Meaning of OLD MAN WINTER and MOTHER NATURE - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So guess who's back?
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It was a nice month so far but old man winter has returned.
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In English sometimes we refer to winter as "old man winter,"
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especially when winter comes back in the spring.
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Usually in April we're expecting it
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to be a really nice month.
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Sometimes there's some cold days,
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but it doesn't usually snow.
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Right now it's a little hard for you to see,
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but there are a few snowflakes coming down
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because old man winter has returned.
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The reason we call winter old man winter in the spring
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is because sometimes old men are mean,
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or what we call crotchety, or cranky, or grumpy,
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and when winter comes back in April
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we sometimes call winter old man winter
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because the weather seems like it's a grumpy old man.
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So right now, old man winter has come back
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just for a few days here in Canada,
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hopefully for not too long.
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But we also have mother nature.
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I don't know know if you've heard this name before,
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but we sometimes refer to the Earth as mother nature.
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And sometimes mother nature is very happy,
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as you can see behind me, the grass is green.
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When I look at the trees, sorry you can't quite see it
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but the trees have buds on them
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because in the spring mother nature is very happy
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and the world starts to turn green.
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Sometimes though, mother nature gets very angry.
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Sometimes we have really, really bad weather
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and then when that happens, sometimes we say,
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"Oh mother nature is not very happy today."
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So anyways, old man winter is back here in my part of Canada
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and hopefully the sun starts to shine
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and we will soon see mother nature super happy
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making everything around me grow.
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Bob the Canadian here, you're learning English with me
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here on YouTube and Facebook and Instagram.
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Hope you're having a good day.
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I'll see you tomorrow in the next video.
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