Snow in May?? A Bonus English Listening Practice Lesson

27,467 views ・ 2020-05-08

Learn English with Bob the Canadian


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I just wanna mention that this is not actually
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an English lesson, but there are word-for-word
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English subtitles that you can turn on if you need them.
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So here's a little bonus video for the week,
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a little extra video for all of you.
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We've just been having this beautiful snow
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coming down today.
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It doesn't normally snow in May,
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this is kind of strange.
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I don't even know if I've ever seen it snow in May before.
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The flakes coming down are gigantic,
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I hope that you can see them.
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Let me just swing around here and we'll look
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this way as well.
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But I thought, you know, since this doesn't happen
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very often, I should just come outside and show you.
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If you watched the little video on my other English channel,
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you'll see that I called this a cold snap.
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A cold snap is when you get really cold weather
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and it's unexpected.
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So this is certainly unexpected for us,
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it does not normally snow in the month of May.
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Here, I'll give you a nice look over this way.
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You'll see all these nice, big flakes
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falling from the sky slowly.
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But I have to admit, it's kind of beautiful.
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I really like it.
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I am happy though, because the snow is melting
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as soon as it hits the ground.
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I certainly don't want to see a whole bunch of snow
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on the ground when I get up in the morning.
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That would just be really strange for the month of May.
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So way on the other side of the river,
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there are geese, and I don't think
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they are very happy right now with the snow coming down.
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We are a little worried though because it might
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freeze tonight, and that's not good for our flowers.
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So we're gonna cross our fingers.
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In English, when you say that you cross your fingers,
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that's something you do for good luck.
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I don't really believe in luck,
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but we're going to cross our fingers.
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So here's some tulips in the snow.
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You can see, if you look in the distance,
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it's actually kinda white out there in the distance.
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So yeah, we're kinda hangin' around in a snowstorm
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in the month of May.
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I hope that wherever you are, it's not snowing.
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I hope it's not cold, or snowy, or anything like that.
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But I thought I would just make an extra video
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for you this week because I'm kind of enjoying this.
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As you know, I really, really like snow,
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so for me it's kind of fun to be outside.
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It's kind of landing on my face, and on my beard,
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and on my hat, but it's just kind of a fun little look.
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Here, I'll leave you with just a nice look
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of the snow coming down out in our field.
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It's not so bad though that we have to be careful
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if we're driving on the road,
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it's actually just kind of nice and fun.
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I'm not sure what else I'm going to talk about,
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except that it's snowing, it's a Friday.
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There will be a live lesson tomorrow if you're wondering,
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so look for that.
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I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it outside
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because if it's like this, and if it's really, really cold,
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I will most likely do the live lesson tomorrow inside.
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But for now, it's kind of a little bit
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like winter out here, a little bit like Christmas.
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Anyways, a little extra video for you.
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It's good to see all of you.
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Have a good day, I'll see some of you tomorrow
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on the Livestream.
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And have a good weekend, bye.
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