boiling also to talk about very hot weather. Beth Do you like it when it's boiling, Neil? Neil No, I don't like it when it's boiling. I like it when it's warm and sunny. But if it's boiling, that's too hot for me. Beth I would agree. What sort of weather do you like? Neil I like it when it's sunny. I don't mind if it it's cold on a sunny day. It's fine for me. Beth Yeah, we have that in the winter quite a lot here. It might be blue sky, sunshine, but freezing, really cold. Neil Freezing. Freezing is literally zero degrees, when the water turns into ice. But also we use freezing just to mean that something is very cold. Beth Yeah. So, for example, if you forget your coat, then you might be very cold. You’d say ‘Oh, it's freezing’. But, actually, maybe it's ten degrees outside. Neil Yeah, I went camping at the weekend, Beth. Beth Ooh, very nice! Neil The weather is very important when you're camping. Beth It is. How was it? Neil It was warm and sunny in the daytime and at night time, the temperature dropped. It felt freezing. It wasn't freezing, but it felt very, very cold. Beth Yeah, that happens when you go camping in the UK. Did it rain? Neil It didn't rain. I was very lucky. There was only one short shower. Beth You had a shower? Neil No, I was camping! Beth You were dirty! Neil But we can use the word shower to mean a short time of rain. Beth Yeah. We often hear about showers on the weather forecast. They say there will beshowers today, which means rain on and off. Neil In the UK, the weather is very important for our plans, especially in the summer. So, Beth, do you have any plans? What are you doing this weekend? Beth Well, I am meeting some friends and the weather will be important because if it is sunny and warm, then we will go for a walk. But if it's raining, we might stay inside. What about you? Neil Well, my son plays cricket and he has a match at the weekend. But if it's raining, he won't play cricket because you can't play cricket in the rain. Well, hopefully, it won't be too hot later because we don't like boiling weather. Do we, Beth? Beth No, definitely not. Neil Let's look at the vocabulary we learned during the conversation. We had boiling which we use to say that it's very hot. Beth Freezing, which we use to say that it's very cold. Neil Showers – rain for short amounts of time. Beth And we learnt a way to talk about possibilities using if. For example, if it's sunny this weekend, I'll go for a walk. Neil That's it for this episode of Real Easy English. If you want more programmes from BBC Learning English try our learning English stories podcast, where we tell classic stories and dramas in English to help you learn. Search Learning English Stories on your podcast app or visit our website: bbclearningenglish.com. Beth And next time, we'll talk about cooking. Neil Mmm! See you then. Beth Bye!

Neil and Beth have a real conversation in easy English about their meal times. Learn to talk about your routines and when you usually eat. routine the time and way we usually do something used to and would used to talk about habits in the past hangry hungry and angry at the same time brunch eating breakfast and lunch at the same time Beth Welcome to Real Easy English, the podcast where we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Beth. Neil And I’m Neil. If you want to read along with this podcast, you can find a full transcript on our website: bbclearningenglish.com. Beth How are you today, Neil? Neil I'm very well, thank you, Beth. How about you? Beth I'm very good. Neil So what topic are we talking about in this episode? Beth OK, well, today's episode is all about habits and routines. Now we talked about our favourite foods a few weeks ago. But today we'll talk about our meal times and routines for eating. Neil Mmm… sounds good. What do we mean by a routine, Beth? Is it different to a habit? Beth Well, they are similar, but a habit is something we do regularly. So, for example. I eat an apple and a banana most days. Neil Ooh, very healthy. Beth Yeah! Neil A routine, though, is slightly different. It's usually more about the time that we do something and the way we do something. So, I have my breakfast at six am every day. Beth OK, you said you have your breakfast at six am every day. What do you usually have to eat? Neil Well, usually I have something simple. A bowl of cereal, some toast with marmalade. How about you, Beth? Beth I usually have porridge. Neil And what about lunch? What time do you have lunch, usually? Beth I normally have lunch at about one o'clock. What about you? Neil Yeah, the same. I don't like it at 12. That's too early. But by two, I'm getting a little bit hungry and angry at the same time. Beth There's a word for that Neil. So if you're hungry and angry, we can combine them and say hangry. Neil Yeah. So it's important to have regular meal times, so you don't get hangry. Beth That's true. Now you've just reminded me of another word which is brunch. Now, that's a combination of the words breakfast and lunch. Do you ever have brunch, Neil? Neil I love brunch, especially at weekends. Beth Yeah. When I was at university, I used to have brunch pretty much every day. So I wouldmeet up with my friends and we would go to a cafe and we would have brunch. Neil Beth, you said that you used to have brunch at university. Used to - what's that mean? Beth Well, used to is used to talk about a habit in the past, so something you did regularly in the past and don't do now. Now, another way of talking about past habits is to use would. So if you remember, I said I would message my friends and we would have brunch. So used to and would are both used to talk about past habits. Neil Do you ever miss a meal? Beth No. I think when I was at school, many years ago, I used to miss breakfast because I wanted to stay in bed. What about you? Neil I don't like to miss meals because, like I said, I get hangry. But I guess I also used to miss breakfast when I was a teenager and I needed to sleep for a huge amount of time every night and get up really late. Beth Yeah, I think it's quite normal and quite interesting how your habits change as you get older. For example, missing meals and that sort of thing. Neil Right, let's recap the vocabulary we learned during the conversation. Beth We learnt routine, the time and way we usually do something. Neil We heard used to which we use to talk about a habit in the past and would, which we can also use to talk about past habits. Beth And my favourite brunch, which is eating breakfast and lunch at the same time. Neil We also heard a really new word in English, which is a combination of two words, hungry and angry. It's hangry. Beth Thanks for joining us on Real Easy English. Visit our website for more activities and courses to help you with your English. Neil In the next episode we'll be talking more about our hobbies. Beth See you, then. Bye. Neil Bye!

