1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,160 Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com and welcome to 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,400 this English lesson where you're going to listen to a 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,320 conversation about. Fall or the season of autumn? 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,000 Well done. So yeah, we. 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,720 Had a practice run. So this is a conversation where 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,160 you're going to just listen to natural English. 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,280 So you can do this wherever you're from. 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,800 And feel free to go to the description to look up some of 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,520 the key phrases. Or if you just want to listen 10 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,400 along and get some exposure to English, that's great too. 11 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:34,760 So yeah, we're going to discuss 4 today. 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:39,320 We've already talked about summer and winter in the past, 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,840 and it's just about to go into fall here in the US. 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,280 This is your favorite season? It's my, well, one of my 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,880 favorite seasons. I actually really like. 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,520 I really like the transition from summer to fall. 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:56,880 Is that what's happening right now? 18 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Yes, yes, this is my optimal season. 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,320 Right. So the transition, the change 20 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:08,720 from summer to fall and summer has been very hot this year, or 21 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:14,840 at times it has, where it's been about 90° high humidity, which 22 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,840 means it's difficult to go out and do stuff outside unless 23 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,280 you're at a pool or in the shade or by a river. 24 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:23,560 That's right. Yeah. 25 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,520 So those are the three things that we like to do, shady hikes, 26 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,280 going to visit rivers and waterfalls and a lot of time at 27 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,960 the pool. Yeah, we spent a lot of time at 28 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:40,000 the pool this summer, and then fall or autumn is a lot easier, 29 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,320 right, To be outside. Yeah. 30 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:47,280 Can you explain? Yeah, it's, I, I mean, I like 31 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:52,640 many things about fall that are pretty typical for people to 32 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,360 like. I like the transition to a 33 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,200 cozier season. I like to pull out sweaters and 34 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:06,560 long boots and to think about, you know, a few of the warmer 35 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:11,760 beverages and soups and things that are more hearty and 36 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,840 comforting. Yeah, start making chillies 37 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,280 again, which we like to eat, don't we? 38 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,520 Yeah, but you don't. For when it's the summer. 39 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,720 You don't want to have a hot stove cooking something like a 40 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,080 soup or a chilli. Yeah, especially over a long 41 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,320 time. Oh yeah, definitely not. 42 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,920 And, and I like that. I like, I also like this right 43 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:41,480 now because we still have fruit and vegetables and flowers and 44 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,800 green leaves, but it started to get a little bit cooler at 45 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,440 night. You can tell that the seasons 46 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:51,920 are about to change and the equinox is coming up this month, 47 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,400 which is the official start of fall. 48 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,040 What's the equinox? It's the equinox is when you 49 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:05,040 have equal hours of daylight and night time and I think it's at 50 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,880 the end of September. Yeah, 22nd. 51 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:10,840 That sounds right. Well, the fall starts on the 52 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,840 22nd. Then that's the equinox. 53 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:13,840 Right. Yeah, yeah. 54 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:20,000 So that's coming up pretty soon. Did you know where do you know 55 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,000 where the word fall originates from? 56 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,320 Can I make a guess that's probably wrong? 57 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:27,640 Yeah, OK. Always. 58 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,920 Is it from the leaves falling? Well, that's probably where, 59 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,680 sorry, where it originated from. As in which country? 60 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,880 Have a little think there's no wrong answers. 61 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,760 Is it from the UK? Well, yeah, this is the theory 62 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,080 that I learned while I was doing a live lesson, OK? 63 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,000 Because there's still parts of the UK that call it fall and 64 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:02,080 there's a a great article where it looks at word usage from the 65 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,640 1950s and now and how things have changed. 66 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,800 For example, the TH sound is going away in London. 67 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,120 Yeah, because that's. Right. 68 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,080 Yeah, nothing. Nothing. 69 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,000 Instead of nothing so that TH sounds going away and you can 70 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,560 see on a map how where it originates from the the sound of 71 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,560 the F which is London and how it's spreading out to the rest 72 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,760 of the country. But in the 50s people were still 73 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,720 saying fall in certain parts of the UK, and the theory is that 74 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:43,960 they had both terms when the US was colonized, but autumn won in 75 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:49,320 the UK and fall won in the USI. Wonder about that because I 76 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:54,320 think that there are some phrases that are pretty common 77 00:04:54,400 --> 00:05:00,640 in the US that you don't use or that sound old fashioned to you. 78 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,240 And then there are some phrases, particularly in the north of 79 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:11,800 England, like sometimes you still say thee and thou, for 80 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,080 example, that to me. But we don't use articles. 