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This is the YouTube channel where you will learn daily natural English that is in use today.

And some of this stuff you really can't learn in textbooks, I'm afraid.

Today's video is called I Say This Every Day, Summer Edition.

As you can tell from my dress, it's a lovely summer's day.

You're going to learn some English for having small talk, for making plans, for making new friends, and even having deeper conversation.

I don't know what we're waiting for, let's just get started.

Small talk, this is part of daily life here in Britain, especially if you live here, you're going to have to get used to having small talk with strangers.

People just love to chat here, so you have to be ready.

It's an absolute scorcher today, isn't it?

It's an absolute scorcher.

I've talked about this before, but when the weather is really hot in England or in the UK, we're likely going to remark on it.

An absolute scorcher, as you probably worked out, means very hot, probably over 25 degrees.

Of course, we have the tag question at the end, isn't it?

It doesn't need an answer, we just use them to make conversation flow.

And they're quite nice, really.

Going anywhere nice this summer?

Going anywhere nice this summer?

This is what we say when we're asking if you're going on holiday.

Us Brits start planning our holiday in, like, January.

January, February, and March, they're quite dark, dingy months.

So we need that hope.

So we book a holiday.

So in around June or July, people start saying this in small talk.

Going anywhere nice this summer?

You know when this happens to me is when I'm in the hairdressers.

I don't usually like small talk in the hairdressers, I get really awkward for some reason.

Number two, making plans.

Now, if you actually want to see people and do things in your life, you need to know how to make plans.

I'm actually a real planner, so I love a calendar and a diary.

Do you fancy coming over for a barbecue this evening?

Do you fancy coming over for a barbecue this evening?

This is actually something that a friend said to me the other day.

And I was so happy because I haven't been to a barbecue yet this summer.

And barbecues are quite a big deal in the UK.

As soon as the sun kind of peeps out from behind the cloud, everyone's like, get the barbecue, and we go.

We're using do you fancy to make plans here.

And it's a nice way of asking someone, is this something you'd like to do?

And note the phrasal verb to come over.

We say come over when we want to invite someone to our home.

We never really say come to my house, come to my flat.

No, it's just come over.

Come over on Saturday or come over on Monday for coffee.

Also, nice weather encourages spontaneity in us Brits.

We're not usually very spontaneous as a nation.

We like to plan in advance.

But when there's gorgeous weather, it's almost like you have to seize the moment.

So that's when we're likely to be our most spontaneous, inviting people over in the same day.

That's just crazy usually.

Now guys, what do you do if someone invites you to something and you want to say no?

This is part of daily English.

You want to politely decline, but you're not sure how to say it in a nice way without sounding a bit too direct.

I'm really sorry, but I'm a little bit busy later on.

But let's do it another time.

So here we're politely declining, but we're also suggesting doing it another time.

So it's not a hard no.

It's just no today, but not tomorrow maybe or next week.

Or I'm really sorry, but I've already made plans.

But how about next week?

We could do Saturday evening.

Again, we're saying no, but we're suggesting another plan to make up for it.

What about if you want to say yes to an invitation, but with some conditions?

So you can go, but maybe not till later or after you've done something you need to do.

I've got to drop Freddie off at a friend's first, but then I'll head over.

Is there anything you want me to bring?

Here we're using the phrasal verb to drop off, meaning you have a child, you need to take your child to their friend's house or somewhere, and that's what we say.

In the UK, it's the etiquette, as I'm sure it is in your country, to bring something to an event or to an occasion if you've been invited to it.

In the UK, often it's a bottle of booze.

Booze means alcohol.

Or if it's a barbecue, you could say this,

I'll get some burgers on my way over.

And that's saying you'll go to a shop on your way to their house and get some burgers for the barbecue that will probably end up completely burned later on.

When you want to tell them you're coming and you're going to be there very soon,

I'm on my way.

I'm on my way.

That means you've already started your journey to their house, to their home, and you're going to be there soon.

You're at a party, which can be a very scary environment if you're not feeling very confident with your English.

So as we all know, in conversation, we're likely to be asked what we do for a living, what we like, what we dislike, whether we have children, what our life plans are, maybe.

So what do you do for a living?

That means what do you do as a job?

What do you do for work?

Now, I don't always like asking this question.

It's up to you whether you want to.

It's perfectly fine to ask it, obviously.

But I like to ask about what someone likes in life.

Because sometimes what they do for money or what they do for a job isn't necessarily what they love doing in their spare time.

We're not all lucky to have a job that we absolutely love.

Sometimes we don't want to talk about it.

I love my job, I have to be honest.

I'm very lucky.

So you could ask, what are you into, then?

So what are you into?

This means what do you like?

What music are you into?

But what are you into is just a very general way to ask that.

It could be about anything.

Music, nature, travelling, anything.

If you need more time when someone asks you a question and you can't answer it immediately because you don't know the English.

Hmm, let me think about that.

Let me think about that for a second.

Let me think about that for a second.

And as you're saying that, your brain is concocting an answer to the question.

Or you could just say, hmm, let me think.

Let me think.

But don't take too long.

Describing surroundings, brackets, awkwardness.

If there's an awkward silence at the party or actually in any situation in your life in daily English, there are ways to deal with the awkwardness.

The Brits have got it down to a fine art.

What we do is this.

I'm really looking forward to something.

Now, this is just remarking on an event that's coming up that you're really excited about.

You're just proclaiming this into the air to anyone that's listening.

And it helps to cover and fill an awkward silence.

So in Britain, there's usually an event coming up in London or some kind of festival.

So there's always something you can say.

I'm really looking forward to Easter.

Are you?

I'm really looking forward to Glastonbury Festival.

The lineup is incredible.

OK, that's just some extra information on how to talk about music festivals.

One of my favourite things.

Also, when there's an awkward silence, we often just describe the surroundings.

Isn't that a lovely tree?

Ah, isn't it a lovely evening?

Isn't the weather gorgeous?

We're so lucky with the weather.

That's something we say a lot.

Or you could just be really cool and confident and just not care about the awkward silence.

In fact, you could even take it upon yourself to make it more awkward.

Just for amusement.

Now, guys, a huge part of daily English is actually the sense of humour.

Being able to make jokes and understand others.

That is some English for a whole other video.

Let me know in the comments if you'd like to know more about that.

I believe that that is part of advanced English.

Basically, when you've learned everything else, you can start adding the finishing touches to your English.

And sense of humour is part of that.

I hope you enjoyed that.

Now you have some English for your everyday life.

Whether you're actually living here in the UK or if you're speaking English every day.

Which I very much recommend if you want to improve.

And I hope you enjoy your day or your evening or whatever time it is where you are.

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