Neil and Beth have a real conversation in easy English about their meal times. Learn to talk about your routines and when you usually eat. routine the time and way we usually do something used to and would used to talk about habits in the past hangry hungry and angry at the same time brunch eating breakfast and lunch at the same time Beth Welcome to Real Easy English, the podcast where we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Beth. Neil And I’m Neil. If you want to read along with this podcast, you can find a full transcript on our website: bbclearningenglish.com. Beth How are you today, Neil? Neil I'm very well, thank you, Beth. How about you? Beth I'm very good. Neil So what topic are we talking about in this episode? Beth OK, well, today's episode is all about habits and routines. Now we talked about our favourite foods a few weeks ago. But today we'll talk about our meal times and routines for eating. Neil Mmm… sounds good. What do we mean by a routine, Beth? Is it different to a habit? Beth Well, they are similar, but a habit is something we do regularly. So, for example. I eat an apple and a banana most days. Neil Ooh, very healthy. Beth Yeah! Neil A routine, though, is slightly different. It's usually more about the time that we do something and the way we do something. So, I have my breakfast at six am every day. Beth OK, you said you have your breakfast at six am every day. What do you usually have to eat? Neil Well, usually I have something simple. A bowl of cereal, some toast with marmalade. How about you, Beth? Beth I usually have porridge. Neil And what about lunch? What time do you have lunch, usually? Beth I normally have lunch at about one o'clock. What about you? Neil Yeah, the same. I don't like it at 12. That's too early. But by two, I'm getting a little bit hungry and angry at the same time. Beth There's a word for that Neil. So if you're hungry and angry, we can combine them and say hangry. Neil Yeah. So it's important to have regular meal times, so you don't get hangry. Beth That's true. Now you've just reminded me of another word which is brunch. Now, that's a combination of the words breakfast and lunch. Do you ever have brunch, Neil? Neil I love brunch, especially at weekends. Beth Yeah. When I was at university, I used to have brunch pretty much every day. So I wouldmeet up with my friends and we would go to a cafe and we would have brunch. Neil Beth, you said that you used to have brunch at university. Used to - what's that mean? Beth Well, used to is used to talk about a habit in the past, so something you did regularly in the past and don't do now. Now, another way of talking about past habits is to use would. So if you remember, I said I would message my friends and we would have brunch. So used to and would are both used to talk about past habits. Neil Do you ever miss a meal? Beth No. I think when I was at school, many years ago, I used to miss breakfast because I wanted to stay in bed. What about you? Neil I don't like to miss meals because, like I said, I get hangry. But I guess I also used to miss breakfast when I was a teenager and I needed to sleep for a huge amount of time every night and get up really late. Beth Yeah, I think it's quite normal and quite interesting how your habits change as you get older. For example, missing meals and that sort of thing. Neil Right, let's recap the vocabulary we learned during the conversation. Beth We learnt routine, the time and way we usually do something. Neil We heard used to which we use to talk about a habit in the past and would, which we can also use to talk about past habits. Beth And my favourite brunch, which is eating breakfast and lunch at the same time. Neil We also heard a really new word in English, which is a combination of two words, hungry and angry. It's hangry. Beth Thanks for joining us on Real Easy English. Visit our website for more activities and courses to help you with your English. Neil In the next episode we'll be talking more about our hobbies. Beth See you, then. Bye. Neil Bye!