81 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,640 That's true. But just just with the D and the 82 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:24,240 thou in similar words, that to me sound like they belong in 83 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,640 history, you know, in the time of Shakespeare. 84 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,160 And it's funny to me to hear people use it in everyday 85 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:32,520 expressions. Yeah. 86 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,400 Yeah. Could you do an example of a 87 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,080 Northern? Expression. 88 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,120 No, I can't do an impression of you. 89 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,240 You know it it. I want to be able to do a good 90 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,560 impression of you and I think in general I do do decent 91 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,760 impressions, but your accent is very hard for me. 92 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,280 Yeah, it is. So fall, fall, fall. 93 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,160 There's a massive crate. I think we've talked about this 94 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,120 before, say. That in an American accent. 95 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,600 Fall. Oh my gosh. 96 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:03,360 I didn't. I said fall. 97 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,760 Oh oh. We try to. 98 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,680 Yeah, yeah. So certain other things come 99 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,600 out, don't they? There's certain holidays as well 100 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,120 around fall which you love. I do do. 101 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:21,160 You want to talk about those a little bit? 102 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:27,480 Yes. So there's the equinox, which we 103 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,760 don't necessarily celebrate. Some traditions do. 104 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:39,680 And then there's Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos and Thanksgiving. 105 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,880 Yeah, love them all. Yeah, and Thanksgiving is in 106 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,360 full. Yeah, yes, because we learned. 107 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,640 Do you remember when winter starts in a winter video and 108 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,760 everyone left a comment? Is it December? 109 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,680 Oh no, was it? 15th or. 110 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,960 I didn't. I didn't read the comments. 111 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:03,720 We've forgotten again, yeah. But yes, Thanksgiving is in fall 112 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:07,240 as well. And that is probably the fall 113 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:12,160 holiday in the sense of it comes from other traditions of feast, 114 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,680 the fall harvest and feasting when there's a good fall 115 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,760 harvest, right? So you have enough food for the 116 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:27,120 winter to survive, basically, And then you celebrate that 117 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,640 fact. But Thanksgiving obviously is a 118 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,760 different, has a different spin on it, which we weren't going to 119 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,400 because we made a video on Thanksgiving. 120 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,960 We did. That was our first conversation. 121 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:38,240 Why is it? Yeah. 122 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,760 A long time ago. OK. 123 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,680 Yeah, it was like a pilot episode that we did, so I'll 124 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,320 leave a link to that one. OK, but let's start with 125 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,920 Halloween. Halloween is huge in the USI. 126 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:58,640 I'm always shocked every year just by how big it is and how 127 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,840 early people have to get prepared for. 128 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,000 And two things stand out for me. Go ahead. 129 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:08,360 Firstly, when I suggested that we don't give out candy, but we 130 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,200 give out something else because everyone gives out candy and the 131 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:13,840 kids go crazy over it. Yeah. 132 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,440 And what did you say? Do you remember? 133 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,320 No. You said people will come back 134 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,800 and egg your house if you don't leave candy for people. 135 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:27,040 That might have been me being a little dramatic, yeah. 136 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:32,919 I I thought so, but at the same time kids would say, why is 137 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:35,919 this? Why are you giving me a beef 138 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:39,400 stick or some carrots or a pencil? 139 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,559 Yeah, we're not. Some little toys. 140 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:47,200 No, If you want to set up around the corner from our house, you 141 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,600 can give away all of those things. 142 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,320 Because what it's like is. You can be like the troll in the 143 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,000 garden. Like have some carrots. 144 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,040 Hey, would you like some carrots instead of candy? 145 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,280 No. Then we're known as the crazy 146 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,680 British guy who gives that carrots. 