A Very British Life: Gardens - The English Like A Native Podcast

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the English Like a Native podcast.

Pozdrav svima i dobrodošli u podcast English Like a Native.

The podcast that's designed to help you to improve your English.

Podcast koji je osmišljen kako bi vam pomogao da poboljšate svoj engleski.

This first series, 'A Very British Life' will dive into the

Ova prva serija, 'A Very British Life' zaronit će u

nitty gritty of life in the UK.

potankosti života u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu.

My name is Anna, and in today's episode, I'm going to be talking about gardens.

Moje ime je Anna i u današnjoj epizodi govorit ću o vrtovima.

We Brits love our gardens.

Mi Britanci volimo svoje vrtove.

Most households will have a front and a back garden.

Većina kućanstava će imati prednji i stražnji vrt.

Now the front garden tends to be smaller than the back garden.

Sada je prednji vrt obično manji od stražnjeg.

And often the front garden is looking onto the road.

I često prednji vrt gleda na cestu.

So we don't tend to favor our front gardens too much.

Stoga nemamo tendenciju previše favorizirati naše prednje vrtove.

The front garden is also quite a functional garden.

Prednji vrt također je prilično funkcionalan vrt.

It will often double up as a driveway, a place to keep our car and it just serves

Često služi i kao prilaz, mjesto za držanje našeg automobila i samo služi

to make the front of the house look nice.

da prednji dio kuće izgleda lijepo.

Often the garden is surrounded by a border.

Često je vrt okružen bordurom.

So we'll see a fence or a wall, or you might see a hedge

Dakle, vidjet ćemo ogradu ili zid, ili možete vidjeti živicu

surrounding someone's garden.

koja okružuje nečiji vrt.

We have hedges around our front garden and we love a privet hedge here in the UK.

Imamo živice oko našeg prednjeg vrta i volimo živicu od ligustruma ovdje u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu.

A privet hedge, a privet is a type of bush, which is very, very green.

Živa ograda od ligustruma, ligustar je vrsta grma, koji je jako, jako zelen.

It has very dark green leaves and it stays green all year round.

Ima vrlo tamnozeleno lišće i ostaje zelena tijekom cijele godine.

And so this is usually the hedge of choice to act as a border for our gardens.

I tako je ovo obično živica po izboru koja služi kao granica za naše vrtove.

And if you have a nicely manicured hedge, then it can look really lovely, very tidy.

A ako imate lijepo njegovanu živicu, onda može izgledati stvarno lijepo, vrlo uredno.

But if you let it just grow wild, then it's going to look quite messy.

Ali ako ga pustite da samo raste, onda će izgledati prilično neuredno.

And unfortunately that's how our hedge looks at the moment.

A nažalost tako trenutno izgleda naša živica.

It's all overgrown.

Sve je zaraslo.

It's huge.

Veliko je.

I mean, I think it's about 10 foot, maybe 15 foot high.

Mislim, mislim da je visok oko 10 stopa, možda 15 stopa.

It's ridiculously high, too tall for us to actually get up and

Smiješno je visok, previsok da bismo zapravo ustali i

cut the tops nice and level.

podrezali vrhove lijepo i ravno.

And yes, it's just become a little bit out of control.

I da, samo je malo izmaklo kontroli.

And moving on to the back garden.

I krećemo prema stražnjem vrtu.

We love our back gardens.

Volimo naše stražnje vrtove.

It's a place for us to have some outdoor time in private because us

To je mjesto za nas da provedemo malo vremena na otvorenom nasamo jer smo

Brits we're quite private people really.

mi Britanci zapravo prilično privatni ljudi.

And when we have a sunny day, we love to get outside and bear our skin to the sun.

A kada imamo sunčan dan, volimo izaći vani i iznijeti svoju kožu suncu.

We do love sunbathing.

Volimo se sunčati.

I know that a lot of other countries and cultures think it's a little

Znam da mnoge druge zemlje i kulture misle da je malo

strange that we like to burn ourselves to a crisp, but for some reason, I

čudno da se volimo pržiti, ali iz nekog razloga, mislim

think perhaps because we have a lot of gray rainy days when the sun comes

da možda zato što imamo puno sivih kišnih dana kada sunce izađe

out we just want to make the most of it and get that lovely tan going on.