Beth and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about their personalities. Learn to talk about yourself, your feelings and your interests. personality the type of person you are sense of humour the kinds of things that make you laugh Use -ed adjectives to talk about your feelings I'm excited to watch live music. Use -ing adjectives to talk about the thing that gives you that feeling I find live music exciting. Neil Hello and welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil. Beth And I'm Beth. In this podcast, we have a real conversation in easy English to help you learn. Neil You can find the vocabulary from this episode and more to help you with your English at bbclearningenglish.com. Beth Hi, Neil. How’re things? Neil I'm very well, thank you, Beth. How about you? Beth I'm very good, thank you. Now, in today's episode, we are going to talk all about us! Neil Yes, that's right. We'll help you learn to talk about yourself, your feelings, and your personality. Beth OK. So, Neil, what do we mean by personality? Neil Well, we use the word personality to talk about the type of person we are. So how we behave, how we feel, how we think. For example, we can have a warm personality or a friendly personality. Beth OK. So, Neil, how would you describe yourself? What kind of personality do you have? Neil Ah that's difficult Beth! I think I'm quite calm, laid back, maybe. I don't get too upset or angry very easily. How about you, Beth? What's your personality? Beth I think that when I first meet people, I'm quite shy. I’m a bit quiet, and I don't say much, and maybe feel a bit nervous. But as soon as I get to know somebody, I am much more confident and then I’m very chatty and talkative. So then I do talk a lot. Neil OK, Beth. So, can you tell me what your interests are? What you like doing? Beth Well, I really like reading. I read quite a lot and I listen to audio books as well. I find lots of different topics interesting, and I also love going to the theatre. I find that really exciting. What about you? Neil I really like spending time with friends, chatting, having a laugh. And I really like live music, too. Beth So, Neil, you said you like going to watch live music. Why do you enjoy that? Neil Yes, I get really excited to see a new band that I like, that I've heard and I haven't seen before, and I think it's also really exciting to hear live music because it exists just then, that moment, and it’s never repeated. Beth Yeah, that's kind of why I love going to the theatre. It's special because it's just one performance. Anything could happen, and it's really exciting to just be there in the moment. Now, when you're with your friends, I know that you laugh quite a lot. Would you say that you have a good sense of humour? Neil Maybe, yes. I do, I like laughing, and I think I like to see the funny side of things in the world. Beth So, usually, everybody has a sense of humour. It just means the kind of things that you find funny. Neil Yeah, and Beth, I remember once you told me you and your friend have a secret language. Beth We do. It's very silly. She made it up when she was a child, and she taught me it. So, sometimes we have secret conversations, and it's very silly, and we find it very funny. I would say I have a silly sense of humour. Neil Well, Beth, I've learned a lot about you today. Shall we have a look at the vocabulary we used during our conversation? Beth Yes. So, we had personality. That is the type of person you are. Neil We've had sense of humour, the types of things that make you laugh. Beth And throughout the conversation, we have used adjectives that end in -ed and -ing. For example, Neil, you are excited to watch live music because you find the live music exciting. We use adjectives that end with -ed like excited and interested when we mean our feelings. You are interested in something. And we use adjectives that end in -ing to talk about the thing that gives you that feeling. For example, you find live music exciting. And I find reading books interesting. Neil That's it for this episode of Real Easy English. If you want to learn more about how to talk about yourself, try one of our free easy English courses. You can find them on our website bbclearningenglish.com. Beth Next time on Real Easy English, we’ll talk about a very British topic, the weather. Neil See you next time. Bye. Beth Bye!