147 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:09,400 But that, that was before I really understood everything, 148 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:14,800 before we had children who could walk to houses and we really, I 149 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,920 really understood things. But it's crazy here. 150 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:23,600 I can't describe it. It's so different because it's 151 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,160 just a mad rush. The children all have the little 152 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:31,480 buckets and they go as quickly as possible to houses, get as 153 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,560 much candy as possible. And it's just this mad rush for 154 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:39,600 about an hour and it's, it's exhausting to me. 155 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,480 Oh yeah. Yeah, but there's also fun 156 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,000 things as well for us. So there's a neighborhood that 157 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:51,800 have parties, right? I mean trick or treating is fun, 158 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,200 not? For me, really, I like the pot, 159 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,240 so do it. Go hand out your cake. 160 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:02,040 Well, there's a. What I mean by that is everyone 161 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:03,960 dresses up, right? Parents. 162 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:05,000 Children. Yes. 163 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,280 Most parents. Yes. 164 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,680 And it's hard to get an outfit in the week running up to 165 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:13,440 Halloween because every everything's sold out, which is 166 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,800 why you often do it six weeks before. 167 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,840 I tried to come up with the plan, yeah, six weeks before. 168 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:29,440 But I mean, I would love to take the time to make our costumes. 169 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:35,800 And, you know, every year I just run out of time a little bit. 170 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:40,160 But I think that you can get so creative and do something really 171 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,680 special. But the other year I was a sea 172 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:47,440 witch and our daughter was a mermaid. 173 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,880 But I had a plan to make like these tentacles out of tights. 174 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,880 And I had a whole, I had a whole design with like a headpiece and 175 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:01,160 a Cape in my tentacles. And in the end, all I ended up 176 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,480 wearing were like some tights that I never had time to stuff. 177 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,160 So they just kind of hung around me. 178 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,880 And a wig. I thought it looked OK. 179 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,040 It did. It looked it looked OK but my 180 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,960 vision was like. Which I mean, it looked good. 181 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,600 Yeah. Oh, thank you. 182 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,280 That's all right. Yeah, yeah. 183 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:25,000 But it's it's a mud. Roof that's British for amazing. 184 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:29,440 Well, good, good. Yeah. 185 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,240 So it's just a mud rush and then Halloween is what? 186 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,160 What I wanted to say though is that they have like block 187 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,280 parties with music and dancing. And a really good atmosphere, 188 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,560 yeah. So that that's the fun part for 189 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:49,240 me, not like just taking a child to a house, to another house, to 190 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,040 another house and say, don't eat it all now. 191 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:52,840 Just let's. And then they get home and 192 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,480 they're tired, it's late. It's a school night a lot of 193 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,080 times too. And sometimes it's been raining 194 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,200 and cold and they just want to eat the candy. 195 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:02,200 And then they get the sugar rush. 196 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,200 And then the next day at school, you know. 197 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,200 As a former teacher, yeah. The day after Halloween was the 198 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:11,320 worst day to teach. Or or the day of Halloween. 199 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,400 It depends. And I think that I've changed my 200 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:20,680 opinion on it now that I'm not actively teaching because when 201 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:24,520 you're in the classroom, you're like, just contain the chaos. 202 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,520 You know, the least fun that we can have is what we want. 203 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:33,520 That's what we're going for. We're going for calm, collected. 204 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,560 And now that I'm not, you know, actively teaching, I'm like, go 205 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:40,240 crazy. Well, good, good sugar, huh? 206 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,920 You can also just think, yeah, like they should just send the 207 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:45,760 kids outside the day after Halloween. 208 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,440 Just run it all off. Yeah. 209 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,840 But I, I just, I don't like that part. 210 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,440 I do not like that part. Of it, the chaos. 211 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:57,400 No, the just the endless candy, all in the little plastic 212 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:02,560 wrappers, all small and yeah, yeah, but fun holiday. 213 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:04,040 All. In all. 214 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:09,920 And kind of, you know, I think that what's fun about it, too, 215 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:17,280 is that it's so kind of joyful and wild, but it's also like, a 216 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,480 little bit dark. A lot of people will decorate 217 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:25,960 their houses with really, you know, scary, scary things like 218 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:33,880 gravestones and ghosts and witches and just the creepier 219 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:34,920 the better. Yeah. 220 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,280 But we, the person who used to live in the house that we live 221 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,920 in now, it was known as the best house in the neighborhood 222 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,720 because they had all these decorations, but they didn't 223 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,840 leave them for us. The neighbor got them. 224 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,920 So then they put up all these new decorations and we're 225 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,680 getting there slowly. Yeah, we haven't really gotten 226 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:56,440 there. They did. 227 00:13:56,560 --> 00:14:03,440 So you can buy giant inflatable decorations for every season 228 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,720 almost. And you know, people will 229 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,520 decorate for the winter holidays. 