BBC Real Easy English 用英语谈英国秋天最好的事情

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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.
We are. And people need to know
that they can go to our website, bbclearningenglish.com,
to get a transcript and a worksheet to help them improve their English.
So, right now it is autumn in the UK.
You might hear it as 'fall' in other English-speaking countries.
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.
Before the leaves fall off the trees,
they turn into this beautiful orange-reddish colour.
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 cosy.
Cosy. That's a fantastic word.
Cosy is that feeling you have
of being warm when things around you are probably a bit cold.
So, it feels cosy 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 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.
But yeah, it has been far too hot this summer,
so I welcome the autumn this year.
OK 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,
and that's at the end of October.
But on the 5th of November is when we have Bonfire Night.
Yes, Bonfire Night is when we make a big fire, an outside fire, 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 that we look at
on special occasions like New Year and that kind of thing.
Yeah. So, it's usually quite noisy on the 5th of November,
but the sky is lit up with beautiful fireworks.
I can't remember the last time I did a bonfire.
Do you 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 neighbours, but 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, OK. So, like toasting marshmallows or melting chocolate?
Baked potatoes.
Baked potatoes...?
Yeah.
I've never...
I've never cooked a baked potato on a bonfire before.
Yeah, you wrap the potato in foil and then you put it in the fire,
and then you wait.
And then you open it and it's completely black.
That doesn't sound very tasty to me!
It's difficult to get it right.
Right... OK.
That's a whole new thing.
Alright, Neil, it's time to recap some
of the vocabulary that we used during this conversation.
And we'll start with one of my favourite adjectives, which is 'cosy'.
And that's the feeling of being comfortable and warm,
especially when perhaps outside it's not so comfortable and warm.
Yeah. And we also heard 'bonfire'.
A bonfire might make you feel cosy.
A bonfire is a large fire we build outside for festivals and celebrations.
Yes, I remember celebrating Bonfire Night as a child
and we also saw fireworks.
Fireworks are explosions in the sky, which make bright, colourful lights
for everyone to watch.
We were also talking about the leaves that fall on the ground,
and when you walk on those leaves when they're dry, it's crunchy.
And 'crunchy' describes the sound that those leaves make and also the sound
when you bite into an apple.
And before the leaves fall, they are orange,
and orange and red can be described as autumnal colours,
'autumnal' being the adjective that describes things that are from autumn.
That's it for this episode of Real Easy English,
but join us again next week for another episode.
Yes, and you can find more episodes,
plus this one and a free worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
Bye for now.
Bye!
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