What are you doing this summer? 🏖️😎 Real Easy English · BBC Learning English
Neil和Georgie用简单英语谈论夏日计划，包括旅行、聚会和家庭活动。适合练习谈论计划和日常活动。
Hello and welcome to Real Easy English.
大家好，欢迎来到《Real Easy English》（简单易懂的英语学习节目）。
In this podcast, we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn.
在这个播客中，我们用简单的英语进行真实的对话，帮助你学习。
I'm Neil.
我是尼尔。
And I'm Georgie.
我叫乔治（Georgie）。
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您可以观看这个播客的视频版本，并下载一份免费的工作表来辅助学习。
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访问 bbclearningenglish.com。
Hi Georgie.
嗨，乔治。
You're looking very summery today.
你今天看起来非常适合夏天啊。
Yes, well, that is because I'm going on my summer holiday tomorrow.
是的，因为明天我就要去度暑假了。
Well, that's exciting and very useful because we're talking about summer plans today.
嗯，这真是太令人兴奋了，也非常实用——因为今天我们正在讨论夏季的出行计划呢。
It's summer in the UK at the moment, which is a time when people are often busy.
目前英国正处于夏季，这个时候人们通常都很忙。
So, Georgie, you're going on holiday.
那么，乔治，你就要去度假了。
Tell me more about that.
请再给我详细讲讲这件事。
So, I'm at an age now where lots of my friends are getting married, so I have a few weddings this year.
我现在到了这样一个年纪：我的很多朋友都开始结婚了，因此今年我有几场婚礼要参加。
But something that's quite traditional before a wedding is for the bride or the groom to have, like,
但在婚礼之前，有一项相当传统的习俗：新郎或新娘会……
a celebration.
一场庆祝活动。
This could be a party.
这简直可以办成一个派对啊。
Or more recently, it's become quite common to have a weekend away with a lot of their friends.
或者更近一些的说法是：现在很多人会和很多朋友一起度过一个周末的假期，这种做法已经变得相当普遍了。
So, that's what I'm doing this weekend.
所以，这就是我这个周末要做的事情。
And that's what's called a 'hen party' for a woman, or a 'stag party' for a man in the UK.
在英国，这就是女性举办的“婚前派对”（hen party），以及男性举办的“婚前单身派对”（stag party）。
I think in the US it's different.
我认为在美国情况有所不同。
A 'bachelor party'.
一场“单身派对”。
Yes.
是的。
What about you, Neil?
尼尔，你呢？
What are you up to this summer?
这个夏天你打算做什么？
Well, we're not going away.
嗯，我们不会离开的。
We're staying in the UK, but that's OK for me because the weather is actually nice in the summer here, usually.
我们打算继续留在英国，不过这对我来说也没什么问题——因为这里的夏天天气通常都很不错。
So, we might do some day trips,
那么，我们也许有一天会去进行一些短途旅行。
go to the beach, maybe a bit of camping with the kids and then go on our proper holiday in October.
去海滩玩玩，也许还可以和孩子们一起露营一会儿，然后十月份再开始我们的正式假期。
That sounds nice.
听起来很不错。
So, if you're not going on holiday, do you have any goals, like things you want to complete or get done during the summer?
那么，如果你不打算去度假的话，你有没有什么目标呢？比如在夏天想要完成或处理的事情？
Well, I have a garden and it
嗯，我有一个花园。
always needs things doing to it, but
总是需要有人不断为它“做点什么”（即让它保持活跃或处于某种状态）……
actually the only thing I really do is mow the lawn – cut the grass using that machine called a lawn mower.
其实，我真正做的唯一一件事就是修剪草坪——用那种叫做“割草机”的工具来割草。
I seem to do that a lot in the summer.
夏天的时候，我似乎经常这样做。
How about you, Georgie?
你呢，乔治？
Have you got any goals or plans, things you want to do over the summer?
你有什么目标或计划吗？夏天有什么想做的事情吗？
So, I don't have a garden at my flat, but we do have a roof terrace and at the moment it looks pretty disgusting.
我的公寓里没有花园，不过我们有一个屋顶露台，不过目前那里的样子实在非常糟糕（或者说非常脏乱）。
It's not in a very good state.
它的状况不太好。
So, my housemates and I want to clean that up a little bit.
所以，我和我的室友们想把那里收拾得干净一点。