230 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:14,160 They'll decorate for Halloween. And you can really decorate your 231 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:16,600 your house and yard throughout the year. 232 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:22,400 But probably Halloween and the winter holidays are the biggest 233 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,000 ones, yeah. Oh yeah, definitely. 234 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:31,280 But yeah, but there was like a giant animatronic spider in our 235 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,480 yard. Top hat as well. 236 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,080 Yeah, maybe like a. Giant thing. 237 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,240 A giant statue with a top hat. Oh yeah. 238 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,920 See, we never got to see it, but everybody will come and knock on 239 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,960 our door, which, you know, we have like 1 Jack O Lantern. 240 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:48,760 Where's the? Spider. 241 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,280 Oh yeah, we had cobwebs. Do we ever hang them? 242 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,000 I think so. They weren't very good though. 243 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,040 They were small, they weren't fall. 244 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,200 I'm going to do something now, right? 245 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:06,160 Oh no where. OK, do we're going to talk about 246 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:10,000 clothing. OK, but talk about the most 247 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,440 important aspect of full clothing and we'll both say it. 248 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,920 No time out. We'll both say it on three. 249 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,280 It's not boots, but just think about a concept with full 250 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,600 clothing, right? What's important? 251 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:27,440 I feel like I feel like this is a trap. 123 layers. 252 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,880 Cozy layers. Cozy layers. 253 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,920 Cozy layers. Everyone wins. 254 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,400 Which is AI. Guess that's a collocation, 255 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,040 right? 2 words that go together 256 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,480 naturally. Yeah. 257 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,160 Pack some cozy layers. Cozy layers? 258 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,160 Yeah, you need layers, right? Especially here in the 259 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,440 mountains, yes, it could be 75° during the day. 260 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,480 And then as soon as the sun goes down, we've been out, haven't 261 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,120 we? And it goes dark earlier. 262 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,880 But I just remember some nights at Zillah KOA, which is a a 263 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:01,560 brewery here, and we're out and it's T-shirts on. 264 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,280 And then within 10 minutes, you need a jacket, don't you? 265 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,040 Yeah. And also because we're in the 266 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,360 mountains, there are different elevations. 267 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,880 So we're near the Blue Ridge Parkway, which goes through 268 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,320 these mountains, and you can drive up to the Parkway and 269 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,600 drive, you know, 20 minutes, 1/2 an hour. 270 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,680 And you'll be at a different elevation. 271 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,120 And you'll need some cozy layers. 272 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,080 Yeah. It can be 20-30 degrees 273 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:30,200 difference. Right. 274 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,560 Oh yeah. Yeah, really big difference. 275 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:40,640 And Even so, a lot of people talk about fall colour and we do 276 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:45,360 live in an area with a lot of trees that lose their leaves in 277 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:50,320 the winter, deciduous trees, and before that they turn really 278 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,200 vibrant colours, oranges. Best in the world? 279 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,440 Yeah, so good. People say it's New England. 280 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,640 That's yeah. What do they know up there? 281 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:06,680 I think, you know, I think that it's, it's we get good fall 282 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,280 colour similar to new. And we can, we can experience it 283 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:15,560 over two to three weeks because it starts early or mid-october I 284 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,680 think in right at the higher elevations. 285 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,599 I think it might actually be late September. 286 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,839 Or is it early October? Early October. 287 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:30,920 It's not September speed silly. But no, there's there's actually 288 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:32,840 a map that tell they'll they'll say all right. 289 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,440 This year. It's going to be early October 290 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:44,800 at the higher elevations and then the at the lower elevations 291 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,480 that we'll say late October when it's at the peak what what they 292 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,720 called the people who come here. Leaf peepers. 293 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,560 Is it really leaf peepers? Are you sure? 294 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,960 I'm sure. Like to peep? 295 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:01,520 Like to look? To like look. 296 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,960 Yeah, usually peeping is kind of a. 297 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,200 Creepy. Creepy word. 298 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:12,840 But yeah, people come to, they'll come to our area for the 299 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,200 weekend and the Parkway's packed. 