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Hey everyone, and welcome back 
to another episode of The 

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Understandable English Podcast. 
My name is Oliver and today we 

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are going to talk about a few 
different things. 

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So I have first an announcement 
or a bit of news and then we are

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going to talk about this month, 
so September and the changes 

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that happen in September with 
the changing seasons. 

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Okay, so first some news. 
If you listen to this podcast on

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Spotify, you might have noticed 
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subscriber only episodes. 
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done this podcast completely for
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podcast for free. 
So these weekly episodes will 

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continue and nothing will 
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I want them to be free for 
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It is just to help me and to 
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But what you get whenever you do
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And you can also on those 
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So extra episodes of the podcast
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If you like the sound of that 
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OK, that's everything. 
That's the news with that and oh

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and also I will mention I'm 
still making those easy English 

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vlogs on YouTube. 
So they're completely free, of 

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course, just YouTube videos and 
it's the same style as this 

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podcast. 
So I make real life videos but 

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speaking slowly in English. 
And the link is also in the 

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description below. 
OK, now let's go back to today's

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topic and that is September and 
the changing of the seasons. 

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So September is a month of 
change and transition. 

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Transition is when something 
changes. 

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This is because the seasons are 
changing from summer to autumn, 

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so to the autumn season and one 
key event that is very important

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is called the Autumnal equinox. 
Now that sounds very complicated

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and fancy. 
Don't worry. 

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What the autumnal equinox is, is
that it? 

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It happens around September 22nd
or the 23rd of September in the 

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north of the world, and it is 
just the day that marks or notes

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the end of summer and the 
beginning of autumn. 

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And during this day, this 
special day, there is almost the

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equal amount of daylight and 
also darkness, For example, 12 

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hours of daylight and 12 hours 
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So it's equal light and equal 
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And from this point onwards, the
days get shorter and the 

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darkness becomes longer, so 
there's more dark during the 

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rest of the year. 
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not every country, but 
particularly in the north of the

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world, the days become colder as
well, so much, much colder. 

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Now I will make a separate 
episode about autumn and 

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different things in autumn. 
But of course I can't mention 

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the changing of seasons without 
talking about how the leaves 

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change colour on the trees. 
So this is a very strong sign 

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that the season is changing and 
that there is a transition. 

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So a change, a transition is a 
change as the season changes. 

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And the leaves color or the 
color of the leaves is a really 

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good visual symbol of this so 
very clear thing that you can 

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see to show this change. 
OK, so I think September is also

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such a month of change because 
for many people in our 

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societies, in our countries, it 
is the start of something. 

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So if you're in education, it is
for many the, the month and the 

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time when you start back to 
school or university, lots of 

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students are, you know, seeing 
this as the start of a new year 

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or maybe a new school or a new 
course. 

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And it marks a change, a 
beginning of a new chapter or 

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part of their life. 
Of course, this can affect 

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parents too, because for them, 
their children are going back to

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school and maybe they had some 
holidays in the summer time and 

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we think, OK, now we're back to 
normal routine, back to work, 

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back to school and getting into 
the darker, shorter days with 

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less relaxing time. 
For me, I quite like September. 

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I think it's quite a nice month.
Often we have a little bit nicer

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weather here because in 
summertime in Northern Ireland 

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it can be quite wet at times. 
The weather can change a lot and

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September usually seems to be a 
nicer month for some reason. 

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I also like when I start to see 
the Halloween stuff and even 

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today in the supermarket I saw 
some Christmas items. 

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Isn't that crazy? 
On the 22nd of September they 

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are already selling Christmas 
items in shops. 

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That's crazy. 
I also love seeing the change in

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seasons in the plants and the 
trees and the nature all around.

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In Northern Ireland we have some
very beautiful forests and parks

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and it's so nice to be able to 
watch and walk and see all of 

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the different beautiful colours 
and leaves and everything all 

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around. 
It's so pretty. 

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Let me know in the comments 
below what your favorite part of

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maybe the changing seasons is. 
Or if you like September, Do you

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like September? 
Let me know in the comments. 

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Of course, I understand that 
lot. 

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A lot of people don't like this 
time of year because they notice

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that the days are getting 
shorter and they think, Oh no, 

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winter is coming. 
It's going to be cold and dark 

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and no longer nice summer or 
spring time. 

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But I think it's important to 
focus on the positives, the nice

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parts. 
Think of the nice holidays that 

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are coming like Halloween or 
Christmas, the Christmas and 

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winter foods, hot chocolate, the
nice colours of the leaves, and 

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all of those fun and happy times
that come with the changing of 

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the seasons. 
But of course, we all have 

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different favorite times and 
months of the year. 

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So I'm not trying to convince 
you or make you think something,

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but I hope you have an amazing 
rest of September and autumn. 

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So thank you very much for 
listening. 

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Remember to check out those 
links in the description below. 

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And thank you so much for 
listening and for supporting 

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this podcast. 
Have a fantastic day. 

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Goodbye.