How I Start My Day in the English Countryside | Comprehensible Input — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:17Good morning. Today I've got a long
3. 0:21to-do list and I'm taking you with me to
4. 0:24get it done. Along the way, we'll learn
5. 0:27some English.
6. 0:30Come on, girl.
7. 0:32[Music]
8. 0:36This is rhubarb. I'm picking it now so
9. 0:40the rabbits don't get to it first. This
10. 0:43evening, I'm going to make a crumble.
11. 0:45So, let's take it to the kitchen. Come
12. 0:48on.
13. 0:50[Music]
14. 0:58So the rhubarb is washed and prepared.
15. 1:01Now let's learn some English to do with
16. 1:04it. This is the stalk. This
17. 1:08is the leaf. Plural
18. 1:11leaves.
19. 1:13Now I'm hungry.
20. 1:15[Music]
21. 1:24British strawberries,
22. 1:27sweet and juicy. All right, so I'm
23. 1:29making my breakfast and we're going to
24. 1:32learn some English. A verb you might not
25. 1:34know is to hull. I'm hulling the
26. 1:37strawberry.
27. 1:40This is the hull. Next, a raspberry. And
28. 1:44finally, a blueberry, Greek yogurt. I'm
29. 1:49taking off the lid. This is my bowl, and
30. 1:52I'm going to put my ingredients in the
31. 1:54bowl. So, let's slice the strawberries.
32. 1:59Now, I'm taking a dollop of Greek
33. 2:01yogurt.
34. 2:04All right, breakfast almost done. I just
35. 2:09need
36. 2:15one more thing.
37. 2:17I fancy some
38. 2:19honey. I fancy means I want. Very common
39. 2:23in British to say I fancy something. I
40. 2:26fancy honey on my breakfast.
41. 2:30[Music]
42. 2:43So, I'm eating my breakfast and I want
43. 2:45to give you some words to describe food.
44. 2:48You can describe yogurt as creamy. You
45. 2:52can describe strawberries as juicy or
46. 2:56sweet. You can describe raspberries as
47. 2:59plump, which basically means fat and
48. 3:02juicy. Blueberries might be
49. 3:06sour or tangy.
50. 3:10We've got a busy day. So, I'm going to
51. 3:13check the to-do list. We've done the
52. 3:15first task. So, let's take our pen and
53. 3:19take it off. Right. Next task is to get
54. 3:23the ingredients. So, time to go to the
55. 3:26shop.
56. 3:29So, I'm walking out of the drive. The
57. 3:32car is behind me, parked in the drive.
58. 3:35This is the gate and I'm opening the
59. 3:38gate.
60. 3:40I'm closing the gate behind me.
61. 3:45To my left, over the stone wall is the
62. 3:48front garden of the house. This is known
63. 3:52as a lawn. And there is the beautiful
64. 3:56English country house. All right, let's
65. 4:00walk to the shop. You can't see them,
66. 4:02but there are rabbits down there. And if
67. 4:07you don't know what a rabbit is, then
68. 4:08I'll pop one up on the screen right now.
69. 4:11I'm walking down a decline. This is
70. 4:14known as a little hill.
71. 4:16I see an animal.
72. 4:19Look at these alpacas. Okay, there's one
73. 4:24dark brown alpaca and then in the
74. 4:26background there is a light brown
75. 4:29alpaca. I see some more animals over
76. 4:32here. And I think these animals are very
77. 4:35curious. So hopefully we can get a
78. 4:38closer look. Look what we have here.
79. 4:42I'm holding some long grass and I'm
80. 4:45feeding
81. 4:46the horse. She's eating the grass. I
82. 4:49just fed her.
83. 4:52Look, she's following me. There you go.
84. 4:56Wow, you are massive.
85. 5:00Okay, now the other horse has just got
86. 5:03jealous and it's it's coming over.
87. 5:05Anyway, it's starting to rain, so let's
88. 5:08continue to the shop. This is a bin, and
89. 5:10this is the Royal Male van. I need to
90. 5:13cross the road.
91. 5:16This is a little stream. You can hear
92. 5:19the water
93. 5:21trickling under this little bridge. So,
94. 5:26this is probably the most British
95. 5:28village that you can get. It's very
96. 5:31quiet. And you can describe a British
97. 5:33village as quaint. Look at these houses
98. 5:38made from stone
99. 5:41and the pretty door with the white roses
100. 5:44outside.