Beth and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about their personalities. Learn to talk about yourself, your feelings and your interests. personality the type of person you are sense of humour the kinds of things that make you laugh Use -ed adjectives to talk about your feelings I'm excited to watch live music. Use -ing adjectives to talk about the thing that gives you that feeling I find live music exciting. Neil Hello and welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil. Beth And I'm Beth. In this podcast, we have a real conversation in easy English to help you learn. Neil You can find the vocabulary from this episode and more to help you with your English at bbclearningenglish.com. Beth Hi, Neil. How’re things? Neil I'm very well, thank you, Beth. How about you? Beth I'm very good, thank you. Now, in today's episode, we are going to talk all about us! Neil Yes, that's right. We'll help you learn to talk about yourself, your feelings, and your personality. Beth OK. So, Neil, what do we mean by personality? Neil Well, we use the word personality to talk about the type of person we are. So how we behave, how we feel, how we think. For example, we can have a warm personality or a friendly personality. Beth OK. So, Neil, how would you describe yourself? What kind of personality do you have? Neil Ah that's difficult Beth! I think I'm quite calm, laid back, maybe. I don't get too upset or angry very easily. How about you, Beth? What's your personality? Beth I think that when I first meet people, I'm quite shy. I’m a bit quiet, and I don't say much, and maybe feel a bit nervous. But as soon as I get to know somebody, I am much more confident and then I’m very chatty and talkative. So then I do talk a lot. Neil OK, Beth. So, can you tell me what your interests are? What you like doing? Beth Well, I really like reading. I read quite a lot and I listen to audio books as well. I find lots of different topics interesting, and I also love going to the theatre. I find that really exciting. What about you? Neil I really like spending time with friends, chatting, having a laugh. And I really like live music, too. Beth So, Neil, you said you like going to watch live music. Why do you enjoy that? Neil Yes, I get really excited to see a new band that I like, that I've heard and I haven't seen before, and I think it's also really exciting to hear live music because it exists just then, that moment, and it’s never repeated. Beth Yeah, that's kind of why I love going to the theatre. It's special because it's just one performance. Anything could happen, and it's really exciting to just be there in the moment. Now, when you're with your friends, I know that you laugh quite a lot. Would you say that you have a good sense of humour? Neil Maybe, yes. I do, I like laughing, and I think I like to see the funny side of things in the world. Beth So, usually, everybody has a sense of humour. It just means the kind of things that you find funny. Neil Yeah, and Beth, I remember once you told me you and your friend have a secret language. Beth We do. It's very silly. She made it up when she was a child, and she taught me it. So, sometimes we have secret conversations, and it's very silly, and we find it very funny. I would say I have a silly sense of humour. Neil Well, Beth, I've learned a lot about you today. Shall we have a look at the vocabulary we used during our conversation? Beth Yes. So, we had personality. That is the type of person you are. Neil We've had sense of humour, the types of things that make you laugh. Beth And throughout the conversation, we have used adjectives that end in -ed and -ing. For example, Neil, you are excited to watch live music because you find the live music exciting. We use adjectives that end with -ed like excited and interested when we mean our feelings. You are interested in something. And we use adjectives that end in -ing to talk about the thing that gives you that feeling. For example, you find live music exciting. And I find reading books interesting. Neil That's it for this episode of Real Easy English. If you want to learn more about how to talk about yourself, try one of our free easy English courses. You can find them on our website bbclearningenglish.com. Beth Next time on Real Easy English, we’ll talk about a very British topic, the weather. Neil See you next time. Bye. Beth Bye!

Georgie and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about their weekends. Learn to talk about your plans and how certain they are. looking forward to be pleased or excited that something is going to happen I'm going to visit my parents this weekend. I might meet my friend for a meal. We may go for a drink. Georgie Hello, I'm Georgie. Neil And I'm Neil. Welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. Georgie Every week, we have a real conversation in easy English to help you learn. Neil You can find the vocabulary from this episode and a text version to read along on our website: bbclearningenglish.com Georgie How are you, Neil? Neil I'm well, thank you, Georgie. How are you? Georgie I am pretty good, too, thank you. I'm very excited for the weekend. Neil Oh, really? Well, today we're talking all about the weekend. We’re going to talk about what we plan to do at the weekend. Georgie Great! Let's start. Neil So, Georgie, do you have any weekend plans? Georgie Yes, I do have plans. I'm going to visit my parents at the weekend. So I'm gonna get the train to my home town. What about you? Neil I don't really have any special plans, but I might spend lots of time doing sport with my kids. Georgie Nice, which sports? Neil Cricket in the summer and football as well. Georgie Nice. So that's what you usually do? Neil That's what I usually do. I usually spend most of the weekend taking my kids to sport. Georgie Do you like it? Neil Actually, I really do. I really do like it. It's fun to watch them trying their hardest. Georgie Ah nice! Is there anything else you'd like to do this weekend? Neil Well, I might meet up with a friend and we might go for some food or maybe just a drink or we might go for a walk or something. Georgie Ooh, nice! Neil And how about you, Georgie? What do you plan to do when you get home? Georgie Well, we have a lunch on Saturday. And we live in the countryside, so we'll probably go for a walk with the dogs and we’re likely to go to the pub as well. Neil Is this a typical weekend for you? Georgie It's not because I don't usually go home to see my parents. Most weekends I stay in London. I meet some friends. Yeah. So this is not a typical weekend, but it's nice to visit my parents. Neil What are you looking forward to? Georgie This weekend? Neil Yeah. Georgie I'm really looking forward to spending time in the countryside. When I'm in London, I really miss the peace and quiet. And I miss my dog. So I'm looking forward to seeing my dog. Neil And it's good to get some fresh air. Georgie Yes, exactly, exactly. Neil So, Georgie, you said you are looking forward to being in the countryside. Georgie I did. Neil And looking forward to means that you're excited about something you're going to do in the future. Georgie Exactly, yes. Like I'm looking forward to seeing my dog. Neil Is your dog looking forward to seeing you? Georgie Yes, I'm sure he is. So, Neil, I have quite clear plans. I know what I'm going to do this weekend. And to talk about plans like that we usually use be going to or the present continuous so I said, I'm going to visit my parents at the weekend. And sometimes we shorten going to to gonna when we're speaking quickly. Neil Yeah, now your plans are certain. Mine are not so certain. So I used might and may. I said I might meet my friend. I may go for a meal or I may go for a drink. It means I'm not completely sure. Georgie Well, Neil, I'm sure whatever you do this weekend, you'll have a nice time. OK, let's look at the vocabulary we learned during the conversation. Neil We learned might, which we use to talk about possible plans. I might meet my friend. Georgie Going to which we used to talk about future plans that are a little bit more certain. So I'm going to visit my parents this weekend. Neil And looking forward to which means to be pleased or excited that something is going to happen. Georgie That's it for this episode off Real Easy English, but I'm looking forward to the next episode when we'll talk about saving the planet. Neil If you can't wait, you can find lots of courses, programmes and activities on our website: bbclearningenglish.com Georgie Bye for now. Neil Goodbye.