, samo želimo kako biste ga maksimalno iskoristili i poprimili onaj lijepi ten.

So in most British gardens, you'll find something called a shed.

Tako ćete u većini britanskih vrtova pronaći nešto što se zove šupa.

Now, a shed is a little wooden hut or a little wooden house.

Sada, šupa je mala drvena koliba ili mala drvena kućica.

A shed can have a few windows in it.

Šupa može imati nekoliko prozora u sebi.

It will always have cobwebs and spiders in it.

U njemu će uvijek biti paučine i paukova.

And in that shed, you will often find some deck chairs or sun lounges or folding

A u toj šupi ćete često pronaći ležaljke ili ležaljke za sunčanje ili sklopive

garden chairs, which will be brought out on a beautiful sunny day for everyone

vrtne stolice, koje će se iznijeti na prekrasan sunčan dan kako bi svi

to lounge around and enjoy the sunshine.

mogli izležavati se i uživati ​​na suncu.

Now a, a young family, a family with young children will likely also have a paddling

Sada, mlada obitelj, obitelj s malom djecom vjerojatno će također imati

pool, which everyone likes to dip their feet into and throw the children into,

bazen za veslanje, u koji svi vole umočiti noge i u njega bacati djecu,

to keep them nice and cool and occupied.

da im bude lijepo, hladno i okupirano.

Now the shed will also have lots of tools, tools for looking after the garden.

Sada će šupa imati i puno alata, alata za održavanje vrta.

We are keen gardeners here in the UK.

Mi smo strastveni vrtlari ovdje u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu.

I myself, am what we call a fair weather gardener.

Ja sam ono što mi zovemo vrtlar lijepog vremena.

A fair weather gardener is someone who will only enjoy gardening

Vrtlar s dobrim vremenom je netko tko će uživati ​​u vrtlarenju samo

when the weather is nice.

kada je lijepo vrijeme.

I'm really not interested in going out into the garden to do lots of backbreaking

Stvarno me ne zanima ići u vrt raditi mnogo mukotrpnog

work when it's cold and dark and raining.

posla kada je hladno, mračno i pada kiša.

It's not my thing, but many people love their gardens and

To nije moja stvar, ali mnogi ljudi vole svoje vrtove i

love their gardens to look good so they'll have all sorts of tools.

vole da im vrtovi izgledaju dobro pa će imati svakakve alate.

They'll have rakes to rake up the leaves.

Imat će grablje za skupljanje lišća.

They'll have lawn mowers to mow the lawn.

Imat će kosilice za košenje travnjaka.

Interesting that we call it, mowing the lawn.

Zanimljivo kako mi to zovemo košenje travnjaka.

It's basically cutting the grass, but we call it mowing the lawn.

To je u osnovi košenje trave, ali mi to zovemo košenje travnjaka.

We like our lawns to look nice.

Volimo da naši travnjaci izgledaju lijepo.

And actually we'll spend a lot of money on lawn feed and seeds, grass

I zapravo ćemo potrošiti mnogo novca na hranu za travnjak i sjeme, sjeme trave

seeds, sometimes even fertilizer to make the lawn look beautiful and

, ponekad čak i gnojivo kako bi travnjak izgledao lijepo i

green and in this country, because we have a lot of rain it's possible for

zeleno, au ovoj zemlji, budući da imamo puno kiše, moguće je da

us to get really lush green lawns.

budemo stvarno bujni zelene travnjake.

Now there'll be other tools in this shed as well, for looking after the borders.

Sada će u ovoj šupi biti i drugih alata za čuvanje granica.

So you'll have like little spades, and little forks, and all sorts of

Dakle, imat ćete male lopatice, i male vilice, i razne

things for pulling up weeds, because that's one of those regular tasks that

stvari za čupanje korova, jer to je jedan od onih redovitih zadataka koje

you have to undertake is the weeding.

morate obavljati je plijevljenje.

You might find a pair of secretes.

Možda ćete pronaći par tajni.

Secretes are used for cutting, particularly for deadheading or pruning.