101. 5:46So, right now I'm walking through
102. 5:48Ampleforth Village. This is a village in
103. 5:52North Yorkshire. Yorkshire is the
104. 5:54biggest county in England and it's where
105. 5:56I grew up. I was born in a city called
106. 5:59York. Look at this. Here is a chalkboard
107. 6:03with the word eggs written on. Somebody
108. 6:06is selling eggs. Produce for sale. Oh,
109. 6:11there's a bee. Okay. The bee is taking
110. 6:14the nectar which it then turns into
111. 6:16honey. Up here we have hanging baskets
112. 6:20with flowers inside. This is a pub. And
113. 6:25here is some outdoor seating. That
114. 6:27through there is the car park.
115. 6:30Check for cars. And cross the road.
116. 6:33Right now I'm crossing the road. Look
117. 6:36what I've just seen.
118. 6:42A red telephone box just like we saw in
119. 6:45London. I wonder if I can go inside.
120. 6:49Cool. I can. Let's take you guys inside.
121. 6:55Check this out.
122. 6:59Opening the door. Oh, it's creaking.
123. 7:03Okay, look at this. Here we have the
124. 7:07oldfashioned
125. 7:08black telephoneing.
126. 7:13And here is the keypad. Here is where
127. 7:17you put your money in your coins.
128. 7:20coins. So, I've never been in a red
129. 7:23telephone box before in my entire life
130. 7:25in England. And here we are. Cool. Let's
131. 7:28keep going.
132. 7:30All righty, guys. We are approaching the
133. 7:34shop. There is a red post box,
134. 7:37a bin, some seating, and here ample
135. 7:42forth
136. 7:43village stores.
137. 7:46[Music]
138. 7:58in English we call this confectionary
139. 8:01sweets and chocolate.
140. 8:04Hello. Hi. Thank you.
141. 8:08[Music]
142. 8:09All right. Just got the few bits I
143. 8:10needed from the shop. Now I'm ready to
144. 8:12make the rhubarb crumble tonight. I'm
145. 8:15excited. Uh, I'm going to walk back to
146. 8:17the house now and crack on with the rest
147. 8:19of my list. But first,
148. 8:22[Music]
149. 8:34home sweet home.
150. 8:37[Music]
151. 8:52Back from the shop, I have my milk, a
152. 8:56bag of sugar, and a block of butter.
153. 9:00Now, I'm going to put these ingredients
154. 9:03in the fridge.
155. 9:05[Applause]
156. 9:07So, the milk goes in the fridge door
157. 9:12and the butter goes in the top of the
158. 9:15fridge door.
159. 9:17All right. The sugar doesn't go in the
160. 9:20fridge. It goes in here. This has a
161. 9:23special name that I'm going to reveal to
162. 9:25you later. Not just yet. Right.
163. 9:28Ingredients got. Now, it's time to water
164. 9:33the tomato plants. I'm standing in a
165. 9:36greenhouse. This is a watering can, but
166. 9:40it's empty, so I need to fill it up.
167. 9:47So, now I'm filling up the watering can.
168. 9:51It's full.
169. 9:54I am watering the tomato plants.
170. 9:58All done. So, we are in a greenhouse.
171. 10:03And as we're here, I'm going to show you
172. 10:05guys around, teach you the name of some
173. 10:07things to build your vocabulary. These
174. 10:11are bamboo canes. This is a rake. You
175. 10:15rake leaves. Behind is a pink bucket.
176. 10:19So, these are not ready yet, but they
177. 10:21are sweet red peppers. You can see here.
178. 10:25Here we have two pine cones. These are
179. 10:28for later. So, this structure is called
180. 10:31a pergola. And it has vertical posts and
181. 10:36wooden beams across the top. Its
182. 10:39function is for supporting climbing
183. 10:42plants like these roses. And it also
184. 10:45provides shade moving up the path. This
185. 10:48one is a pear tree. Teeny tiny pears.
186. 10:53This is a blue bench. This is gravel.
187. 10:58This is decking. On the decking, there's
188. 11:01a table and there are chairs. So, from
189. 11:04here, we have a raised view of the
190. 11:06garden.
191. 11:08There are windows on the roof. Walking
192. 11:11off the decking and down the steps to my
193. 11:15right, these flowers are called loopins,
194. 11:20like Professor Lupin on Harry Potter.
195. 11:22These pink ones behind are called
196. 11:24peonyies. Sounds like pist. Ding ding
197. 11:27ding. A black Labrador. Hello, Migga.
198. 11:30So, that's the shed. We were just at the
199. 11:32top of the garden. Here it is a
200. 11:35sculpture of a heron. A heron is a bird
201. 11:38that fishes in small ponds like this
202. 11:41one. In this pond, we have lily pads.
203. 11:45And here are the liies. Now, let's go
204. 11:50back through the pagola
205. 11:54to the greenhouse. Here is a gutter. The
206. 11:59gutter collects the rain water which
207. 12:01then flows down into these two water
208. 12:05butts. These are called butts, not like
209. 12:08your butt, but they help collect the
210. 12:12rain water which then waters the plants.