Georgie and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about their weekends. Learn to talk about your plans and how certain they are. looking forward to be pleased or excited that something is going to happen I'm going to visit my parents this weekend. I might meet my friend for a meal. We may go for a drink. Georgie Hello, I'm Georgie. Neil And I'm Neil. Welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. Georgie Every week, we have a real conversation in easy English to help you learn. Neil You can find the vocabulary from this episode and a text version to read along on our website: bbclearningenglish.com Georgie How are you, Neil? Neil I'm well, thank you, Georgie. How are you? Georgie I am pretty good, too, thank you. I'm very excited for the weekend. Neil Oh, really? Well, today we're talking all about the weekend. We’re going to talk about what we plan to do at the weekend. Georgie Great! Let's start. Neil So, Georgie, do you have any weekend plans? Georgie Yes, I do have plans. I'm going to visit my parents at the weekend. So I'm gonna get the train to my home town. What about you? Neil I don't really have any special plans, but I might spend lots of time doing sport with my kids. Georgie Nice, which sports? Neil Cricket in the summer and football as well. Georgie Nice. So that's what you usually do? Neil That's what I usually do. I usually spend most of the weekend taking my kids to sport. Georgie Do you like it? Neil Actually, I really do. I really do like it. It's fun to watch them trying their hardest. Georgie Ah nice! Is there anything else you'd like to do this weekend? Neil Well, I might meet up with a friend and we might go for some food or maybe just a drink or we might go for a walk or something. Georgie Ooh, nice! Neil And how about you, Georgie? What do you plan to do when you get home? Georgie Well, we have a lunch on Saturday. And we live in the countryside, so we'll probably go for a walk with the dogs and we’re likely to go to the pub as well. Neil Is this a typical weekend for you? Georgie It's not because I don't usually go home to see my parents. Most weekends I stay in London. I meet some friends. Yeah. So this is not a typical weekend, but it's nice to visit my parents. Neil What are you looking forward to? Georgie This weekend? Neil Yeah. Georgie I'm really looking forward to spending time in the countryside. When I'm in London, I really miss the peace and quiet. And I miss my dog. So I'm looking forward to seeing my dog. Neil And it's good to get some fresh air. Georgie Yes, exactly, exactly. Neil So, Georgie, you said you are looking forward to being in the countryside. Georgie I did. Neil And looking forward to means that you're excited about something you're going to do in the future. Georgie Exactly, yes. Like I'm looking forward to seeing my dog. Neil Is your dog looking forward to seeing you? Georgie Yes, I'm sure he is. So, Neil, I have quite clear plans. I know what I'm going to do this weekend. And to talk about plans like that we usually use be going to or the present continuous so I said, I'm going to visit my parents at the weekend. And sometimes we shorten going to to gonna when we're speaking quickly. Neil Yeah, now your plans are certain. Mine are not so certain. So I used might and may. I said I might meet my friend. I may go for a meal or I may go for a drink. It means I'm not completely sure. Georgie Well, Neil, I'm sure whatever you do this weekend, you'll have a nice time. OK, let's look at the vocabulary we learned during the conversation. Neil We learned might, which we use to talk about possible plans. I might meet my friend. Georgie Going to which we used to talk about future plans that are a little bit more certain. So I'm going to visit my parents this weekend. Neil And looking forward to which means to be pleased or excited that something is going to happen. Georgie That's it for this episode off Real Easy English, but I'm looking forward to the next episode when we'll talk about saving the planet. Neil If you can't wait, you can find lots of courses, programmes and activities on our website: bbclearningenglish.com Georgie Bye for now. Neil Goodbye.