Izlučevine se koriste za rezanje, posebno za mrtvljenje ili rezidbu. Mrtva glava

Deadheading is when your flower has died and you need to then

je kada je vaš cvijet uginuo i tada morate

remove the dead head of the flower.

ukloniti mrtvu glavu cvijeta.

So you deadhead your flowers and you prune your bushes and your plants.

Dakle, orezujete svoje cvijeće i podrezujete svoje grmlje i svoje biljke.

Cutting them back.

Odrezati ih.

You can even, even prune your trees, as well.

Možete čak, čak i podrezati svoje drveće.

So you cut them back towards the end of the season, once they've

Dakle, režete ih pred kraj sezone, kada

finished flowering and they're dying off, you cut them back.

završe s cvjetanjem i odumiru, režete ih ponovo.

So they grow back nicely the next season.

Tako da lijepo izrastu sljedeće sezone.

Now, many of us garden owners at some point in our lives are

Sada, mnogi od nas vlasnika vrtova u nekom trenutku svog života su

inspired to grow our own food.

nadahnuti da sami uzgajaju hranu.

Often we'll start with something easy, like herbs, you can buy ready-made already

Često ćemo započeti s nečim jednostavnim, poput začinskog bilja, možete kupiti već

potted up herbs from the supermarket.

pripremljeno začinsko bilje u saksiji u supermarketu.

You can often find a mint plant, a basil plant, perhaps some thyme in bigger

U većim supermarketima često možete pronaći biljku mente, bosiljka, možda malo majčine dušice

supermarkets, and you'll find all sorts of herbs ready for you to take home and

, a naći ćete i sve vrste začinskog bilja spremnog za ponijeti kući i

either put on your kitchen window sill, or actually plant out into the garden.

staviti ga na kuhinjsku prozorsku dasku ili zapravo posaditi u vrtu .

So this is where most of us start.

Dakle, ovo je mjesto gdje većina nas počinje.

People who become more keen, might have something like a fruit tree.

Ljudi koji postanu oduševljeni mogli bi imati nešto poput voćke.

Now, currently we have a number of fruit trees in our garden.

Sada, trenutno imamo veliki broj voćaka u našem vrtu.

So we have an apple tree and a couple of damson trees, which initially

Dakle, imamo stablo jabuke i nekoliko stabala vune, za koje

we thought were plum trees, but they're not plums they're damsons.

smo u početku mislili da su šljive, ali to nisu šljive, nego vune.

And so we were collecting apples and making apple pie and we collected

I tako smo skupljali jabuke i radili pitu od jabuka, prikupili smo

some damsons and made a lot of damson gin, which is actually great

nešto damsona i napravili puno damson gina, koji je zapravo odličan

as a gift for people at Christmas.

kao dar ljudima za Božić.

And we've actually acquired a couple of cherry trees as well.

A zapravo smo nabavili i nekoliko stabala trešnje.

Although we haven't seen any fruit from those yet, hopefully next summer.

Iako od njih još nismo vidjeli plodove, nadamo se sljedećeg ljeta.

Now, people who are really serious about growing their own food might even

Sada, ljudi koji stvarno ozbiljno razmišljaju o uzgoju vlastite hrane mogli bi se čak

opt for something called an allotment.

odlučiti za nešto što se zove alotacija.

An allotment is a patch of land, basically like a garden, but

Parcela je komad zemlje, u osnovi poput vrta, ali

it's not attached to the house.

nije spojena s kućom.

You'll often find a big strip or patch of land that is separated into a number

Često ćete pronaći veliki pojas ili komad zemlje koji je podijeljen na nekoliko

of allotments and people can rent the, the land in order to grow their

parcela i ljudi mogu iznajmiti zemlju kako bi uzgajali svoje

flowers or their fruits and vegetable.

cvijeće ili svoje voće i povrće.

If a Brit has a garden and the sun makes an appearance, as long as it's

Ako Britanac ima vrt i sunce se pojavi, sve dok je

relatively warm, you can guarantee that you'll see lots of barbecues coming out.

relativno toplo, možete jamčiti da ćete vidjeti mnogo roštilja koji izlaze.

We love to eat al fresco.

Volimo jesti na otvorenom.

