Talking about holidays 🌊☀️⛱️ Real Easy English — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello, welcome to Real Easy English  from BBC Learning English. I'm Georgie.
2. 0:06And I'm Neil. And in this podcast we have real
3. 0:10conversations in easy English to  help you improve your English.
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5. 0:30How are you today, Georgie?
6. 0:33I'm pretty good, Neil, thank you. I'm happy that it’s Friday.
7. 0:36Mm, me too!
8. 0:38So today, we're talking about holidays and our dream destinations.
9. 0:45Great, I love this topic.
10. 0:47But can you explain what you mean by destination, Neil?
11. 0:51A 'destination' is what we call a place we are going to.
12. 0:57The place we would like to go to.
13. 1:00OK. So, if we are on a train to visit London, London is our destination.
14. 1:06But we often use it when we're talking about holidays or special journeys.
15. 1:11That's right. So, a 'dream destination'
16. 1:14is 'somewhere we would really like to go and travel on our holiday'.
17. 1:19OK, so, where is your dream holiday destination, Neil?
18. 1:24I like two different kinds of holidays.
19. 1:27I like interesting cities, interesting old cities, like European cities,
20. 1:33but I also like mountains and countryside
21. 1:38and those kind of places, like in South America.
22. 1:42Mm-hm. Yes, I also have two different types of holidays that I like.
23. 1:48If I want to relax, I usually want to be in the sun by the beach,
24. 1:53but I also love to see new and interesting places,
25. 1:57places that you can't see in your own country.
26. 2:01Neil, where's your favourite place you've ever been to?
27. 2:05Oh, well, I really, really liked Japan, when I visited Japan.
28. 2:11OK, so if I go to Japan, what should I do there?
29. 2:15You should eat as much food as you can, cos the food is fantastic.
30. 2:20And you can eat in a little noodle shop
31. 2:25or you can eat in a big, posh restaurant and it's all amazing.
32. 2:29Mm, that sounds so good, and I love food!
33. 2:32Ok so, you said I should try some Japanese restaurants.
34. 2:36What is this word 'should'? What does it mean?
35. 2:38It means I think it's a good idea for you to do that. That's my advice to you.
36. 2:45OK, so it's kind of like a recommendation in this case?
37. 2:49Yeah. So when you go to Japan, you should eat sushi.
38. 2:53When you go to Japan, you should visit Kyoto to see Zen gardens.
39. 3:00So how about you, Georgie?
40. 3:02What's... What's the best place you've ever been on holiday?
41. 3:06I really love Edinburgh in Scotland. I love it because it's very green.
42. 3:12The city is very close to nature and it’s very beautiful.
43. 3:16The buildings are really beautiful.
44. 3:18OK, so Edinburgh, Georgie. What could I do in Edinburgh?
45. 3:23Well, in August, for example, you could go to the Fringe Festival,
46. 3:28which is a comedy and arts festival.
47. 3:30So you could see some shows.
48. 3:33Or you could go for a walk in the national parks outside of the city.
49. 3:38Or you could go to see some of the museums they have.
50. 3:43There’s lots of things you could do.
51. 3:44Yeah, and when we use 'could', we're talking about 'things that are possible'.
52. 3:50Yes, and that's different from 'should',
53. 3:52because when I say you should do something,
54. 3:54it means that it’s a good idea or I'm giving you advice.
55. 3:58But 'could', I'm just giving you some options,
56. 4:01things that are possible for you to do.
57. 4:03Now, we don't always go to another country on holiday
58. 4:08or even a different city, do we?
59. 4:10No, now it's actually quite popular to go on holiday inside your own country
60. 4:15and we have a word for this, don't we, Neil?
61. 4:17Yes, we do. It combines two words, the word 'stay' and the word 'vacation'.
62. 4:23Put them together and you have 'staycation'.
63. 4:26And a 'staycation'
64. 4:27is 'a holiday at, actually in, your house, or near your house'.
65. 4:31Have you ever done a staycation, Neil?
66. 4:35Yes, plenty of times!
67. 4:38Often, on a staycation you might do day trips,
68. 4:41so go and visit places in the area, but come home in the evening.
69. 4:51Now the problem with holidays is they are expensive.
70. 4:54We probably need to save up money if we want to travel to all these places,
71. 4:58apart from the staycation.
72. 5:00Yes, we should save up some money, exactly.
73. 5:03Let's recap the language we learned during the conversation.
74. 5:08We learned 'destination', which we use to talk about 'a place we are going to,
75. 5:14'or we would like to go to'.
76. 5:16'Could', which we use to talk about 'something that is possible'.
77. 5:20'Should', which we use to talk about 'something that it's a good idea to do'.
78. 5:25This is advice.
79. 5:27And 'staycation' which is 'a fun word to talk about a holiday at or near home'.
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82. 5:48Next time, we'll be talking about work and jobs.
83. 5:52See you then. Goodbye!
84. 5:53Bye!