Neil and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about their journeys to work. Learn to tell someone about your journey using prepositions. towards travelling in the direction of across travelling from one side to the other rush hour the time of day when lots of people are going to work or school traffic jam a delay whilst you are driving Neil Hello and welcome to Real Easy English. In this podcast we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Neil. Georgie And I'm Georgie. Remember, if you want to read along to this podcast, you can find a script on our website: bbclearningenglish.com. Neil Hi, Georgie. How are you doing? Georgie I'm fine thanks, Neil. How are you? Neil I'm very well, thank you. Georgie What's today's conversation about, Neil? Neil Today we're going to talk about travel. We talked about holidays in another episode. But today we'll talk about everyday travel and compare our journeys to work. Georgie So, Neil. What is your journey to work like? Neil Well, because we live in London and it's a big city, it's quite long. But I get a bus to a tube stop. The tube is the underground train. And then I get the tube to near the BBC and then I walk. Georgie Nice. I walk to work. I don't like using the tube, the underground train, because there's so many people on it. I prefer to get some fresh air in the morning. Neil Ah, you walk to work. That's interesting in London. Tell me about your walk to work. Georgie Well, my walk starts with walking along some streets towards a park and then I walk across a park and then I walk through some more streets because there is a little bit of time between the park and the office and then I arrive at the office. Neil Very nice. So you don't like public transport? Georgie I use it sometimes when there's an emergency like if it's raining or if I don't have time. But if I have time I like to walk to work. Neil And how long does your journey take? Georgie My journey takes me one hour if I walk and thirty minutes if I take the tube. Neil That's pretty good for London. Georgie What about you? Neil My journey takes at least an hour, sometimes more. Georgie And Neil, you have to get a bus and a train. What's your journey like? Neil Well, it can be good, but sometimes there's traffic jams on the roads and so the bus can take a long time. But once I get on to the tube, it's usually OK as I travel across London. Georgie Ooh, Neil, can you explain what we mean by traffic jam? Neil Yeah, so a traffic jam is when there are too many cars and buses on the road and so the traffic can't move very quickly or can't move at all. Georgie Oh yeah traffic jams are so rubbish. Are there times of the day when there are more traffic jams? Neil Yes, so during rush hour. Rush hour is when most people are going to work so the roads are busier. And also, if it's the school run. School run time, so lots of people on the roads, taking their kids to school, then the bus journey takes a long time. Georgie OK. So, that's in the morning and in the afternoons? Neil Yeah. That's right. Well, Georgie, your journey to work sounds nicer than mine, probably more relaxing. Georgie Yes. Not when it's raining, though. Neil Let's recap the words we learned during the conversation. Georgie We had towards - travelling in the direction of. Neil Across - travelling from one side to the other. Georgie Rush hour - a time when a lot of people are moving around the city, usually for work or school. Neil And an expression for something I hate: traffic jam, which we use to talk about a big delay when you're driving. Georgie Thanks for listening to Real Easy English. Visit our website for more activities and courses to help you with your English: bbclearningenglish.com. Neil Next time, we'll talk about the news. Georgie See you, then. Bye. Neil Goodbye!