211. 12:15This is much more eco-friendly, better
212. 12:18for the environment. Right, I think
213. 12:20that's about it for the greenhouse.
214. 12:21Mate, you've got us. We are the garden
215. 12:24gnomes. We're the security for this
216. 12:27greenhouse. We make sure that no pesky
217. 12:30rabbits come and eat our tomato plants.
218. 12:33All right, back to you, Jay. All right,
219. 12:35cheers, boys. Now, let's pick some
220. 12:39lettuce. So, this lettuce is in a pot, a
221. 12:41plant pot, and I'm picking it for my
222. 12:44lunch.
223. 12:48[Music]
224. 13:03Heat.
225. 13:05[Music]
226. 13:08Heat.
227. 13:10[Music]
228. 13:12[Applause]
229. 13:14Heat. Heat.
230. 13:15[Music]
231. 13:37All
232. 13:47right, boys and girls, let's eat. Oh, I
233. 13:53am ready for this. I've got my bag of
234. 13:57crisps. In the UK, we don't say chips,
235. 14:01we say crisps. Now I'm opening the bag
236. 14:06of crisps. Hula hoops. If you know, you
237. 14:09know.
238. 14:11Damn, I can feel the rain. That's not
239. 14:15good. I've still got a lot to do. So
240. 14:18hopefully before it rains, I'm going to
241. 14:21go plant a pine cone. This is my pine
242. 14:25cone. This is my pot. I'm going to plant
243. 14:30this little boy in here. But first, I
244. 14:35need soil.
245. 14:37Got my soil, but
246. 14:41it's heavy. So, I think I need a
247. 14:45wheelbarrow. Damn, it's just started to
248. 14:47rain, so things don't always go as
249. 14:49planned. But what can we do with this?
250. 14:51We can learn some English. Light rain is
251. 14:54called drizzle. You can say it's
252. 14:57drizzling or you can say it's spitting.
253. 15:01It's drizzling. It's spitting. Hopefully
254. 15:04it doesn't pour it down.
255. 15:09[Music]
256. 15:12[Applause]
257. 15:12[Music]
258. 15:20Woo! It is drizzling. But fear not
259. 15:25because I have a Broly.
260. 15:29Well, this is classic British
261. 15:32summertime. All right, time to plant
262. 15:34these pine cones and then get inside.
263. 15:38So, let's have a look the pot with the
264. 15:41pine cones inside. Let's pop that down
265. 15:44on the grass. Our watering can, which we
266. 15:48don't need anymore cuz it's raining.
267. 15:50This is a tel.
268. 15:54[Music]
269. 15:56And finally, a big bag of compost.
270. 16:00[Music]
271. 16:01Perfect pine cone. Now I take my tel, my
272. 16:06digging tool, and get some compost.
273. 16:11I'm putting it in the pot. And voila,
274. 16:16she's done.
275. 16:18[Music]
276. 16:20Let's put you right at the top of the
277. 16:24garden. Oh no, my Broly. I think I just
278. 16:28broke my Broly. Right now I'm going to
279. 16:31get inside out of the rain and go do
280. 16:35some washing. Hopefully the rain stops
281. 16:38by the time I finish washing.
282. 16:44[Music]
283. 16:56So, here I've got a basket of laundry.
284. 17:00Let's put it in the washing machine.
285. 17:03This is dirty laundry. Putting it in the
286. 17:08washing machine.
287. 17:11Closing the door. Opening the drawer.
288. 17:15Pouring in the fabric conditioner. Close
289. 17:19the door. This is the dial. Let's press
290. 17:24the start button. Now, while I wait for
291. 17:28my washing to finish, let's
292. 17:33vacuum.
293. 17:35So, this is a Hoover. In the UK, we say
294. 17:40Hoover. This is a plug. I'm going to
295. 17:44plug it in to the socket.
296. 17:48[Music]
297. 18:03I've just finished hoovering. Now, let's
298. 18:06take a quick tour and learn some
299. 18:08vocabulary. Okay, so this whole room you
300. 18:10could call the lounge or the living
301. 18:13room. Over here we have photo frames on
302. 18:17a yellow wall. There are photos inside
303. 18:20the frame. Here's a photo of me and my
304. 18:22dad in Vietnam. This is a piano.
305. 18:26On top of the piano, we have a coaster.
306. 18:30Mug of tea, mug of coffee goes on the
307. 18:32coaster.
308. 18:37This is the arm of the sofa. There are
309. 18:40more cushions on this sofa. Another
310. 18:43blanket.
311. 18:45A log for the dogs.
312. 18:47There's a log in the dog bed. Speaking
313. 18:50of logs, this is a
314. 18:53fireplace.
