Real Easy English: Talking about autumn
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Hi Neil, how are you?
Hi Becca, I'm very well, thank you very much. Have you noticed that it's not summer anymore? It's autumn. How do you feel about that? What do you notice?
Yes, it is autumn in the UK and the weather's getting a little bit cooler and the leaves are starting to fall from the trees.
You like autumn, don't you?
I love autumn. I'm excited for this episode because we're talking all about autumn today.
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So right now it is autumn in the UK. You might hear it as fall in other English speaking countries. Um, what changes happen in the UK during autumn?
The leaves fall. The leaves fall off the trees and they are crunchy on the ground. You can make big piles of leaves and jump into them.
It's so much fun. And I love also the crunching sound when you walk over those autumn leaves. Um, before the leaves fall off the trees, they turn into this beautiful orange, reddish colour. Um, and I love all of these autumnal. colours. So autumnal being the adjective to describe something that relates to autumn.
Yeah. You really like autumnal things, don't you?
I do.
You like to wear different clothes?
I do, yeah. I'm very excited to start wearing jumpers and big boots. And as you mentioned, it's getting colder now, so I want to be warm and cozy.
Cozy, that's a fantastic word. Cozy is that feeling you have of being warm when things around you are probably a bit cold. So it feels cozy if you go into a house on a cold day and there's a big fire, for example.
Yeah. So I obviously love autumn. How does the changing of the seasons feel to you?
Well, usually Usually. I'm not a big fan. I don't really like autumn because it means that the summer is over. And I love summer and the long late evenings. But this year
How do Becca and Neil introduce the topic of autumn and its seasonal changes?
It was so hot, I've had enough of summer. So I'm very happy that it's autumn.
Yeah.
How about you?
I feel the same. I've always loved autumn, but I am a really big lover of summer. Um But yeah, it has been far too hot this summer. So I welcome the autumn this year.
Okay, Becca. So what kind of things do we do in the UK in autumn?
Well, I am excited for Halloween. It's not as popular in the UK as it is in the USA, for example. But I do love Halloween because I love things that are a little bit scary. Um, and that's at the end of October, but on the fifth of November is when we have bonfire night.
Yes, bonfire night is when we make a big fire, an outside fire, um to celebrate, and we stand around the fire and actually It's more about fireworks these days. So fireworks are those very pretty explosions in the sky um that we look at on special occasions like New Year and that kind of thing.
Yeah, so it's usually quite noisy on the fifth of November, but the sky is lit up with beautiful fireworks. I can't remember the last time I did a bonfire. Do you?
What words do they use to describe autumn leaves and the sounds they make?
Celebrate bonfire night every year.
Well, I don't have a bonfire because I live in a city and it's not very nice for my neighbors. But um When I was younger and lived more in the countryside, we would go to a bonfire night and we would stand around the bonfire and maybe even cook food in the bonfire.
Oh, okay. So like toasting marshmallows or melting chocolate?
Mm. Baked potatoes.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:33
2
How do Becca and Neil introduce the topic of autumn and its seasonal changes?
3:33–5:02
3
What words do they use to describe autumn leaves and the sounds they make?
5:02–7:17
4
Why do the hosts talk about feeling "cozy" and how is it linked to autumn weather?
7:17–9:13