Neil and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about their journeys to work. Learn to tell someone about your journey using prepositions. towards travelling in the direction of across travelling from one side to the other rush hour the time of day when lots of people are going to work or school traffic jam a delay whilst you are driving Neil Hello and welcome to Real Easy English. In this podcast we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Neil. Georgie And I'm Georgie. Remember, if you want to read along to this podcast, you can find a script on our website: bbclearningenglish.com. Neil Hi, Georgie. How are you doing? Georgie I'm fine thanks, Neil. How are you? Neil I'm very well, thank you. Georgie What's today's conversation about, Neil? Neil Today we're going to talk about travel. We talked about holidays in another episode. But today we'll talk about everyday travel and compare our journeys to work. Georgie So, Neil. What is your journey to work like? Neil Well, because we live in London and it's a big city, it's quite long. But I get a bus to a tube stop. The tube is the underground train. And then I get the tube to near the BBC and then I walk. Georgie Nice. I walk to work. I don't like using the tube, the underground train, because there's so many people on it. I prefer to get some fresh air in the morning. Neil Ah, you walk to work. That's interesting in London. Tell me about your walk to work. Georgie Well, my walk starts with walking along some streets towards a park and then I walk across a park and then I walk through some more streets because there is a little bit of time between the park and the office and then I arrive at the office. Neil Very nice. So you don't like public transport? Georgie I use it sometimes when there's an emergency like if it's raining or if I don't have time. But if I have time I like to walk to work. Neil And how long does your journey take? Georgie My journey takes me one hour if I walk and thirty minutes if I take the tube. Neil That's pretty good for London. Georgie What about you? Neil My journey takes at least an hour, sometimes more. Georgie And Neil, you have to get a bus and a train. What's your journey like? Neil Well, it can be good, but sometimes there's traffic jams on the roads and so the bus can take a long time. But once I get on to the tube, it's usually OK as I travel across London. Georgie Ooh, Neil, can you explain what we mean by traffic jam? Neil Yeah, so a traffic jam is when there are too many cars and buses on the road and so the traffic can't move very quickly or can't move at all. Georgie Oh yeah traffic jams are so rubbish. Are there times of the day when there are more traffic jams? Neil Yes, so during rush hour. Rush hour is when most people are going to work so the roads are busier. And also, if it's the school run. School run time, so lots of people on the roads, taking their kids to school, then the bus journey takes a long time. Georgie OK. So, that's in the morning and in the afternoons? Neil Yeah. That's right. Well, Georgie, your journey to work sounds nicer than mine, probably more relaxing. Georgie Yes. Not when it's raining, though. Neil Let's recap the words we learned during the conversation. Georgie We had towards - travelling in the direction of. Neil Across - travelling from one side to the other. Georgie Rush hour - a time when a lot of people are moving around the city, usually for work or school. Neil And an expression for something I hate: traffic jam, which we use to talk about a big delay when you're driving. Georgie Thanks for listening to Real Easy English. Visit our website for more activities and courses to help you with your English: bbclearningenglish.com. Neil Next time, we'll talk about the news. Georgie See you, then. Bye. Neil Goodbye!

Beth and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about the things that worry them about the environment and what they try to do to help. Learn lots of vocabulary about the environment. climate change change to weather patterns, for example temperature and rain, caused by human activity pollution damage caused by harmful chemicals, for example in the air eco-friendly an adjective to describe something that is good for the environment recycling collecting rubbish to use again public transport travel by, for example, bus or train to be more eco-friendly Beth Hi, I'm Beth. Neil And I’m Neil. And this is Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. Beth In this podcast, we talk about big topics in easy English to help you learn. Neil You can find all the vocabulary from this episode and read along on our website: bbclearningenglish.com Beth Hello, Neil. How are you today? Neil Hi, Beth. I'm fine, thank you. How are you? Beth I'm good, thank you. I have just got back from holiday and it was very hot! And today, we're talking about the environment. We'll talk about climate change and what we are trying to do to help. Neil OK, Beth, can you explain the phrase climate change, please? Beth Yes, so climate change is what we call changes to the world's weather patterns. So, for example, the general temperature, rainfall that kind of thing. And in particular with climate change, we mean changes to the weather that are caused by human activity. Neil So, Beth, are you worried about climate change? Beth Yes, definitely. I do think that it's a big problem. The world is getting hotter or the weather is changing quite a lot. I know that in a lot of countries at the moment in the winter it's much hotter than it used to be and this affects people. It affects animals and plants, all sorts of things. Neil And it's worrying for the future generations, isn't it? So children and future grandchildren have to live in this world. And what kind of world might it be? Beth So, Neil, what do you try to do to help climate change? Neil Well, I ride my bike, whenever I can. I try not to make journeys in the car that I don't really need to. I use public transport when I can. I also try not to fly, but that's mainly, to be honest, because I don't like flying. How about you, Beth? What do you do? Beth Well, I try to not eat too much meat. I might have something like chicken or fish maybe once or twice a week because I know that animal consumption, so eating meat, does contribute to climate change. Neil Now, Beth, you told me you are getting solar panels. Is that right? Beth I did, yeah. So I think we're going to have twelve put on the top of a house and that will bring our electricity bill down and it helps the environment because it's using energy from the sun. Neil Yeah. Beth So yeah! Neil That's a nice eco-friendly plan you have. Beth It is, yeah. Neil is there anything else that worries you about the environment? Neil Yes, I'm worried about pollution. The air in cities is very dirty and we live in London and sadly some schools are right next to busy roads and the children have to breathe polluted, dirty air and it can be really bad for their health. It can cause problems with breathing. So, Beth, is there anything else about the environment that worries you? Beth Yeah. So, obviously, we all know that there's a lot of plastic in the ocean and rubbish around us, generally. But with plastic, it's so hard to get rid of it. It doesn't go away on its own unless you recycle it. And a lot of animals are getting caught up in plastic fishing nets, they're swallowing plastic. So this is a really big problem. Neil And do you recycle? Do you use things more than once? Beth Yeah. So I try and reuse things if I can. And yeah, we recycle plastic, metal, card. I have a reusable water bottle as well and a reusable coffee cup. Beth Let's recap the vocabulary we learnt during the conversation. We learnt climate change which is what we call the changes in the world's weather patterns caused by human activity. Neil We heard eco-friendly, an adjective we use to describe something that helps the environment. Beth Recycling, collecting rubbish to use again. Neil Pollution, damage caused by harmful chemicals, for example, in the air. Beth And public transport, travel by bus or train, for example, to be more eco-friendly Neil And that's it for this episode of Real Easy English. Don't forget to listen to our other programmes to help you improve your English. Visit bbclearningenglish.com Beth Bye for now. Neil Goodbye.