300 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,800 Isn't it really busy, this famous Rd. where you can see the 301 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,920 the colours and you can see it for miles and you have a 302 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,760 different variety of colour. It's really nice. 303 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:31,520 People get very slowly, yes. I know the overlooks the park 304 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,160 and you can't park there. Yeah, but it Yeah, people come 305 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:35,920 here. What? 306 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,840 What they call it again? Full peepers leaf. 307 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,000 Peepers Leaf. Peepers, Yeah. 308 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:43,480 Are you a? Are you a leaf peeper? 309 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:47,120 Yeah, Yeah, I am. Yeah. 310 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,080 Are you I? Guess so. 311 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,480 Yeah. And then what happens when the 312 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:59,520 leaves fall? We'll say on three, 123, 123, 313 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:03,120 bag them up or put them in compost. 314 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,520 Well, you do, right? I mean, yeah, rake them. 315 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,080 Yeah, bag them up. I wasn't going to get there. 316 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,720 Oh, yeah, you think on your feet a little bit more, but yeah. 317 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,960 So the this is when you have to do a lot of, we call it 318 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:27,440 gardening, but yard work here. So you rake up the leaves, make 319 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,520 a pile, jump in it. Yeah, dogs and children jump in 320 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:35,080 there, the leaves. Then you a lot of people put 321 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:39,320 them in bags and then the city will come and collect them in 322 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,280 trucks. Or you can use them as compost. 323 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,320 Did our compost. We use it this year. 324 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,120 Did you use any? No. 325 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:51,560 We'll, we'll make sure we use it next year. 326 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,120 OK. But yeah, we have a little 327 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:58,360 compost bin and then then it's another good time to mulch, to 328 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:00,840 prune your trees and bushes, right? 329 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,200 Yeah, but I like doing it in fall because it's a lot cooler. 330 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,000 Yeah, summer yard. Works brutal. 331 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,080 Mosquitoes, yeah. Bees. 332 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:12,720 Bees. The Sun. 333 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:14,920 The humidity. Humidity. 334 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,520 Yeah, so it's nice. The air right now, it's a little 335 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:23,440 bit crisper, it's more crisp and there's a little bit of a chill 336 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,720 in the air at night. Yeah, chill in the air. 337 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,040 What? What do I say when I come 338 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,600 outside and it's there's a chill in the air and it's not humid? 339 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,360 When did this become a quiz? I say bag them up. 340 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,080 I say it's lovely, it's lovely outside. 341 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:40,640 It's. Lovely. 342 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,840 Yeah. So if it's lovely outside, it 343 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,520 means it's a good temperature. Yeah. 344 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,760 Yeah. So it's a good time to do that, 345 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,200 to exercise. I love playing soccer in the 346 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,600 fall. It's the perfect time of year to 347 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,800 do it. But they can. 348 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,600 The mornings can be very crisp, very cool. 349 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,880 Sometimes you can get a little bit of frost in the fall, right? 350 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,760 Yeah. Because yeah, for gardening you 351 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,960 need to know that as well, when it it might freeze. 352 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:12,440 And then any other things that you like about fall, pumpkin? 353 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,840 Spice, I know I was going to say sorry, I have one. 354 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:25,160 Well, I have one pumpkin spice latte every fall and I I know 355 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,400 just one you've. Already had one. 356 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:27,800 Exactly. I'm done. 357 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:28,800 You're not going to have another. 358 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,440 I'm I'm full on fall, but why do you do that? 359 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,360 If I have another one, it'll be a bonus. 360 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,680 But why do you only have one? I don't. 361 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,840 Know because. It doesn't taste very good, but 362 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:42,000 you just want to have that whole ride the the the bandwagon of 363 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,240 pumpkin spice. Is that why? 364 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,320 It it is a genuinely good flavour. 365 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:52,880 But but why don't you only have one? 366 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,720 I don't know, because I'm worried that it could become a 367 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,960 habit. Yeah, it could. 368 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,880 I could just become a complete monster. 369 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,120 Do. You remember last year when you 370 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:06,720 brought back so many pumpkin spiced items from Trader Joe's? 371 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,520 I'm going to do that. Some of them are better than 372 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:15,080 others, Some of them are better than others, but I do in 373 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,400 general. I like that that blend of 374 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,320 spices. I think it's probably weighted 375 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:26,840 to like 80% female, 20% male. And who buys pumpkin spice 376 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:31,200 lattes? So maybe, maybe pumpkin spice 377 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:36,600 culture has become gendered, but I truly believe that the the 378 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,480 flavour profile, everyone can enjoy it. 379 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,480 If you like a little cinnamon and nutmeg in your life, you can 380 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,000 enjoy it. It's OK. 381 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:46,840 Is that what it is? Yeah. 382 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,240 There's anything else in? It maybe like a pinch of cloves. 