Hello and welcome to The English We Speak
with me, Feifei…
…and me, Roy.
In this programme, we have a word that is
used to say that something is amazing or extremely
good. Speaking of which have you seen that
new blockbuster that everyone’s talking
about, ‘Unicorns Eat Bananas in the Stars’?
What kind of title is that?! That film
sounds awful!
It’s not! ‘Unicorns Eat Bananas in the
Stars’ is fire!
Fire? The unicorns that eat bananas in the
stars are on fire?! What is this film about?
No, Roy! Don’t be silly, the banana eating
unicorns aren’t on fire! That would be ridiculous.
I said the film is fire. I mean that the film
is amazing!
Ahhh of course! We use 'fire' to describe
something that is really good! For example,
your T-shirt is fire, Feifei!
Thanks, Roy! I bought it this week! It’s
official merchandise for the film!
Anyway, let’s listen to these examples…
Have you checked out my new phone? It’s
fire. It can do so many cool things!
I went to a concert to see ‘Rob’s Rolling
Biscuits’ last night. Their new song is
fire.
That new series everyone is talking about
is fire! It’s got dragons, zombies and
vampires in it. I love it!
This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning
English and we’re talking about the word
‘fire’, which is used to say that something
is amazing.
I might have to go tonight and watch the film
at the cinema.
You definitely should. It’s straight fire!
We sometimes put the word ‘straight’ in
front of ‘fire’. Straight here means ‘very’.
So I probably should have said your t-shirt
is straight fire, then.
Only if that’s what you really think! You
haven’t even seen the film yet!
What about my T-shirt? Do you think it’s
fire?
Honestly, no. It looks like it needs to be
put in a fire. You should just burn it. The
film on your T-shirt is not fire! That film
is terrible.
OK, maybe I’ll buy a new one today.
Bye, Roy.
Bye.