so hello everyone as you can see today's
lesson is going to be a bit different to
normal
as we're out in nature I wanted to take
you guys with me on one of my favorite
nature walks and we're going to look at
expressions idioms verbs as they come up
very naturally as I take you with me on
this lovely walk through the British
countryside in spring
so guys welcome to beautiful Lancashire
Lancashire is in the north of England
and the terrain in this area is really
varied we've got Hills we've got
waterfalls
we've got farmland and that's one of the
reasons why I love this walk because the
terrain is so buried so we're going to
go through different types of terrain as
we walk around as many of you know I am
a nature lover so I just love getting
out into nature and appreciating all
that it has to offer
and there's no better time than to do
this and of course it's springtime when
everything is in full bloom so the blue
Boulder out is you can see them behind
me there'll be lambs in the fields maybe
we might get to see some interesting
wildlife who knows right everyone are we
ready to set off
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hi guys a quick boyfriend filming update
so we've been here for about five
minutes I've now managed to lose
Sabra because Sabre has lost her
sunglasses and so she's gone back
looking for those I'm just about to get
attacked by some sheep and say I'm not
really sure what's gonna happen but
hopefully you'll see the rest of this
walk in a bit and if you don't then
please somebody send a search party to
look for us guys the walk we're going on
today it's more of a leisurely stroll if
you want it to be you could go a bit
faster and perhaps have more of a brisk
walk which would mean a much faster walk
so putting more energy into it but today
and especially in my current state I
feel more like a leisurely walk so a
leisurely stroll or a gentle stroll
which means just taking it easy and
soaking up the gorgeous countryside
around now another verb that you can
describe used to describe walking is to
saunter to saunter and disorder is
probably even more exaggerated than
stroll this is when you're very relaxed
and it even suggests a certain casual
attitude if you saunter even perhaps a
bit of confidence so there's three verbs
there guys or two verbs and one
adjective with the word walks we had to
stroll to saunter or to go for a brisk
walk now you could even hike here this
is hiking territory but as I said I'm
not really up for that today but
certainly it is getting a bit steeper
now so gonna have to put a bit more
energy into it there's also a little bit
of a nip
the air today so it's typical kind of UK
spring weather we have had lovely sunny
days but today it is a nice day as mild
but there is a slight nip in the air
meaning a little bit cold so you might
need to wear a jacket so now guys we're
going to head up to the beautiful
waterfall and then take you up to the
top of the hill where we're going to see
lots of the valley around so lovely news
to come
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hi everyone good times take a little
break have to service being a little bit
worn out which is a adjective meaning to
feel tired and like you need a little
bit of a rest so it's a good time to
teach you some spring idioms so we have
quite a lot of phrases that are
connected to nature and actually some
even have the word spring in it and one
of those is to have a spring in your
step to have a spring in your step now a
spring is a little jump so if you spring
this suggests that you have a positive
attitude that you're feeling cheerful
double spring in your step community or
you're quite happy and you're in a good
mood now it doesn't necessarily
literally mean that you are springing so
you are jumping but it means that you
seem like you're in an upbeat mood and
feeling cheerful so to have a spring in
your step another one which we have
thought spring is of course to be full
of the joys of spring and to be full of
the joys of spring means to be again in
a good mood feeling positive spring is a
kind of time where after a long winter
we do start to feel more joyful as
obviously things are getting warmer it's
greener nature's coming in - back to
life so we can also say that we're full
of the joys of spring now one is a
little bit more negative is to be no
spring chicken and to be no spring
chicken actually means that you're not
very young so if we say well I'm not
sure she'll be able to make it round the
walk I'm not sure she'll be able to to
run a marathon she's no spring chicken
we mean she's not very young spring
chicken of course we associate with
being perhaps newly a chick really so
quite recently bore until he said she's
no spring chicken meaning she's not very
young now another one I wanted to teach
you it doesn't have spring in the title
but we can use it a lot and of course
we've been surrounded by grass so it
came to my mind and this one is the
grass is always greener on the other
side of the fence now you probably have
some kind of translation of this in your
own language because it's quite it's a
concept which we can all understand and
it's basically that what we are
imagine we'll be good so for example we
always think what we don't have is going
to be better than what we have so we say
the grass is always greener on the other
side of the fence so where you are the
grass doesn't look as good so basically
what you don't have always seems better
than what you have so it's kind of when
we say this to someone it's kind of a
way of saying almost be grateful for
what you have just remember sometimes
what you don't have it might look
greener but it might not necessarily be
as good as you think another one that is
just coming to my head is of course to
spring to mind and if something springs
to mind it comes into your mind very
quickly so it pops into your mind really
so to spring to mind so you might say
it's just fun to mind that we must pop
to Tesco's on the way home we don't tell
any butter it's just sprung to mind guys
we made it to the top it was a little
bit tiring but as you can see it was
well worth it the view is absolutely
spectacular you have a 360 degree of
view which is just incredible now I
would describe this kind of landscape
it's quite rugged it's it's uneven it's
it's not particularly tamed if you like
it's not like perhaps the sort of pretty
England that you might see down in the
south this is a lot more hilly and of
course not quite so farmed in some way
so not the green fields that you might
see down south but it is absolutely
beautiful it's also very vast meaning
very big massive and of course the other
thing is is that it's stunningly
beautiful or at least I think so I hope
you guys agree with me oh now time for a
little relax I think I'll tell you what
I'm gasping for a cup of tea just having
a little rest at the top just chilling
out and luckily the Sun is coming out
now so hopefully we might have better
weather on the way down and hopefully
might see some other wildlife not just
sheep we haven't been that lucky today
my boyfriend is in the background that
relaxing but I'm not allowed to show you
him as he's feeling a little camera-shy
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so how do you think animal spotting is
gone today I'm pretty poor I think it's
pretty poor yeah plenty of sheep every
variety of sheep have you seen anything
else no nothing literally just a black
bird oh I did see a bee I saw one bee
and that was it written no not a sniff
of anything else I'm afraid right guys
we are almost back where we started and
we're heading now into a beautiful
little Lancashire village called
chipping very idyllic very picturesque
so we're going to finish our walk there
but thank you so much for joining me on
this this lovely gentle stroll through
the Lancashire Hills and I do hope this
has been a little bit more of a relaxing
lesson for you a little bit more chilled
out but hope you still learned some good
vocabulary do you tell me in the
comments what hobbies you have whether
you like walking in nature to tell me
all about that in the comments below
we'll see you soon guys bye bye