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Hello and welcome to Real Easy English,

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the podcast where we have real conversations in easy English

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to help you learn.

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I'm Georgie.

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And I'm Neil,

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and don't forget that this podcast is now available as a video on our website,

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so you can watch us at bbclearningenglish.com.

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Hi Neil, how are you today?

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Hi, Georgie. I'm very well. Actually,

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I'm really happy today because the Sun is shining, and it's warm,

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and it seems like it's been a long time since we had such nice sunny weather.

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I know, the changing of the seasons is so wonderful,

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and actually, that's what we're talking about today.

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Today we're going to talk about the seasons and the different types

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of weather we get in the UK.

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Yes. So in the UK, we – our

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seasons are roughly like this.

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So March, April, May – those are the spring seasons.

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Then we move into summer, which is June, July and August. Autumn,

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that's September, October, November.

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And then we're into winter for December, January, February.

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Yeah. More or less. Approximately.

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Yeah. So, Neil, what is your favourite season?

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Well, you can probably guess because I'm so happy

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that it's spring and summer combined.

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So anything with long late nights and evenings I love.

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What else is good about summer?

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In the summer, you can be outside.

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You can go swimming in the sea.

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You can stay up late and you have wonderful light in the UK.

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What's your favourite season then, Georgie?

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Well, I'm a big fan of the seasons,

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the transition seasons.

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So I really like spring and autumn, especially spring.

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Right now we're in spring in the UK,

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and you can see everyone looking happier because we've had

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a really long, hard, dark, cold winter and everyone is smiling now

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because they... there are blossoms on the trees which make me so happy.

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I love seeing pink blossoms on the trees.

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The days are warmer and,

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yeah, there's this sense of a transition.

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Same with autumn.

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Although you're leaving the summer months,

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I really love the colours on the trees as well.

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Especially those cooler, crisp days when the sky is blue

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and the leaves are orange and brown.

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I love that.

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Wow. You're making me look forward to autumn,

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and it's not even summer yet.

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Is there a season that you don't like?

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I do like all the seasons.

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I like to have balance, so I wouldn't like to have summer all year round,

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but I think winter is my least favourite

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because of the dark days. In the UK

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I think it's particularly hard

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because, especially January and February, it's really cold and

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there's nothing really to get us through the... the sad times.

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I know exactly what you mean.

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There are good things about winter, but mostly it's just difficult, isn't it?

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I agree. It's the dark.

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I can't stand it.

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Yeah. So, as I said, I quite like having the balance of different seasons

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throughout the year.

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I like to have transitions and changes.

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What about you, Neil?

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How do you feel about... about that?

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Yeah, I think I agree.

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I mean, it would be nice to have a shorter winter,

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but I think I would still prefer to have different seasons

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because, like I said, I really like the late light evenings in the summer.

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And I think, even though I hate the dark winters,

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I would really miss that, if the weather was nice all year

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but got dark at the same time, like at six or seven o'clock.

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OK, let's recap the language we heard in the conversation.

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We learned different ways to talk about the seasons.

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For example, 'looking forward to' – that means

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you're excited for something to happen in the future.

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That's right. So I'm really looking forward

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to the warm, light, sunny evenings in the summer.

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We heard 'to be a big fan of' – that means that you really like something.

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For example, I'm a big fan of spring and autumn.

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Yes, Georgie is a big fan of the transition seasons.

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I'm not such a big fan of winter, though.

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Actually, I can't stand it, which means that I really hate it.

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Thanks for listening to Real Easy English.

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We've talked about the seasons in the UK,

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but the seasons are different all around the world.

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What are the seasons like where you live?

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