So we love to eat outdoors on our patio and there's a, a mix of barbecues

Stoga volimo jesti vani na našoj terasi i tu je kombinacija roštilja

you can get, you can either get the disposable ones from the supermarket.

koje možete nabaviti, možete nabaviti one za jednokratnu upotrebu u supermarketu.

Or you can get a free standing barbecue, usually on three legs that you pop

Ili možete nabaviti samostojeći roštilj, obično na tri noge koji

in the middle of the garden, or some very serious barbecuers will actually

postavite na sredinu vrta, ili će neki vrlo ozbiljni roštiljaši zapravo

build a barbecue into the garden or get one of these gas barbecues.

ugraditi roštilj u vrt ili nabaviti jedan od ovih plinskih roštilja.

They're quite expensive.

Prilično su skupi.

But if you know, you're going to be spending a lot of time outdoors in the

Ali ako znate da ćete

summer, cooking food on the barbecue, then it's definitely worth the investment.

ljeti puno vremena provoditi vani, kuhajući hranu na roštilju, onda se svakako isplati uložiti.

So we love to cook food on the barbie.

Tako volimo kuhati hranu na Barbie.

We often just treat it like lunch or dinner.

Često to tretiramo kao ručak ili večeru.

So we only have one meal on the barbecue.

Dakle, imamo samo jedan obrok na roštilju.

We regularly will cook things like burgers and sausages, sometimes kebabs.

Redovito ćemo kuhati stvari poput pljeskavica i kobasica, ponekad i ćevapa.

Perhaps, if you are a vegetarian or a pescatarian, then you'll have halloumi

Možda, ako ste vegetarijanac ili peskatarijanac, onda ćete imati halloumi

or you'll do some fish on the barbecue.

ili ćete napraviti ribu na roštilju.

I know in other countries they take barbecuing much more

Znam da u drugim zemljama roštiljanje shvaćaju puno

seriously than we do here.

ozbiljnije nego mi ovdje.

We love a barbecue and we do lots of barbecues.

Volimo roštilj i radimo puno roštilja.

Sometimes even if the weather turns on us, we'll still persevere with a barbecue.

Ponekad čak i ako nas vrijeme okrene, ipak ćemo izdržati uz roštilj.

But I know for example, in Brazil, when they do a barbecue,

Ali znam, na primjer, u Brazilu, kada rade roštilj,

the food just keeps going.

hrana ide dalje.

They continue to make food all day long.

Nastavljaju pripremati hranu cijeli dan.

It's a huge event that lasts the whole day, perhaps the whole night

To je veliki događaj koji traje cijeli dan, možda i cijelu noć

and in comparison, our barbecues are a little bit disappointing, we

, au usporedbi s tim, naši su roštilji malo razočaravajući, skuhamo

just cook up a few burgers and a few sausages and that's us done.

samo nekoliko hamburgera i nekoliko kobasica i to smo gotovi.

As a child, living on a council estate, we often had fun barbecues

Kao dijete, živeći na gradskom imanju, često smo se zabavljali roštiljajući

inviting all of our friends and neighbours around to join us.

pozivajući sve naše prijatelje i susjede da nam se pridruže.

They were fun.

Bili su zabavni.

Thinking back to those, those days of living in the council houses.

Prisjećam se tih dana života u općinama.

I remember we had a pond in our front garden.

Sjećam se da smo u vrtu ispred kuće imali jezerce.

Many, many UK houses will have a pond or a water feature.

Mnoge, mnoge britanske kuće imat će jezerce ili vodene elemente.

And so we had a pond in the front garden with a few fish in and one

I tako smo imali jezerce u vrtu ispred kuće s nekoliko riba i jedne

year I found some frog spawn in the local valley because we had a valley

sam godine našao mrijest žaba u lokalnoj dolini jer smo imali dolinu

just behind our house with a little stream and I found some frogs spawn

odmah iza naše kuće s malim potokom i našao sam mrijest žaba

and I brought some back and put it in our pond so we could watch it grow

i donio sam malo natrag i stavio ga u naš ribnjak kako bismo mogli gledati kako raste

and develop into frogs, which it did.

i razvija se u žabe, što se i dogodilo.