Beth and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about the things that worry them about the environment and what they try to do to help. Learn lots of vocabulary about the environment. climate change change to weather patterns, for example temperature and rain, caused by human activity pollution damage caused by harmful chemicals, for example in the air eco-friendly an adjective to describe something that is good for the environment recycling collecting rubbish to use again public transport travel by, for example, bus or train to be more eco-friendly Beth Hi, I'm Beth. Neil And I’m Neil. And this is Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. Beth In this podcast, we talk about big topics in easy English to help you learn. Neil You can find all the vocabulary from this episode and read along on our website: bbclearningenglish.com Beth Hello, Neil. How are you today? Neil Hi, Beth. I'm fine, thank you. How are you? Beth I'm good, thank you. I have just got back from holiday and it was very hot! And today, we're talking about the environment. We'll talk about climate change and what we are trying to do to help. Neil OK, Beth, can you explain the phrase climate change, please? Beth Yes, so climate change is what we call changes to the world's weather patterns. So, for example, the general temperature, rainfall that kind of thing. And in particular with climate change, we mean changes to the weather that are caused by human activity. Neil So, Beth, are you worried about climate change? Beth Yes, definitely. I do think that it's a big problem. The world is getting hotter or the weather is changing quite a lot. I know that in a lot of countries at the moment in the winter it's much hotter than it used to be and this affects people. It affects animals and plants, all sorts of things. Neil And it's worrying for the future generations, isn't it? So children and future grandchildren have to live in this world. And what kind of world might it be? Beth So, Neil, what do you try to do to help climate change? Neil Well, I ride my bike, whenever I can. I try not to make journeys in the car that I don't really need to. I use public transport when I can. I also try not to fly, but that's mainly, to be honest, because I don't like flying. How about you, Beth? What do you do? Beth Well, I try to not eat too much meat. I might have something like chicken or fish maybe once or twice a week because I know that animal consumption, so eating meat, does contribute to climate change. Neil Now, Beth, you told me you are getting solar panels. Is that right? Beth I did, yeah. So I think we're going to have twelve put on the top of a house and that will bring our electricity bill down and it helps the environment because it's using energy from the sun. Neil Yeah. Beth So yeah! Neil That's a nice eco-friendly plan you have. Beth It is, yeah. Neil is there anything else that worries you about the environment? Neil Yes, I'm worried about pollution. The air in cities is very dirty and we live in London and sadly some schools are right next to busy roads and the children have to breathe polluted, dirty air and it can be really bad for their health. It can cause problems with breathing. So, Beth, is there anything else about the environment that worries you? Beth Yeah. So, obviously, we all know that there's a lot of plastic in the ocean and rubbish around us, generally. But with plastic, it's so hard to get rid of it. It doesn't go away on its own unless you recycle it. And a lot of animals are getting caught up in plastic fishing nets, they're swallowing plastic. So this is a really big problem. Neil And do you recycle? Do you use things more than once? Beth Yeah. So I try and reuse things if I can. And yeah, we recycle plastic, metal, card. I have a reusable water bottle as well and a reusable coffee cup. Beth Let's recap the vocabulary we learnt during the conversation. We learnt climate change which is what we call the changes in the world's weather patterns caused by human activity. Neil We heard eco-friendly, an adjective we use to describe something that helps the environment. Beth Recycling, collecting rubbish to use again. Neil Pollution, damage caused by harmful chemicals, for example, in the air. Beth And public transport, travel by bus or train, for example, to be more eco-friendly Neil And that's it for this episode of Real Easy English. Don't forget to listen to our other programmes to help you improve your English. Visit bbclearningenglish.com Beth Bye for now. Neil Goodbye.