An English Lesson about the Season of Fall (Also called Autumn!)

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Hi, Bob the Canadian here.
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It is the season of fall here in Canada.
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It is the season of autumn, we have two names
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for this season and it is a beautiful season
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and I thought I should do an English lesson
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for all of you on the season of fall.
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(calming music)
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Well hey, welcome to this English lesson
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about the season of fall, the season of autumn.
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Before we get started, though, if this
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is your first time here, don't forget to click
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that red subscribe button below and if this video
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helps you learn a little bit of English,
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please give me a thumbs up.
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So for those of you that watch my English lessons
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regularly, you'll notice that the trees
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that are normally quite green have started
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to turn color.
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In English, we call this the fall colours.
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In fact, some people actually travel to different
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parts of Canada to see the beautiful fall colours.
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It's really cool when a tree starts to turn
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from green to yellow or you start to see
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oranges and browns and even reds sometimes.
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So you'll see the leaves are turning colour
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and pretty soon they'll actually fall off the trees,
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which is why I think we also call this season fall.
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So another sure sign of fall is that
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you will see people raking their leaves.
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This is a fan rake or a leaf rake
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and you will see a lot of people in northern climates
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in the fall out in their yards raking their leaves.
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A lot of times they'll rake them into a big pile
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and then their kids will jump into it (laughing).
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We don't quite have enough leaves on the ground yet
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to do that, but definitely, you will see people
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rake their leaves in the fall.
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(engine roaring)
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So one thing I really like about fall
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is I don't have to mow my lawn as much.
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This is a lawn mower.
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I think you learned that word in another video of mine,
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but in the fall, the grass grows a lot more slowly
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and I don't have to mow the lawn as much,
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which is really nice because the more time I spend mowing,
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the less time I have to make videos for you guys.
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So it's kind of nice the grass grows more slowly,
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I don't need to mow as much.
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So another thing you'll see in the fall
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is people will start to wear their winter hats.
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We also call this a toque in Canada,
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and you'll see people start to wear their gloves
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or mittens, so I'm putting my gloves on right now.
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Sometimes when I wear these gloves in a video,
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people ask me why do your gloves have holes in them
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and I'll show you.
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It's so when I take out my phone, I can use
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the screen on my phone, and then I can put my finger
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back in when I'm done.
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So people start wearing their winter hats.
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They start wearing gloves, and they
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also start wearing mittens.
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A mitten is when all of the fingers are one part, okay.
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So a glove has a spot for each of your fingers.
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In a mitten, all your fingers go into one spot.
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But another thing you'll see in the fall,
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people start to wear their gloves, and they start
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to wear their hats.
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So another thing that happens in the fall
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is pets like Oscar, hey,
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(man whistling)
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come on, sit here, pets like Oscar
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start to grow more fur.
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Oscar is getting furrier.
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He's growing an extra thick coat for the fall and winter
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so that he can stay warm more,
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even though Oscar does sleep inside at night,
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he is outside for most of the day in the fall.
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So Oscar is growing an extra little bit of fur.
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In fact, even our cats who live in the barn
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are growing a little more fur.
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There's one right here, oh, come here kitty,
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this little kitten is also growing
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just a little bit more fur so that he can stay warm
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in the fall.
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Good job, Oscar, good job.
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He is getting more and more used to being on camera.
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Oscar wants to know if he should have his own
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YouTube channel.
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So I have to apologize, I didn't get up early enough
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to show you what frost looks like, so I'll have
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to put a picture up here.
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But oftentimes in the fall, we will wake up
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and there will be frost on the grass.
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Frost is when the dew that forms actually freezes
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and you'll have this nice white coat of frozen water
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on the grass, so again, I'll find some pictures
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and I'll put them here, but another sure sign
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that it is fall is we start to see frost in the morning.
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So some of you might recognize this as the table,
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it's a picnic table, that I usually do
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my Saturday night live streams from,
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but because it is fall, the days are getting shorter.
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So I am not able to do my live lesson outside
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at night any more because it's getting dark earlier.
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So another sure sign of fall is that the days
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get shorter and it starts to get dark earlier.
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So you'll notice my field of soybeans isn't green any more.
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But that's okay, it's a good thing.
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It's almost ready for harvest.
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Farmers plant crops in the spring.
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They put the seeds in the ground
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and they harvest crops in the fall.
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So this field, the leaves have dropped.
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The soybean plants are ready for harvest,
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and in a few days, a large machine called a combine
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will come in and this crop will be harvested.
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So another thing that you will see that will make
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you realize it is fall is that people will start
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to decorate their homes with pumpkins and gourds.
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There are two celebrations in the fall.
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The first is Thanksgiving.
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We just celebrated that a week ago.
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And the second is Halloween, where kids go out
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and ask for candy and both of those celebrations,
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also involve people decorating,
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so a lot of times you'll see bigger pumpkins than this
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outside of people's homes and you'll see
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people decorate their homes with gourds as well.
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So another sure sign of fall,
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you'll see pumpkins everywhere.
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So I mentioned that you'll see more people
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wearing winter hats and gloves.
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You'll also see people drinking more hot drinks
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or hot beverages.
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Beverages is another word for drink, by the way.
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They'll drink more tea.
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They'll drink more coffee.
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They'll drink a lot more hot chocolate
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because in the fall, the weather gets chilly.
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That is probably the best way to describe
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the temperature in the fall.
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It is chilly.
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By the way, Miroslav, thank you so much for the mug.
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It says "Love the world", Bob the Canadian,
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and then it has a really nice maple leaf here
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and it says "Canada."
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Awesome gift, I really really appreciate it.
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Well hey, that was just a nice little English lesson
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about the season of fall, the season of autumn.
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Remember it has two names.
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I'm Bob the Canadian, and you are learning
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just a little bit more English with me.
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Thank you so much for watching this video.
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If you are new here, don't forget to click
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that subscribe button below and give me a thumbs up
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if this video helped you learn a little bit
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more English, and before you go,
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why don't you take some time
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to watch another video?
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(calming music)
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