And it was amazing seeing the change and the teeny little frogs, all jumping

I bilo je nevjerojatno vidjeti promjenu i male male žabe, sve skakanje

around the garden was fantastic.

po vrtu bilo je fantastično.

Certainly gave our dog a bit of a shock.

Sigurno je malo šokirao našeg psa.

But that meant that every year, those frogs would return to the

Ali to je značilo da bi se svake godine te žabe vraćale na

place where they were born to lay their eggs and their frogs spawn.

mjesto gdje su rođene da polože jaja i da se njihove žabe mrijeste.

So every year we ended up with a pond full of frogs spawn and a whole garden

Tako smo svake godine završili s ribnjakom punim žabljeg mrijesta i cijelim vrtom

full of these tiny little frogs.

punim ovih sićušnih malih žaba.

I loved it, the dog wasn't so sure.

Svidjelo mi se, pas nije bio tako siguran.

But it was very, very fun for me as a child with all these

Ali bilo mi je jako, jako zabavno kao djetetu sa svim tim

little frogs jumping around.

malim žabama koje skaču okolo.

Now, my mum also really enjoyed making a scene in the front garden, around

Sada je i moja mama jako uživala u stvaranju scene u vrtu ispred kuće, oko

the pond with something called gnomes.

jezerca s nečim što se zove patuljci.

So gnomes are little men little statues that I think are quite old fashioned.

Dakle, patuljci su čovječuljci, kipići za koje mislim da su prilično staromodni.

Now you might find some older people still have gnomes in their garden,

Možda ćete naći da neki stariji ljudi još uvijek imaju patuljke u svom vrtu,

but I, I do think it's falling out of favor at the moment, but a

ali ja, mislim da je to trenutno u nemilosti, ali

gnome, it's a very strange word.

patuljak, to je vrlo čudna riječ.

It's spelled with a GN.

Piše se s GN.

It's a silent G, which is very odd, but gnomes often have like a red hat, floppy

To je tiho G, što je vrlo čudno, ali patuljci često imaju crvenu kapu, floppy

hat and a blue jacket and they are either fishing or just being cheeky really.

šešir i plavu jaknu i ili pecaju ili su samo bezobrazni.

So my mom made a whole little village.

Tako je moja mama napravila cijelo malo selo.

Around the pond.

Oko ribnjaka.

I remember there was a little bridge and there was a number of different

Sjećam se da je postojao mali most i nekoliko različitih

gnomes, all doing different things.

gnomova, koji su svi radili različite stvari.

And as a child for me that was amazing.

A za mene kao dijete to je bilo nevjerojatno.

I had such a great imagination and I really enjoyed imagining them being alive

Imao sam tako bujnu maštu i stvarno sam uživao zamišljajući ih da su živi

and interacting and having great fun with, with the frogs and all the fish.

i da komuniciraju i da se sjajno zabavljaju sa žabama i svim ribama.

And on the subject of wildlife, it actually brings me onto quite a sad note.

A što se tiče divljih životinja, to me zapravo dovodi do prilično tužne riječi.

Really, as a child in the north of England, we would always see hedgehogs.

Stvarno, kao dijete u sjevernoj Engleskoj, uvijek bismo vidjeli ježeve.

It was just like a regular thing.

Bilo je to uobičajeno.

Like seeing a bird in the sky, you would always find a hedgehog crawling

Kao da vidite pticu na nebu, uvijek biste pronašli ježa kako gmiže

around or curled up in the garden.

okolo ili se sklupčao u vrtu.

And it was wonderful to see, obviously we never handled them because we

I bilo je divno vidjeti, očito ih nikad nismo mazali jer

were always told that they had fleas and you shouldn't go near them.

su nam uvijek govorili da imaju buhe i da im se ne smije približavati.

Plus they're really spiky.

Osim toga, stvarno su šiljasti.

So you'd only pick them up if you had gloves on.

Tako da biste ih pokupili samo ako ste imali rukavice.

And nowadays as an adult and living down in the London area, I haven't seen a

A danas, kao odrasla osoba i živim u okolici Londona, nisam vidio

hedgehog for maybe 15 years maybe longer.

ježa možda 15 godina, možda i više.

