Real Easy English: talking about holidays Beginner shadowing lesson
Georgie and Neil from BBC Learning English talk about holidays and their dream destinations. Neil tells Georgie what she should do in Japan, like eat sushi and visit Kyoto, and Georgie tells him what he could do in Edinburgh, which leads them to the difference between should and could. They end on staycations and saving up money to travel.
What you practise by shadowing it
- A question tag and a short answer: we have a word for this, don't we, Neil? Yes, we do.
- Should for advice, could for options: So when you go to Japan, you should eat sushi. Well, in August, for example, you could go to the Fringe Festival.
- Repeats on an even beat: I like interesting cities, interesting old cities, like European cities. I really, really liked Japan.
- Beginner
- Video
- 5:55
- 81 sentences
Practise it in the app
Free, no account needed. The app plays one sentence and waits for you to say it.
First sentences
Hello, welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. I'm Georgie.
And I'm Neil.
And in this podcast we have real conversations in easy English to help you improve your English.
Remember, you can read what we're saying on our website.
BBC Learning English dot com.
The video has 81 sentences. The rest are in the app. Practise them all
Words and phrases
- go on holiday
- travel somewhere to rest and have fun
- destination
- a place you are going to
- dream destination
- the place you would most like to visit
- staycation
- a holiday at or near home
- save up
- keep money for something later
- could
- used to talk about something that is possible
- should
- used to say something is a good idea
- would like
- want (a polite way to say it)
- apart from
- except
- go for a walk
- walk somewhere for pleasure
- that's it
- that is all; the end
How to practise this clip
- Read the sentence and the words to know, then listen to it.
- Say it right after the speaker, slowly at first. The app waits until you finish.
- Play your try next to the speaker's, then say it again until it sounds the same.
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Source
BBC Learning English, Real Easy English, on YouTube
