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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Palveluntarjoajat, LähiTapiolan pahinko- ja alueyhtiöt. LähiTapiola, samalla puolella. Hello and welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. Each week we have a real conversation in easy English to help you learn. I'm Phil. And I'm Becca. You can find a video version of this podcast on our website along with a free worksheet, subtitles and a transcript.
That's at bbclearningenglish.com. So how are things, Becca? Yeah, things are going really well. Thank you, Phil. We've just had a really lovely weekend. It's very sunny, very nice. How are things for you? Well, they're very good. As you said, it was a very sunny weekend. And yeah, I love the sunshine. I love it when the weather is a bit warmer.
And that's what we're going to be talking about today. We're going to be talking about hot weather and what you do to stay cool. Yeah, I love hot weather. I'm very excited for summer to come here soon. I really enjoy eating ice cream when it is very hot. That helps me to stay cool. Yeah. Are there any other things?
Chapter 2: What are the benefits of hot weather?
Are there any activities that you do when the weather's hot? You mean apart from eating ice cream? Apart from eating ice cream, yeah. I really don't like being hot when I'm in the city because I feel like the heat kind of stays and it's very difficult to find like a swimming pool or I love to go to the beach. I think being in water can really help you cool down. How about yourself?
When it's really hot, when we get a heat wave, which is when you get a few days and it's a long way above normal temperatures, then I like to put a paddling pool in the back garden, which is like a little swimming pool and you just fill it with water and then jump in. Yeah, water can really help you cool off or cool down to become cold. So how do you make the most of hot weather then?
Because you mentioned we don't have many days of very hot weather here in the UK. I spend a lot more time outside. than I do during the winter, for example. If we've got nice warm weather and it's not raining, it's nice to be outside just to sit, spend some time reading, whatever, cooking outside, having a barbecue, eating outside. You can sit in the garden and eat dinner outside.
All of those things you can do in the summer when it's warm and, of course, when it's not raining. But that sounds lovely, really making the most of those long, hot days. Yeah, so to make the most of something is to do as much as you can within the time or the space that you're in.
If it's a very hot day, do you prefer to be outside in the sun or to be inside near a fan or near the air conditioner? Ah, okay, yeah. Yeah, I prefer to be outside. I remember going on holiday with my friends and they wanted to stay inside shopping centres where there was an air con, an AC.
But I wanted to be out and walking, although it's very important that if you are outside when it's very hot that you drink water and you find places where you can cool down. It depends as well on the country as well, I guess, because in England, the summers are never very, very hot, but in other parts of the world, I guess it can probably be quite dangerous.
yes yeah and also adding on to that because it isn't very hot often in the UK in England we aren't very well prepared for the heat so yeah if you do come and visit the UK just know that on a very very hot day it could be quite difficult to find an area that does have a fan or air conditioning OK, let's recap the vocabulary that we heard during the conversation, starting with heat wave.
Now, a heat wave is a period of time with very hot weather. If you make the most of something, you enjoy it as much as you can. For example, I make the most of hot days by going outside for walks and getting an ice cream. We also heard cool down, which means to feel less hot. So for example, when it's really hot, I like to cool down by jumping in a paddling pool.
And we can also say cool off, which means the same in this context. And we had air conditioning. That is a machine that helps the space that you're in. So it could be your house or your work office. It helps that space feel less hot. It helps it feel colder. You might hear it shortened to aircon or AC. That's it for this episode of Real Easy English.
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