And that makes me really sad.

I to me jako rastužuje.

I did some research recently and found out that hedgehogs are

Nedavno sam malo istraživao i otkrio da je broj ježeva

really on the decline with the rise of foxes in more urban areas.

stvarno u opadanju s porastom lisica u urbanijim područjima.

And with us building on all the kind of green areas, it means

A budući da gradimo na svim vrstama zelenih površina, to znači

we're making it very difficult for hedgehogs to thrive and survive.

da ježevima jako otežavamo razvoj i preživljavanje.

And so there has been a huge decline and people are trying to save the

I tako je došlo do velikog pada i ljudi pokušavaju spasiti

hedgehogs, but it doesn't look good.

ježeve, ali ne izgleda dobro.

Now in the south.

Sada na jugu.

What I do see in my garden a lot are squirrels and we have a number of

Ono što često viđam u svom vrtu su vjeverice i imamo brojne

foxes that will come into the garden and just nosy around or use our

lisice koje će doći u vrt i samo njuškati okolo ili koristiti naš

garden as a toilet, which is not fun.

vrt kao toalet, što nije zabavno.

They also will sometimes make some horrendous screaming noises when they're

Također će ponekad ispuštati užasne vrišteće zvukove kada se

mating in the middle of the night.

pare usred noći.

I think that's the worst part about foxes, but otherwise they're really cute.

Mislim da je to najgori dio lisica, ali inače su jako slatke.

Really nice to look at.

Stvarno lijepo za pogledati.

And I, I know my son absolutely adores them.

I ja, znam da ih moj sin apsolutno obožava.

When he sees a fox in the back garden, he goes crazy.

Kad ugleda lisicu u stražnjem vrtu, poludi.

He gets so excited.

Tako se uzbuđuje.

And we have lots of birds as well.

A imamo i puno ptica.

In London, interestingly, we have parrots.

U Londonu, zanimljivo, imamo papige.

Now the, the story goes, I'm not sure if it's true, but the story goes that

E sad, priča ide, nisam siguran da li je to istina, ali priča kaže da

someone had a parrot in a cage, in a house, and one day they let the parrot

je netko imao papagaja u kavezu, u kući, i jednog dana su pustili papagaja

out of the cage, both forgot that the window was open and the parrot flew out

iz kaveza, oboje su zaboravili da je prozor bila otvorena i papiga je izletjela kroz

of the window and then managed to breed.

prozor i onda se uspjela razmnožiti.

And now we have this huge population of parrots that live in and around London.

A sada imamo ovu ogromnu populaciju papiga koje žive ui oko Londona.

So when you go to the parks here, or if you sit in your back garden for

Dakle, kada odete u ovdašnji park ili ako

long enough, you'll see five or six green parrots just flying overhead.

dovoljno dugo sjedite u svom stražnjem vrtu, vidjet ćete pet ili šest zelenih papiga kako samo lete iznad vas.

It's incredible because they're not birds that you would often see here in the UK.

Nevjerojatno je jer to nisu ptice koje biste često vidjeli ovdje u Velikoj Britaniji.

Now, the other birds that we see are little tits, little tits are quite

Sada, ostale ptice koje vidimo su male sise, male sise su jako

cute, and we have magpies and pigeons.

slatke, a imamo i svrake i golubove.

These are the birds that I can see in my back garden right now, actually.

Ovo su ptice koje trenutno mogu vidjeti u svom vrtu.

So there you go.

Pa eto.

I hope that gives you a good  idea of the gardens in the UK.

Nadam se da vam to daje dobru predodžbu o vrtovima u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu.

Feel free to write a comment down below and let me know if this sounds

Slobodno napišite komentar dolje i javite mi zvuči li ovo

similar to gardens in your country.

slično vrtovima u vašoj zemlji.

If you are interested in improving your English and working on your pronunciation,

Ako ste zainteresirani za poboljšanje svog engleskog i rad na svom izgovoru,

then why not check out my courses on www.Englishlikeanative.co.uk

zašto ne provjerite moje tečajeve na www.Englishlikeanative.co.uk

Until next time, take care and goodbye.

Do sljedećeg puta, čuvajte se i doviđenja.