315. 18:56This is a wood stove or a log burning
316. 18:59stove. These little logs are called
317. 19:02kindling. small logs that you use to
318. 19:04start a fire. This is coal or charcoal.
319. 19:08This is the mantle piece. These are
320. 19:12candles. And you would light the candle
321. 19:15with a lighter. This is a lighter. I'm
322. 19:20sparking the lighter. This is the flame.
323. 19:23Now I'm lighting the candle. We can also
324. 19:27light the candles with matches. This is
325. 19:30a matchbox. This is a matchick.
326. 19:34I'm sparking the match.
327. 19:38The match is lit. Now I am lighting the
328. 19:42wick
329. 19:43of the candle and
330. 19:46I am
331. 19:50blowing out.
332. 19:51[Music]
333. 20:25This is a peg.
334. 20:30[Music]
335. 20:32All right, the washing is hanging out to
336. 20:35dry. Now, let's feed the birds.
337. 20:41So, this is the bird feeder.
338. 20:44And I have a plastic scoop and I'm
339. 20:48scooping the bird seed,
340. 20:51putting it inside the bird feeder.
341. 20:55So today I've fed the horses, I'm
342. 20:58feeding the birds, and after this
343. 21:03I've got to go
344. 21:06feed the dogs.
345. 21:08So this big bag
346. 21:11is the dog food. These are biscuits, dog
347. 21:15biscuits, and we call them kibble. Now
348. 21:19I'm going to put it in the dog bowl and
349. 21:23feed the dogs.
350. 21:27The black lab is eating the kibble. And
351. 21:31this is Albert. Albert wants some food,
352. 21:34too. You want some?
353. 21:37There you go, fell.
354. 21:39The dogs are begging. They're looking at
355. 21:41me with puppy dog eyes. All right. Now,
356. 21:44let's give him some cheese. Some cheese,
357. 21:46Albert. Get some cheese, Albert.
358. 21:51All right. He's eating the cheese. It's
359. 21:53a well-known fact that dog's favorite
360. 21:54food is cheese. Sit.
361. 21:57Good girl. Okay. Amigga's tail is
362. 22:00wagging. She's very happy. She's
363. 22:02watching the cheese from side to side.
364. 22:07There you go, girl.
365. 22:12So, I fed the dogs. Now, it's time to
366. 22:15bake some rhubarb crumble.
367. 22:19So, step one, I have my rhubarb. And
368. 22:23these are weighing scales. Scales. I'm
369. 22:27going to place the rhubarb on the
370. 22:29scales.
371. 22:33I'm chopping the rhubarb into chunks.
372. 22:36Now, it's time to put it in the pan.
373. 22:40This is my wooden spoon and I'm mixing
374. 22:43the rhubarb and the sugar until the
375. 22:46rhubarb softens. The rhubarb is in a
376. 22:50sauce pan. This is a saucepan. So, the
377. 22:54rhubarb now is simmering. Simmering is a
378. 22:57gentle boil. While the rhubarb simmers,
379. 23:00I have a mason jar full of flour. Now,
380. 23:04I'm going to mix this with butter to
381. 23:06make the crumble topping.
382. 23:08So now I'm adding the cubes of butter to
383. 23:11the glass mixing bowl.
384. 23:15I'm adding the rhubarb, raspberry, and
385. 23:17blueberry mixture.
386. 23:24Next, I'm adding a crumble topping.
387. 23:28Delicious. Now, let's put it in the oven
388. 23:31to bake.
389. 23:42While the crumble is cooking in the
390. 23:43oven, I need to do some cleaning up.
391. 23:46First, I'm going to do the washing up.
392. 23:49I'm going to wash up the dishes.
393. 23:52This is a sponge. This is a scour.
394. 24:00Here is the wooden spoon from earlier.
395. 24:03and washing up the wooden spoon. Again,
396. 24:06to reinforce the vocabulary from today,
397. 24:08this is the sauce pan. Okay, almost
398. 24:12there. Turn off the tap.
399. 24:16The place where I put the dishes is
400. 24:18called the drying rack. Now, I need to
401. 24:22take these rhubarb leaves and compost
402. 24:25them in the garden.
403. 24:32I've just composted the rhubarb leaves.
404. 24:34Now I need to go inside to put the rest
405. 24:36of the things away.
406. 24:42The final word of today. Drum roll
407. 24:45please.
408. 24:49Thank you.
409. 24:51Country. Now let's eat.
410. 24:59[Music]
411. 25:11Yeah.
412. 25:13[Music]
413. 25:17So now
414. 25:19[Music]
415. 25:20[Laughter]
416. 25:28[Music]
417. 25:32pretty nice. Fortnite. Mm.