Hello and welcome, everyone.
This is Chris, from England.
Please enable "English -- Chris" captions
to read along with what I'm saying in this lesson.
It might be helpful.
This is an addition to my British English accent training lesson series
available for free on Youtube.
And this is a special video.
I'm going to try and give you a tour of my house.
That's why the title is "Around the House"
to help you learn and pronounce
the different rooms of the house
and furniture in a British accent.
I apologise for any problems with the video and audio.
But, as you can understand, I'm having to use the webcam differently,
so it's very difficult to do that.
However, I hope it will work OK.
Please remember the captions are available.
I'm going to start the tour now.
I'll be carrying the computer around to show you everything.
And to start with, what we're looking at here is the
Television
Or
T.V.
And you can see that the men are playing rugby.
It's Wales against Italy.
Out here, this is the front garden.
As in the garden at the front of the house.
This of course is the window you can see.
These are blinds.
And this is a curtain.
Here we have a guitar.
It's the guitar that I play.
On a
Chair
Another instrument:
Piano
Table
Behind there, sorry it's not clear, but that's a
Fireplace
And this is the sitting room or
living room
that we're in now.
Out here is the hallway.
Here is the front door.
That's the door at the front of the house.
In here we have a
Toilet
Or
Loo
That is a popular British term.
That is a
Basin
Now we're going into the
Kitchen
That's a fridge freezer
This is another door.
We can call it the kitchen door or side door.
Here we can see
Cupboards
Washing machine
Cooker
Or
Oven
Kitchen sink
Now moving into the
Dining room.
This is the room of the house where people normally eat
as in dining.
And it's the
Dining table.
The table people eat at.
That is a
Radiator
Here we have the
Conservatory
It's part of a house, slightly different,
normally used for sunny weather a lot of the time,
like part of an extension.
And it's at the back of the house,
so here we can see the
Back garden
And there are some potted plants
called geraniums.
And I have to remember to water them soon.
These are the main rooms downstairs.
Now we're going to go up the stairs
or upstairs.
Here are the stairs.
Those are doors to some bedrooms.
That door is ajar.
Means slightly open.
Here is the bathroom.
With the basin.
Normally called the basin.
And in the kitchen it's called the sink
even though it is the same kind of thing.
Those are
Taps
Americans call them faucets, something like that,
but British people always say taps.
Here's the
Bath
And
Shower
Towels
That's a mirror there.
You can see that I'm holding the computer.
And on there, those things are collectively called toiletries.
Finally, here is a bedroom.
This is the
Bed
Pillows
And this thing here is a
Duvet
Here is a
Wardrobe
Chest of drawers
The small thing next to the bed, we call that a
Bedside table
And on there is a
Clock
And that type of clock is an
Alarm clock
Because the alarm goes off to wake me up in the morning.