383 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,840 So yeah, these different spices. Spices. 384 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:59,080 Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then our birthdays are in 385 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,920 fall, which we we like. We do like that. 386 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,760 Yeah, I've. I remember celebrating my 387 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,400 birthday here and it was really warm. 388 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,600 I said. I've never had a warm, sunny 389 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,320 day, my birthday, my life. But it can be hit and miss. 390 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,080 It could be cold. Yeah. 391 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,480 Near the end of October. It can be. 392 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:23,320 I think that there's still some, you know, there are still leaves 393 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:28,080 on the trees, which is so nice because when I was growing up, I 394 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,520 grew up in a more northern state. 395 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:35,600 And so by the time that my birthday arrived near the end of 396 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,080 October, it was always grey. Yeah, Oh. 397 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,320 Cold. In the UK, October. 398 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,640 It's the rain, it's the rainy season. 399 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,800 And the leaves aren't very colourful. 400 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,480 Yeah, they're just brown. Oh, brown. 401 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:49,080 And. Then. 402 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:53,280 They fall and they get really wet straight away. 403 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,640 Yeah, but there's some. Sometimes the weather can ruin 404 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,560 it, can't it? Yeah, yeah. 405 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:04,480 If it's, I think if it's too, if it has to do with the like dry 406 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:10,480 and wetness, I think it has to be moist somewhat perfect, like 407 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,000 perfect. Because if it's too dry too 408 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,760 early, all the leaves turn brown and fall off early. 409 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,720 And if it doesn't dry out, I don't know. 410 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,200 Maybe. What are those things? 411 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:26,320 There has to be some temperature, humidity, because 412 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:31,080 if it rained and was windy for a week, I imagine a lot of the 413 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,120 leaves would just fall. So yeah, we're not. 414 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,680 We're not going to turn cooler this year. 415 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,240 We're out. Yeah, this is perfect for us to 416 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,280 disintegrate and turn into rich soil. 417 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:49,120 Oh wow, what compost? Compost. 418 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:50,200 Let's go in a bag. True. 419 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,480 OK, Well, I hope you've enjoyed this lesson. 420 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,280 I think we should end it there. OK, because we've done a 421 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,120 Thanksgiving lesson. Yes, yeah. 422 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:03,000 And you should definitely go and watch the summer, Thanksgiving 423 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,400 and the winter conversations after this one. 424 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:07,560 Hmm. Yeah. 425 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,240 Hmm. And then be sure to go to the 426 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,680 description to look at some of the key phrases from this 427 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:13,280 lesson. Hmm. 428 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,680 What else should they do? Please question. 429 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:22,720 Ohh my question what is your favorite fall ritual? 430 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:28,480 So it could be a food or an item of clothing or something that 431 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:33,880 you do outside, but to celebrate the changing seasons or. 432 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,880 Holidays like do you have this season in terms of like the 433 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,160 temperature in case mind is blown I'm. 434 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,080 Just thinking of Costa Rica, yeah. 435 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,000 You know, doesn't really change that much, I guess, except for 436 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,240 rainy season, but yeah. And the Southern Hemisphere. 437 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,520 It's they're going into their spring, yeah. 438 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,920 It's about to be spring. OK. 439 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,880 So yeah, just like if you have fall or whatever, what other 440 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,440 seasons do you celebrate the most there? 441 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:10,800 And yeah, click the like button, subscribe if you are new and as 442 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,200 always there, Yeah, check out the other lessons. 443 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,560 And one more thing, one more thing, we actually chose this 444 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,920 topic based on somebody recommending that we talk about 445 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,880 seasons. And so if there are other topics 446 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,960 that you're interested in US talking about, we'd love to 447 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,040 know. Yeah, and expand on it too to 448 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,120 say, oh, we'd love to know about someone said hospitals, right, 449 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:41,000 OK, just like, oh, what talk about a typical hospital 450 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,920 experience for, you know, a surgery or something like that. 451 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,120 OK, yeah, Oh yeah, the more specific the better. 452 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,960 Yeah, it just helps us think about it a bit more, isn't it? 453 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,680 Yeah. OK. 454 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:54,360 Thanks again. Speak to you soon. 455 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:55,080 Bye. Bye.