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

So guess who's back?

It was a nice month so far but old man winter has returned.

In English sometimes we refer to winter as "old man winter,"

especially when winter comes back in the spring.

Usually in April we're expecting it

to be a really nice month.

Sometimes there's some cold days,

but it doesn't usually snow.

Right now it's a little hard for you to see,

but there are a few snowflakes coming down

because old man winter has returned.

The reason we call winter old man winter in the spring

is because sometimes old men are mean,

or what we call crotchety, or cranky, or grumpy,

and when winter comes back in April

we sometimes call winter old man winter

because the weather seems like it's a grumpy old man.

So right now, old man winter has come back

just for a few days here in Canada,

hopefully for not too long.

But we also have mother nature.

I don't know know if you've heard this name before,

but we sometimes refer to the Earth as mother nature.

And sometimes mother nature is very happy,

as you can see behind me, the grass is green.

When I look at the trees, sorry you can't quite see it

but the trees have buds on them

because in the spring mother nature is very happy

and the world starts to turn green.

Sometimes though, mother nature gets very angry.

Sometimes we have really, really bad weather

and then when that happens, sometimes we say,

"Oh mother nature is not very happy today."

So anyways, old man winter is back here in my part of Canada

and hopefully the sun starts to shine

and we will soon see mother nature super happy

making everything around me grow.

Bob the Canadian here, you're learning English with me

here on YouTube and Facebook and Instagram.

Hope you're having a good day.

I'll see you tomorrow in the next video.